December 20, 2019; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. during their December ... [+]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. isn’t accepting responsibility for his latest boxing-related shortcoming. On Friday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Daniel Jacobs scored a fifth-round TKO victory over Chavez when the latter quit in his corner before the beginning of the sixth frame.
In a post-fight interview with DAZN’s Chris Mannix, Chavez claims Jacobs’ illegal shots were the reason he lost the fight.
Per DAZN, Chavez offered these comments, excuses and more accusations:
“It was a very good fight,” Chavez said. “I was getting close but got headbutted above the left eye. Then I had problems because of all the blood. I came over to the corner and couldn’t breathe. He elbowed me, and headbutted me. Very tough fight, I felt I couldn’t go cause I couldn’t breathe properly. The ref wasn’t calling anything. I apologize to the fans. I’d love to have a rematch. I got headbutted, he fought a dirty fight, and didn’t even take a point away. He would have been able to continue doing the dirty work.”
Initially, Chavez said he broke his hand. You can hear him in this video clip:
The fight was competitive in the first two rounds, but Jacobs was beginning to land with more regularity in rounds three, four and five. The Compubox numbers below support that:
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Chavez did land a hard right hand in the fifth, and he was doing well early in the round. However, by the time the bell rung, Jacobs had seized control again. With blood running out of Chavez’s right nostril and a small cut on the left side of his face, he decided he’d taken enough punishment and wanted out.
Chavez’s accusations about headbutts and elbows are pretty far-fetched. If he was hit with any of those blows, there was nothing egregious and certainly nothing that warranted quitting in his corner.
Professionalism and desire have always been qualities that Chavez has lacked as it relates to boxing. He has been fined and suspended for drug use in the past, thus it was concerning when he skipped the drug testing ahead of this fight.
He’s also had problems with conditioning and weight, and he missed weight by five pounds for Friday’s fight. Based on his track record and most importantly, what I saw from the two men in the ring, I believe Chavez went looking for a way out.
The injuries are the path he chose, and the accusations have seemingly been offered as a means to save face. At this point, after all that has transpired in his disappointing career, I’m not sure who’s buying it anymore.
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