BREAKING NEWS Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by ICE agents days after Jake Paul loss amid alleged cartel links
According to TMZ, the 39-year-old was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area and is currently being processed. He was arrested over a warrant in Mexico.
The outlet report that he will 'be returned' to Mexico once he is processed.
Chavez Jr. is the son and namesake of one of boxing's greatest ever fighters and a former world middleweight champion.
He has fought more than 60 times as a professional but the 39-year-old barely laid a glove on Paul during their fight.
Paul, who was fighting for the first time since his controversial clash with Mike Tyson, won by scores of 99-91, 97-93 and 98-92.
Chavez Jr. failed to land a single punch in the first round before showing flashes of life in the closing stages. But he was still powerless to prevent Paul from improving his professional record to 12-1 on Saturday night.
After victory was secured, Paul turned on the pro-Mexican crowd and turned his attention to tougher tests.
'Y'all can shut the f*** up,' he said. 'I just beat your boys' a**!'
Paul continued: 'I was flawless... I thought I did great, going 10 rounds against a former world champion... I embarrassed him.'
Chavez Jr. captured the WBC middleweight title and improved to 46-0-1 with a TKO win over Ireland's Andy Lee back in 2012.
And while that proved to be the peak of his career, Chavez has since fought and lost to highly rated pros like Sergio Martinez, Andrzej Fonfara, Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs.
However, prior to his bout with Paul, he'd fought only once in the last four years, beating converted kickboxer Uriah Hall by unanimous decision last July.
Prior to that, he dropped a 2021 split decision to UFC legend Anderson Silva, who actually lost a boxing match to Paul the following year.
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