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BOXING legend Julio Cesar Chavez has urged his son of the same name to RETIRE after his embarrassing loss to UFC star Anderson Silva.Chavez Jr fought a boxing exhibition against the 46-year-old MMA star – but lost on points.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was outclassed by UFC legend Anderson Silva in a boxing ringCredit: Getty
Chavez Jr’s famous father of the same name has told his son to hang up the glovesCredit: EPA
The Mexican missed weight for the scrap and was outclassed throughout by an opponent who hadn’t had a pro boxing fight for more than 15 years.
Now his father and one of boxing’s best ever wants to see him hang up the gloves for good.
And the other brother, Omar Chavez, has also been told to pack it in after losing his trilogy fight against Canelo Alvarez’s older brother Ramon.
Speaking to Boxing Scene 58-year-old Chavez Sr, who fought his own exhibition against Hector Camacho Jr, said: “I prefer that they retire if they are not going to prepare correctly.
“They do not prepare in the best way possible to fight.”
Anderson Silva earned a split-decision victory at the Estadio Jalisco in Mexico.
Silva made his pro boxing debut way back in 1998 then tasted victory at the second time of asking seven years later before focusing on UFC.
And the 34-11-1 former MMA middleweight champ did enough in his third boxing fight to earn the win.
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Chavez Sr, 58, had his own exhibition at the weekend against Hector Camacho JrCredit: Getty
Chavez Sr was congratulated by fellow Mexican and unified super-middleweight champ Canelo AlvarezCredit: Getty

Boxing as a southpaw, the Spider pulled out vintage moves to dodge and weave the swings from Chavez, taunting him all the way with some trademark showboating.
He landed a huge uppercut in the fourth and after that, Chavez struggled to make his mark for the remainder of the eight rounds.
The sluggish Mexican came in overweight for the limit, forcing him into a £72,000 fine paid to Silva.
And he was bloodied and bruised by the time the judges called it 77-75, 77-75, 75-77 to his opponent in his 60th pro career.
Canelo Alvarez was on hand ringside to congratulate Brazilian Silva on his victory.
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TOMMY FURY has been backed to knock out ‘trash’ Jake Paul in four rounds by boxer Ahmed Elbiali, who has sparred BOTH men. Fury, who starred in reality TV show Love Island in 2019, and YouTuber Paul have been feuding online in recent months.
Tommy Fury has been backed to KO Jake Paul in four rounds by boxer Ahmed ElbialiCredit: Getty
Jake Paul has feuded with Love Island star Tommy Fury onlineCredit: Getty
Talks between opposing camps were held but the celebrity mega-fight has been shelved to allow the rivalry to build further.
One man in a position to compare the two is 20-1 Elbiali, who has shared rounds with the pair.
He sparred Paul last year before the social media sensation brutally knocked out ex-NBA player Nate Robinson.
More recently, the light-heavyweight spent time training in America with Fury and his older brother Tyson, the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion.
Elbiali believes there is no comparison between Fury, 22, and Paul, 24, as he offered his definitive prediction.
He told SunSport: “Tommy in four rounds. He is still getting used to the pro game, whereas Jake is just starting and he’s not fighting boxers. 
“After sparring Tommy, I was like he’s a very humble dude, he’s a regular, good old fashioned man which is really good to see. 
“He’s a young man, he has fame, I’m sure he has money in his pockets but he treats us really well and that’s surprising as we’re in a similar weight class. 
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“There’s competition but really much respect to him, he respected my experience and we shared a lot of knowledge in the ring.” 
Fury entered ITV’s popular hit series 2-0 and finished runner-up alongside current partner Molly-Mae Hague.
His legion of new fans and followers have seen him move to 6-0, with his latest win on points against Jordan Grant, his first opponent with a winning record.
Paul on the other hand has taken a different approach, going the pay-per-view route, facing other named fighters.
But he so far only beaten online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, basketballer Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36, a renowned grappler.
Paul’s next fight is his biggest step up to date against ex-UFC champ Tyron Woodley, 39, who reigned from 2016-2018 with seven KOs to his name.
But still, Woodley comes into his boxing debut on August 28 of the back off four defeats, without a win in three years.
Ahmed Elbiali, right, pictured in training with Tommy Fury
Ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley fights Jake Paul on August 28Credit: Reuters
Elbiali provided a brutal assessment of Paul and Woodley, as he accused boxing promoters of careful matchmaking.
He said: “Jake’s about to fight Tyron Woodley but I see that as garbage versus trash and I got trash winning by knockout.
“That’s exactly how I see it. Tyron is a really good MMA world champion but he’s garbage at boxing and Jake is just pure trash.
“I saw some videos of Woodley and I was like, ‘This is so sad’. They’re really going to clown this former MMA world champion. 
“They’re going to clown the f*** out of him as boxing matchmaking is special, and it takes a while to learn how to hit hard in boxing gloves. 
“Jake is the bigger guy too and weight classes matter in boxing. You hit any man in 10-ounce gloves they’re going to feel it. 
“I’m sure Tyron hits hard but whoever’s matchmaking Jake’s career is not going to let that happen.” 
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ONLY two boxers have fought both Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao – and David Diaz is one of them. Diaz stunned many in the American boxing community when he upset the heavily favoured Zab Judah to take a spot at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. 
David Diaz lands a punch on Manny PacquiaoCredit: Getty

