Who Is Julio César Chávez Jr.? Mexican Boxer To Be Deported By Ice After Losing To Jake Paul

Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested by ICE connected Thursday for deportation. The apprehension came conscionable days aft Chávez's loss to YouTuber Jake Paul successful Anaheim, California, connected nan past play of June. 

Chávez was arrested for overstaying his visa and lying connected a greenish paper application. He was being processed for expedited removal, according to U.S. authorities.

News of nan apprehension group nan fighting organization into a frenzy, pinch Chávez Jr. abruptly emerging arsenic a salient fig successful nan nation's ongoing deportation saga.

Chávez Jr. has an extended criminal history and suspected alleged ties to a supplier cartel, per DHS

According to nan Department of Homeland Security, Chávez Jr. has been charged pinch respective crimes while successful nan U.S.

On Jan. 22, 2012, California Highwaay Patrol arrested Chávez and charged him pinch DUI alcohol/drugs and driving without a license. On June 23, 2012, nan Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, convicted Chávez of nan discourtesy of driving nether nan power of intoxicant and sentenced him to 13 days successful jailhouse and 36 months’ probation.

On Jan. 14, 2023, a District Judge issued an apprehension warrant for Chávez, for nan discourtesy of organized crime for nan intent of committing crimes of weapons trafficking and manufacturing crimes, successful nan modality of those who participate successful clandestinely bringing weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives into nan country; and those who manufacture weapons, ammunition, cartridges, and explosives without nan corresponding permit.

Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. fights against Jake Paul  at Honda Center. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

On Jan. 7, 2024, nan Los Angeles Police Department arrested Chavez and charged him pinch Illegal Possession of an battle limb and manufacture aliases import short-barreled rifle. The tribunal convicted Chavez of these charges.'

DHS besides suspects Chavez is allegedly believed to beryllium an connection of nan Sinaloa Cartel, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Chavez’s exertion was based connected his matrimony to a U.S. citizen, who is connected to nan Sinaloa Cartel done a anterior narration pinch nan now-deceased boy of nan infamous cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, according to DHS.

Meanwhile, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that Mexico hadn’t antecedently arrested boxer Chávez Jr. connected a 2023 apprehension order, because he had been mostly successful nan U.S. astatine that time.

"The dream is that he will beryllium deported and service nan condemnation successful Mexico," Sheinbaum said during her regular news briefing Friday, referring to charges that Chávez faces for arms and supplier trafficking.

The Biden management fto Chávez Jr. into nan state conscionable earlier nan erstwhile president near office, per DHS

The boxer was astir formed retired of nan country months ago.

According to DHS, successful December 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had made a referral to ICE  that Chávez was an "egregious nationalist information threat," but Chavez was allowed to reenter nan state connected Jan. 4, 2025 aft records indicated nan Biden Administration had not made him an migration enforcement priority. 

After nan Biden management allowed Chavez to reenter nan state and paroled him into nan state astatine nan San Ysidro larboard of entry, per DHS.

Chávez Jr. is nan boy of a famed boxer, who shares issues pinch constituent abuse

Chávez Jr.'s father, Julio César Chávez Sr., is simply a multiple-time world champion successful 3 different weight divisions. Chávez Sr. reportedly grew up successful an abandoned railroad car pinch his 5 sisters and 4 brothers, according to a 1993 article by nan South Florida Sun Sentinel. 

The begetter is considered 1 of nan astir beloved athletes successful Mexican history and a personnel of nan International Boxing Hall of Fame. 

During Chávez Jr.'s childhood, his begetter would regularly return him and his relative into nan ringing earlier fights.

However, Chávez Jr. has besides posted aggregate videos connected TikTok successful which he accuses his begetter of abuse.

Chávez Sr. struggled pinch drugs, particularly intoxicant and cocaine. 

"At first I [could] power it, but I conscionable needed much intoxicant and much cocaine and much and more," Chavez Sr. told NPR successful a 2015 interview. "That's erstwhile nan problems really started. That's erstwhile nan failures began, nan defeats."

Chavez Jr. besides developed a supplier habit. 

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. enters nan correct earlier fighting Jake Paul  at Honda Center connected June 28, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

In 2009, Chávez Jr. tested affirmative for furosemide, a diuretic that tin beryllium utilized for weight cutting aliases arsenic a masking supplier for different substances. This resulted successful a suspension and fine. In 2012, aft losing to Sergio Martinez, he tested affirmative for marijuana. He received a good and a nine-month suspension. In 2017, he tested affirmative for marijuana earlier a conflict pinch Canelo Alvarez.

Then successful 2020, Chávez Jr. was suspended indefinitely for refusing to return a supplier test. 

When Chávez Jr. was arrested connected weapon charges successful January 2024, he was later freed connected a $50,000 enslaved connected nan information he spell to a residential supplier curen facility.

Chávez Jr. built a successful boxing profession earlier becoming 1 of Paul's astir morganatic opponents

Jake Paul moves successful for a deed against Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. astatine Honda Center.  (Vasquez-Imagn Images)

Chávez Jr. won his first title successful 2009 successful nan World Boxing Council Latino ace featherweight division. The adjacent twelvemonth he won nan vacant WBC metallic middleweight crown, defeating John Duddy by unanimous decision.

In June 2011, Chávez Jr. won his top triumph astatine that point, defeating Sebastian Zbik by mostly determination successful nan WBC middleweight title successful Los Angeles.

He past successfully defended nan crown 3 times against Peter Manfredo Jr., Marco Antonio Rubio and Andy Lee.

Chávez Jr. made his pay-per-view debut successful 2012 against Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez of Argentina, who is 11 years older than Chavez Jr., but it proved to beryllium his first loss. Martinez defeated Chávez by unanimous decision. 

After nan fight, Chávez was suspended for 9 months and fined $900,000 by nan Nevada State Athletic Commission aft he tested affirmative for marijuana.

In 2017, Chávez Jr. fought Canelo Alvarez successful Las Vegas successful his 2nd pay-per-view fight, but mislaid that 1 excessively by unanimous decision.  

He stopped fighting for 2 years, and past successful 2019 he mislaid to erstwhile middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs successful Las Vegas. Chávez Jr. past fought again successful Mexico, including a nonaccomplishment to erstwhile mixed martial arts champion Anderson Silva by divided determination successful 2021.

After a three-year break from nan ring, successful which Chávez Jr. was dealing pinch his ineligible and constituent issues, he returned past July, beating Uriah Hall successful Tampa, Florida. 

Then came his highly-anticipated lucifer pinch Jake Paul successful Anaheim past weekend, wherever nan YouTuber won by unanimous determination to gain an charismatic WBA cruiserweight ranking. 

And past aft news of nan Mexican's apprehension connected Thursday, Paul took to X to station an American emblem emoji.