I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
My idol was Julio Cesar Chavez, and I said I would be in his position.
Julio Cesar Chavez will never be ready to fight me.
Julio Cesar Chavez is the most important sporting figure we have ever had.
Other great fighters like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali have fallen to the canvas. Why not Julio Cesar Chavez?
I wasn't a fan of boxing, I was a fan of Julio Cesar Chavez. All of Mexico stopped to watch his fights. Old, young, left, right and centre.
The North American media have been very difficult and very critical of Julio Cesar Chavez. Why?... Because a Mexican broke the records of Muhammad Ali.
Whitaker will be nothing without Julio Cesar Chavez. I do not need Whitaker. Whitaker doesn't make the money I can. He can't fill arenas. He is nobody.
We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes.
I always wondered why there weren't any films about Cesar Chavez. There are movies about other civil rights leaders in this country, but why not Chavez?
Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez - these are people whose thoughts are so important.
I feel ashamed tonight that we treated Lennox Lewis the way we did because he gave it all his effort but everytime Don King's involved, you can expect a draw to come from somewhere. Ask Pernell Whitaker about the Julio Cesar Chavez fight...I thought Evander Holyfield gave a very game effort, but you win some and you lose some...tonight I'm upset because Lennox Lewis did not lose and it was not a draw. It's as simple as that.
My mother was very involved with Cesar Chavez's work on behalf of the migrant farm workers in California.
It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me.
I always learn from Julio Cesar and I learn more from watching him than from talking to him. I gain a lot of experience when I train with him.
They're going to need a DNA test to identify him after the fight (Chavez Jr.)