Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Alfredo Angulo - OFF

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Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is returning to the ring.

The son of Mexican legend and Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. will face Mexican countryman Alfredo Angulo on Dec. 1 on the undercard of the heavyweight world title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Showtime announced on Friday.

However, the scheduled 10-round super middleweight fight will not be part of the four-fight Showtime PPV event. Instead, Chavez-Angulo will be part of a split-site doubleheader that will air on Showtime and for free on the network's YouTube and Facebook platforms beginning at 6:45 p.m. ET as a lead-in to the pay-per-view at 9 p.m. ET.

The "Countdown Live" program on Showtime will also include the long-scheduled fight between light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson and interim titlist Oleksandr Gvozdyk, which will open the broadcast from the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.

Chavez (50-3-1, 32 KOs), 32, has not been in the ring since giving virtually no effort in a shutout loss to Mexican rival Canelo Alvarez in their heavily hyped showdown on May 6, 2017, in Las Vegas.

The fight with the long-faded Angulo (24-7, 20 KOs), 36, who was at his best as a junior middleweight, has long been discussed for various dates and cards until being finalized for Dec. 1.

[Mexi-Box]

Wow, Angulo is horrifically past prime. Would've been a great fight prior to Canelo/Angulo, but at this point, Angulo just takes a beating.

[SenorPipino]

I take it that Chavez-Martinez fight has been put in hold for a while.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I take it that Chavez-Martinez fight has been put in hold for a while.

I think so. It was first mentioned a while ago.

[tiny_acres]

Junior will draw several Mexican PPV buyers.
It's a good call putting him on the card

[Lackeos]

This would've been an interesting fight in 2011. Now it's a... marginally interesting crossroads fight.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Junior will draw several Mexican PPV buyers.
It's a good call putting him on the card

His fights gonna be on regular showtime pet of the Stevenson telecast.

[tiny_acres]

Junior will draw several Mexican PPV buyers.
It's a good call putting him on the card

His fights gonna be on regular showtime pet of the Stevenson telecast.

I think that's a bad move but what the hell do I know

[jamamb]

is junior even that popular as an a-side these days?

[tiny_acres]

is junior even that popular as an a-side these days?

He's a popular Mexican fighter. Latinos order pay per views

[jamamb]

hes just stunk it out so bad lately. i imagine that abysmal showing vs canelo didnt help his stock

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hes just stunk it out so bad lately. i imagine that abysmal showing vs canelo didnt help his stock

Definately.

[caldo2025]

I have to admit that this is the best fight on the schedule so far to me. I absolutely love this fight. Someone may die but we’re not going to the cards. I still think Fury’s backing out of the fight so this is the best one on the books now boys. You like apples?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Chavez vs. Angulo is a doubt.

According to multiple sources in Mexico, there is a serious possibility that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will not return as planned this coming Saturday night.

Sources indicate that Chavez Jr. has not complied with the necessary medical exam requirements that are necessary to get licensed for the fight.

Angulo has been training with veteran coach Abel Sanchez in Big Bear, California.

This would be Angulo's first fight (24-7, 20 Ko's) since he lost a close battle with former world champion Sergio Mora in April of this year, in what was the Mexican boxer's debut in the super middleweight division.

A few days ago, Chavez Jr. admitted in a revealing interview that he went to rehab to tackle a problem with substance abuse.

Chavez Jr. had been training first in Jalisco and then in California with Luis Cornejo, Eduardo Montiel and his uncle, Rodolfo Chávez.

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Chavez-Angulo is Officially Off, Julian Williams vs. Castro Added

Top super welterweight contender Julian “J-Rock’’ Williams will take on Mexico’s Javier Francisco Castro in a 10-round bout that has been added to an exciting night of undercard action presented by Premier Boxing Champions Saturday, December 1 from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

The event is headlined by the heavyweight world championship showdown between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury live on SHOWTIME PPV® presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

The Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs. Alfredo Angulo bout, originally scheduled to appear on the December 1 SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION® telecast, is off because Chavez’s father, Julio, Sr., and his team didn’t believe Chavez Jr. was ready to return to the ring. Chavez, Jr. will return at some time in the future. Angulo will still appear in a bout on the undercard.