Who is Giulio Cesar Chavez Jr.? Boxer arrested by the ice after losing to Jake Paul

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was arrested on ice for deportation on Thursday. The arrest came a few days later Chavez’s loss On the final weekend of June, I went to YouTuber Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.

Chavez was arrested for overstaying a visa and lying on a green card application. He was being treated Quick removalAccording to US authorities.

News of the arrest plunged the fighting community into a frenzy, with Chavez Jr. suddenly emerging as a prominent figure in the country’s ongoing deportation.

Chávez Jr. has a wide range of criminal history and is suspected of having alleged links to drug cartels with each DHS.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Chavez Jr. has been charged with several crimes while in the US

On January 22, 2012, the California High Wie Patrol arrested Chavez and charged him with driving without a DUI alcohol/drug and license. On June 23, 2012, California Superior Court in Los Angeles County was found 13 days in prison and 36 months of probation, convicted of Chavez of driving under the influence of alcohol.

On January 14, 2023, a district judge issued an arrest warrant for Chavez for organized crimes with the intent to commit crimes of human trafficking and manufacturing weapons in the modality of people who bring weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives secretly to the country. And people who make weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives without their corresponding permission.

On January 7, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Chavez and charged him with illegal possession of assault weapons and the manufacture or import of short versions of the rifle. The court found Chavez guilty of these charges.

DHS is also said to be considered an affiliate of Sinaloa Cartel, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Chavez’s application was based on his marriage to a US citizen affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel, through his previous relationship with the late son of infamous cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to the DHS.

Meanwhile, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that Mexico had never previously arrested boxer Chavez Jr. on a 2023 arrest order.

“The hope is that he will be deported and served his sentence in Mexico,” Sinbaum said during a daily news briefing on Friday, referring to the charges Chavez faces for arms and drug trafficking.

The Biden administration put Chavez Jr. in the country with each DHS just before the former president left.

The boxer was almost kicked out of the country a few months ago.

According to the DHS, in December 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Agency introduced Chavez to the ice as a “severe public safety threat,” but Chavez was allowed to re-enter the country on January 4, 2025 after the Biden administration showed that he had not prioritized immigration enforcement.

After the Biden administration allowed Chavez to re-enter the country and parole him to the country of San Isidro’s port of entry per DHS.

Chávez Jr. is the son of a famous boxer and shares the issues with substance abuse

Chávez Jr. The father of Julio César Chávez Sr. is a multi-time world champion in three different weight categories. Chavez Sr. reportedly grew up on abandoned railroad cars along with five sisters and four brothers. Article from 1993 By the Sentinel of the Sun in South Florida.

His father is one of the most beloved athletes in Mexican history and is considered a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

During Chavez Jr.’s childhood, his father regularly took him and his brother to the ring before fighting.

But Chávez Jr. has posted multiple videos on Tiktok, where he accused his father of abuse.

Chávez Sr. I struggled with medicines, especially alcohol and cocaine.

“In the beginning I was able to control it, but I needed more alcohol and more cocaine and more,” Chavez Sr. I told NPR Interview from 2015. “It’s when the problem really begins. It’s when the failure begins, it’s defeat.”

Chavez Jr. also developed a drug habit.

2009, Chávez Jr. tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent for weight cutting and other substances. This resulted in suspension and fines. In 2012, he tested positive for marijuana after losing to Sergio Martinez. He received a fine and a nine-month suspension. In 2017, he tested positive for marijuana before his fight with Canelo Alvarez.

Then in 2020, Chavez Jr. was suspended indefinitely for refusing to get a drug test.

When Chavez Jr. was arrested on gun charges in January 2024, he was released on a $50,000 bond on the condition that he would later go to a residential drug treatment facility.

Chávez Jr.

Chavez Jr. won his first title in the World Boxing Council Latino Super Featherweight title in 2009. The following year he won the vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Crown, beating John Daddy by unanimous decision.

In June 2011, Chavez Jr. won his biggest victory at that point, beating Sebastian Zvik by majority decision in the WBC middleweight title in Los Angeles.

He then defended the crown three times against Peter Manfredo Jr., Marco Antonio Rubio and Andy Lee.

Chavez Jr. made his pay-per-view debut in 2012 against Argentina’s Sergio “Maravila” Martinez, 11 years older than Chavez Jr., but it proved his first defeat. Martinez defeated Chavez by unanimous decision.

After the fight, Chavez was suspended for nine months and fined $900,000 by the Nevada State Athletics Board after testing positive for marijuana.

In 2017, Chavez Jr. fought Canelo Alvarez of Las Vegas in his second pay-per-view fight, but lost it in a unanimous decision.

He stopped fighting for two years and lost to former middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs in 2019. Chavez Jr. then fought again in Mexico. This includes the defeat to former martial arts champion Anderson Silva due to the 2021 split decision.

After a three-year break from the ring, where Chavez Jr. was dealing with legal and substantive issues, he returned last July to defeat Ulia Hall in Tampa, Florida.

Then came the long-awaited match against Jake Paul in Anaheim last weekend. There, YouTubers won the unanimous decision to win the official WBA cruiserweight rankings.

And after news of the Mexican arrest on Thursday, Paul took him to X to post an American flag emoji.