Watch: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Returns to Training After Being Released From Prison

Last Updated:August 27, 2025, 08:24 IST

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was arrested shortly after losing a sold-out match to American boxer Jake Paul.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. training following his release. (Screengrab/IG/coliseoboxingclub)

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has resumed training after being released from prison while awaiting trial in Mexico for alleged cartel connections, following his deportation from the United States.

Video footage posted on social media by Gallo Estrada from the Coliseo Boxing Club in Hermosillo, Sonora, showed Chavez Jr. training on a punching bag, wearing a gym-brand t-shirt. The gym expressed gratitude for his visit, stating, “Thanks for your visit. This is your home," in an Instagram post.

The gym informed Reuters that Chavez Jr. was present at the site on Monday afternoon.

Chavez Jr., the 39-year-old son of legendary former world champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was released from prison in northern Sonora state over the weekend, after a judge ruled that he could continue the legal process outside detention.

Mexican prosecutors claim Chavez Jr. served as a henchman for the Sinaloa Cartel, which the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year. His lawyers and family deny the allegations.

He faces charges related to arms trafficking and organized crime, as Mexico’s president announced shortly after his arrest by U.S. immigration authorities in Los Angeles last month.

The boxer was arrested shortly after losing a sold-out match to American influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

He was deported to Mexico, where local authorities arrested him and briefly jailed him in Hermosillo.

With Reuters Inputs

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