He turned pro shortly after the games and went on to have a stellar 15-year career – winning the WBC lightweight title along the way. 
He joined Simon Maguire on the ‘Rocky Road: Rewind’ podcast recently to reflect on his fights with two legends of the sport in Morales and Pacquiao. 
On August 4, 2007, Diaz came up against Morales – hoping a win over the Mexican icon would solidify his claim to the lightweight title.
“This is a guy who has been through many wars and has been champion three times.
LOOKING FOR VALIDATION
“That’s what I thought it should have done – validate me as a world champion.”
The fight kicked-off at a frenetic pace but as Diaz charged in late in round one – Morales struck back and knocked him to the canvas. 
Erik Morales and David Diaz ahead of their bout in 2007
Diaz v Morales, August 2007
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“I was good – it was a flash knockdown,” he said, adding: “And with a knockdown I figured we were down by two rounds so we got to go back at it and go chase him and put everything I can on him.”
Morales in 2007 wasn’t the fighter he once was – but he still had plenty left in the tank and Diaz felt he had to force the issue to get the win. 
SIMPLE GAME-PLAN
The game-plan was fairly simple – “Just to keep the pressure on. I’ve always been a pressure fighter – that’s been my style…I was either going to make him quit or land a punch that was going to hurt him. That was my mentality going into the fight.”
And, it was a tactic that paid off with Diaz taking a unanimous decision on the scorecards after dominating down the stretch. 
While Morales may have been on a downward trajectory – taking a title defence against Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao in 2008 wasn’t picking the easy option.
In his previous seven fights, ‘Pacman’ had stopped Erik Morales twice, beaten Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Jorge Solis, Oscar Larios and Hector Velasquez as he burst out of the boxing cult to become a global superstar. 
MANNY PACQUIAO
However, Diaz was confident he could beat Pacquiao. 
He said: “Like I tell everybody – if a fighter goes into a fight thinking he’s going to get out-classed or out-punched or just lose – then why is he even fighting? 
“I honestly felt that I was going to beat Manny Pacquiao. I felt that I was going to be stronger and heavier than him, punch harder than him and I didn’t think his speed was going to be that much of a factor into the fight. That’s just how I felt – I felt that I could really beat him.
“But, obviously in the fight – it was totally different. The man’s speed was incredible…I couldn’t evade any punch or block or anything like that because if I was blocking one – it was because I already got hit there so I figured if he’s going to hit me again I can block that and he can hit me on the other side. 
KNOCKED ME OUT
“It’s one of those things where afterwards I admit defeat obviously because he really beat me up and when he knocked me out – it was a punch that I didn’t see coming and those are the ones that get you and that one got me.”
At this stage in 2008, Pacquiao’s coach, Freddie Roach, was training his protege to be a more well-rounded fighter than just a left-handed KO artist. 
The plan to smother the physically smaller Filipino back-fired – as Diaz admits now.
“We know he’s fast and he needs movement and separation in order to let his punches go so that for me was the way to do it. 
A GREAT FIGHTER
“It’s just that he was a great boxer, a great fighter and speed is definitely what killed me. I mean – I can’t defend against it.
“He just out-boxed the s*** out of me with a bunch of punches and really did a number [on me].”
Diaz went out on his shield – losing by ninth round KO.

He retired in 2012 – with a record of 36-4-1 and now works as an estate agent in Chicago.
A three-time national Golden Glove champion, an Olympian and a WBC lightweight champ, he’s content with his legacy in the ring, saying: “Now, I’m super proud…as you get older – you get wiser. I start looking back and I start seeing all the things that I’ve done in the sport of boxing considering where I came from – I’m very pleased with myself, I’m happy.”
(For the record, Marco Antonio Barrera is the only other boxer to have fought both Morales and Pacquiao). More