Alex Ariza leaves Manny’s camp to train Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. – Boxing News
Alex Ariza, strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, left for Los Angeles yesterday to train the current WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Chavez is scheduled to go head to head with Andy Lee on June 16 in El Paso,
Texas.
Alex Ariza, who was in Baguio City training with former unified IBF and WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan, was supposed to spend time with Manny Pacquiao. However, as of now, Ariza is in Los Angeles getting Chavez ready for his big day. Both the fighters
agreed to Ariza’s decision.
Manny Pacquiao, the current WBO welterweight champion, will go head to head with unbeaten American fighter Timothy Bradley on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Manny will have his title on the line, therefore it is important for him to keep up with his
training. On the other hand, Amir Khan will have his rematch against Lamont Peterson on May 19 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
In his recent interview about leaving Pacquiao’s camp, Ariza said, “I spoke with Manny and Amir about Julio last Friday night and got their okay to leave. I then spoke on the phone with Julio’s father (Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.) who’ll meet me with Julio in
Los Angeles on Sunday (today). Julio will train with Freddie (Roach) in Los Angeles, not Las Vegas. Manny’s the most understanding athlete in the world. When I asked his permission, he immediately told me no problem, to do what I had to do. He gave me his
blessing. I’ll be waiting for Manny when he gets to Los Angeles in two weeks.”
Ariza also said that he wishes the very best to Pacquiao and Khan for their fights that are just days away. Pacquiao, who is currently needs quite a lot of training to get back to his groove, will have to manage now without his strength and conditioning
coach. Khan has already taken all the training he could from Ariza so he is not on the losing end. Probably, Pacquiao will be hiring services of another coach to work on him.
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