Chavez Jr- a weight on the mind

How many times does 181 pounds go into 159... and a half pounds?

Once, if you're Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, and then, only BARELY!

World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman is currently investigating whether Chavez Jr complied with the 30 day and seven day weigh in requirements stipulated by the WBC.

He's also worried about the huge weight gain commenting: "I'm very concerned. I think they will pay attention. Julio Jr must have suffered to come down and make the weight.

"I've already talked with his Father and told him very seriously that he has to put his son in the hands of a doctor- a specialist. We are already asking for an appointment at UCLA in Los Angeles."

At The WBC's Annual Convention, which was held in Las Vegas, last December, its Medical Commission recommended that following the official weigh in, another must be done at 9.30am on the day of the fight. And that a boxer's weight may not exceed ten percent of the division limit. The WBC has already created Super Divisions, so the jump from one category to a higher division, is not a bridge too far.

On fight night at the Alamodome Julio Cesar Chavez and Marco Antonio Rubio, had both gone over that ten percent limit. But Chavez Jr was noticeably much physically larger than his countryman.

Chavez Jr ( 47 fights 45 wins, 31 KO's one draw and one no contest), who's six feet one inches tall, and will be 26 years old on February 16th, started his professional ring career aged 17 in 2003. At that time he was a slender super featherweight. Since then he's outgrown the Lightweight, Super Lightweight and Light Middleweight divisions and is struggling hard to squeeze down to middleweight in his birthday suit.

Don Jose warned about weight loss ordeal some boxers put themselves through commenting: "Sixty percent of the body is water. If you dry yourself out, you end up with nothing. And you cannot recover within 24 hours of the weigh in. Seventy two hours is the minimum recover time, according to the doctors!"

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