"This frustrates me because as a boxer, I don't want to be talking; I want to be up in the ring, but I make no apology for the position I have taken," stated former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who is still not pleased about his current contractual situation with his promotional company, Top Rank. According to Chavez, he's eager to make big fights with the likes of Carl Froch and Gennady Golovkin so long as he doesn't have to sign a contract extension, but unfortunately, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum refuses to negotiate with his manager, Billy Keane.
"I accepted everything they wanted except the contract extension, but there was no agreement and until now, I have not received any other offer to fight. There is talk that they want me to return on September 13; I also heard the name of Carl Froch [as an opponent], but right now, I am in the middle of a cold war and I don't know what's going to happen," Chavez Jr. commented in a recent interview with RECORD before giving his side of the story about why the Golovkin fight fell through.
"I was offered money for the Golovkin fight, but it included an extension of two more fights. I sent an e-mail to Top Rank saying that everything was good except for the extension," he explained. "They immediately responded that they would take away 75 percent of the purse that I had been offered with the extension, and that [what was left] was miserable, so the people who work with me told me it was a mockery."
"In these days, there must be a new rapport with Top Rank. Arum constantly insists on speaking with my dad and me, something that I think is unprofessional because neither my dad nor I know about contracts or laws. He does not want to negotiate with my manager [Billy Keane]," Chavez Jr. added. "If I were face to face with Arum, I would tell him to respect the laws of boxing and the Muhammad Ali Act, which demands transparency in negotiations. I would tell him to talk to my manager and not with my dad."
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