Por Samuel Navas / @sam_navas

Para FOX Deportes

En la vida es de todos sabido que para el padre lo más importante es darle lo mejor a sus hijos. “Lo que no tuve, se lo daré” dicen algunos al justificar su complacencia en atender todas las necesidades de los pequeños. La noticia que sacude hoy al mundo del boxeo parece no ser más que el reflejo de un consentimiento exagerado de parte de un papá a su hijo.

Julio César Chávez Carrasco está en el ojo de los medios por lo que hasta ahora es un supuesto doping positivo por uso de marihuana. Prueba realizada con motivo de su pelea con Sergio Martínez del 15 de septiembre. No quiero culpar o señalar con convencimiento de lo que sucede con el boxeador sinaloense, para nada. Sin embargo creo que es justo un jalón de oreja para el Junior por no solo manchar su trayectoria, también está manchando el legado de su legendario padre.

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By Jose M. Romero /@RomeroJoseM

Septembers are so awesome.

Especially if you’re a sports fan. The postseason races in baseball are really heating up, and by the end of the month, should be at their most exciting. Pro football and college football are just getting started. The soccer seasons in most countries are in their second month, and in the U.S., pro soccer is nearing crunch time.

You have golf every week and the U.S. Open of tennis, and if you like NASCAR, the Chase is about to start for the circuit championship.

Yes, these are good times for couch potatoes and fantasy football freaks and soccer junkies and more.

And in October when the NHL starts and the major-league baseball playoffs move toward the World Series, it’s arguably even better.

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By Jose M. Romero / @RomeroJoseM

For FOX Deportes

There are those in boxing, fans or otherwise, who for some reason can’t bring themselves to believe in the talents of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Maybe it’s the name – he’s the son of a Mexican boxing legend who is beloved, and therefore there’s a perception that he will never be out of his dad’s shadow. Or the fact that the younger Chavez struggles with his weight after weigh-ins and before fights. Or that he’s so tall and lean  (6-0, 160 pounds) that more compact, muscular fighters should be able to knock him down and maybe out.

The doubters should have seen Chavez against top middleweight contender Andy Lee on Saturday in El Paso, and also on HBO. Chavez systematically pounded away and broke down Lee, who by the seventh round was so damaged by all of Chavez’s solid hooks and uppercuts that the end came quickly when the referee stopped the fight during the round.

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