{"id":236157,"date":"2017-05-07T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T02:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=236157"},"modified":"2017-05-07T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T02:05:26","slug":"pros-react-canelo-alvarez-vs-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-ggg-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/canelo-alvarez\/pros-react-canelo-alvarez-vs-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-ggg-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros react to Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and GGG announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pros react to Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and GGG announcement <\/strong><\/p>\n

Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr squared off last night in a grudge match to prove who is the current pride of Mexican boxing.<\/p>\n

Canelo Alvarez was able to put on a boxing clinic, schooling Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with an emphatic performance on route to a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

All three judges scored the bout 120-108 in favor of Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Canelo was never in any real danger during the course of the fight and seemed to have fun while toying with his opponent Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. <\/p>\n

Following his dominant victory, Alvarez announced that he would be fighting Gennady Golovkin on September 16 for the middleweight championship of the world in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Here is how the pros reacted to the Alvarez vs. Chavez Jr result and the news that Canelo will now be fighting “GGG” in September.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/markhunt1974\/status\/861090854747996160<\/p>\n

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Big battle tonight. Best matchup in a minute for the middleweights. Don't wanna miss it.<\/p>\n

— Roy Jones Jr. (@RealRoyJonesJr) May 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n