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Anderson Silva vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: Live blog, results

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – MMA Junkie is on the scene and reporting live from tonight’s Tribute to the Kings: Anderson Silva vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. boxing event. Silva, a former UFC middleweight champion, makes his return to boxing, as he takes on …

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – MMA Junkie is on the scene and reporting live from tonight’s Tribute to the Kings: [autotag]Anderson Silva[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.[/autotag] boxing event.

Silva, a former UFC middleweight champion, makes his return to boxing, as he takes on Chavez Jr. in a professional, eight-round boxing bout in the main event of Tribute to the Kings.

Tribute to the Kings goes down on Saturday, June 19 at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara. The pay-per-view main card is set to go live at 9:00 p.m. ET on FITE, while the undercard will stream at 7:00 p.m. ET also FITE and beIN Sports.

Silva vs. Chavez Jr. was contracted for 182 pounds, but unfortunately, Chavez Jr. missed weight, recording a weight of 184.4 pounds. The bout still goes on, but Chavez Jr. will forfeit $100k of his purse to Silva for the weight miss.

In the co-main event of the card, the legendary Mexican boxer [autotag]Julio Cesar Chavez[/autotag] Sr. fights former rival’s son [autotag]Hector Camacho Jr.[/autotag]. The bout is a four-round exhibition. It’s set to be Chavez Sr.’s last performance in the boxing ring.

The pay-per-view main card also features a trilogy fight between Chavez Sr.’s youngest son [autotag]Omar Chavez[/autotag] taking on Canelo Alvarez’s brother [autotag]Ramon Alvarez[/autotag].

Keep it locked here for fight results as they happen, as well as live behind-the-scenes updates from Jalisco Stadium.

Tribute to the Kings full weigh-in results: Cesar Chavez Jr. misses weight for bout against Anderson Silva

Watch Anderson Silva weigh-in ahead of his June 19 boxing clash against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s Tribute to the Kings ceremonial weigh-ins.

The early, official weigh-ins took place at the Tribute to the Kings host hotel in Guadalajara were preceded by the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 3 p.m. ET at Teatro Degollado.

Tribute to the Kings goes down on Saturday, June 19 at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara. The pay-per-view main card is set to go live at 9:00 p.m. ET, while the undercard will stream at 7:00 p.m. ET on FITE and beIN Sports.

In the main event of the card, former UFC middleweight champion [autotag]Anderson Silva[/autotag] returns to the boxing ring in almost 16 years, as he’s set to take on [autotag]Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.[/autotag] in an eight-round, 180-pound contest.

Unfortunately, Chavez Jr. missed weight for the bout, recording a weight of 184.4 pounds. He will forfeit $100k of his purse to Silva.

The co-main event features the legendary Mexican boxer[autotag] Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.[/autotag] who fights former rival’s son [autotag]Hector Camacho Jr.[/autotag] The bout is a four-round exhibition. It’s set to be Chavez Sr.’s last performance in the boxing ring.

The pay-per-view main card also features a trilogy fight between Chavez Sr.’s youngest son [autotag]Omar Chavez[/autotag] taking on Canelo Alvarez’s brother [autotag]Ramon Alvarez[/autotag].

The full Tribute to the Kings weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (184.4) vs. Anderson Silva (182)
  • Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. () vs. Hector Camacho Jr. ()
  • Omar Chavez (161) vs. Ramon Alvarez (160)
  • Kevin Torres (138.4)vs. Jorge Luis Melendez (137.8)
  • Damian Sosa (153.4) vs. Abel Mina (153.6)

UNDERCARD (FITE and beIN Sports, 7:00 pm E.T.)

  • Cesar Gutierrez (140) vs. Oscar Mejia (137.8)
  • Jose Acosta (129.8) vs. Leonard Padilla (129.2)

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Julio Cesar Chavez to face Jorge Arce in exhibition on Sept. 25

Julio Cesar Chavez reportedly will face Jorge Arce in an exhibition – his third with his countryman – on Sept. 25 in Tijuana, Mexico.

Julio Cesar Chavez is ahead of Mike Tyson when it comes to the senior circuit. And he’s at it again.

The Mexican Hall of Famer reportedly will face Jorge Arce in an exhibition – his third with his countryman – on Sept. 25 in Tijuana, Mexico. The event, which will take place behind closed doors, was announced on a World Boxing Council conference call, according to BoxingScene.com.

It will be available on superboletos.com. Proceeds will benefit those affected by the coronavirus in Tijuana and Culiacan, Chavez’s hometown, as well as those battling addiction.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez, the elder Chavez’s sons, will take part in the event. Chavez Jr. also will take part in an exhibition. Omar will fight in a sanctioned eight-round bout.

Chavez Sr. said on the call that Chavez Jr. is planning to take part in a sanctioned fight in October in Mexico. Junior is suspended in the U. S. for allegedly refusing to take a drug test late last year.

“If they want to resume their careers, this will serve them for when there is … an audience,” Chavez Sr. said about his sons. “Let’s see how Julio develops and how Omar looks. Julio plans to fight in October in Monterrey, but he is going to do the exhibition on September 25, and Omar will fight professionally over eight rounds.”

Chavez Sr. is 58. Arce, the popular former four-division titleholder from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is 41.