Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. blasted Bob Arum and Top Rank. Chavez has been battling Top Rank over his contract for a while now. He has scheduled a fight and Bob Arum has said the fight will not happen. Some of the latest comments coming from Chavez kind of give an insight as to why he left Top Rank.
“They didn’t treat me good,” Chavez Jr. ESPN Deportes. “They didn’t give me the fights I wanted and the fights the fans wanted.”
Chavez now indicates he is done working with Top Rank.
“I’m not working with Top Rank in my fights anymore. Thank God that relationship is over. In the years I was with him I don’t think they did the best they could have with me,” Chavez Jr. said.
One has to wonder if the fight will go through on April 18.
“Yes, there’s a lawsuit,” Chavez stated. “MY lawyers are handling that but aside from that, my fight on April 18th is taking place.”
Who's next after Fonofora?
“The (Fonfora) fight is very important to me. After the fight, I want to drop down to 168 and fight Carl Froch and be the first Mexican champion at 168 and 175.”
Chavez has now joined every other fighter in the world in working with Al Haymon.