Mexican boxer Chavez returns to training after US deportation

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has returned to training following his release from prison as he awaits trial in Mexico for alleged cartel ties following his deportation from the United States.

Video footage shared on social media from the Coliseo Boxing Club by Gallo Estrada, a boxing gym in the Sonoran state capital of Hermosillo, thanked the boxer for his visit as he trained on a punching bag wearing a gym-brand t-shirt.

“Thanks for your visit,” the gym said in a post on Instagram. “This is your home.”

The gym told Reuters that Chavez Jr. was at the site on Monday afternoon.

Chavez Jr., the 39-year-old son of legendary former world champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was released from prison in northern Sonora state over the weekend, after a local judge ruled he could continue the legal process outside detention.

Mexican prosecutors allege Chavez Jr. acted as a henchman for the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, which Washington designated a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year. His lawyers and family reject the accusations.

He is facing charges related to arms trafficking and organized crime, Mexico’s president told reporters shortly after his Los Angeles arrest by US immigration authorities last month.

The boxer was arrested shortly after losing a sold-out match to American influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

He was deported to Mexico, where he was arrested by local authorities and briefly jailed in Hermosillo.

Meanwhile, Jake Paul will fight the unbeaten Gervonta Davis on November 14 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

There’s a significant physical disparity between the pair in terms of height and weight, as Paul last fought in cruiserweight while Davis holds the lightweight title for WBA.

And while Davis is one of the most fearsome knockout artists in the sport (30-0-1, 28 KOs), he is a much lighter fighter than Paul, who in turn has nowhere near the level of experience as Tank Davis. Because of that, one former world champion,Amir Khan, has now predicted a tragic end to the fight.

Amir thinks it’s a mismatch and feels the weight difference could potentially see ‘Tank’ get hurt.

Speaking to SunSport, he said, “I mean, it is disgusting and you know, someone’s gonna end up getting hurt really badly in all this exhibition of boxing.”

“That’s why I respect Turki Alalshikh saying that he doesn’t want nothing to do with these YouTubers and these exhibition fights,” He added. “And not only that, how can you take it seriously? You look at this weight difference,” he continued.

Khan concluded, “You don’t get these dummies coming in and fighting a real MMA fighter, you know what I’m saying?”

Paul’s choice of opponents remain under the spotlight. After facing 58-year-old Mike Tyson, he defeated Chavez Jr, and is now up against Davis, albeit in an exhibition.

He has mostly fought older MMA fighters and boxers out of their prime or not in the same weight class during his career.

Agencies