Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marcos Reyes: Winner, Scorecard and Reaction

It looked sloppy and lazy, but Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. got another win in the sport in which his father was a legend, and yet he's slowly becoming a disgrace.

Chavez won a unanimous decision over Marcos Reyes (33-3) in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday night to continue the charade that pretends he's worthy of the attention he receives.

The Ring's Douglass Fischer has the official scorecard and his assessment of the winner:

This bout was a clear example of a much more famous fighter using his influence to shift a bout in his favor. Chavez missed the 170-pound weight limit, per ESPN.com's Dan Rafael, despite the fact that it had been raised twice to accommodate him, according to the Showtime broadcast.

We had heard that Chavez had the best camp of his career in pre-fight interviews with Showtime's Mark Kriegel. Because he trained with Robert Garcia for this fight, some might have been inclined to believe that was the case.

It did not take long to notice that concept was a sham.

Chavez looked just as lumbering, dispassionate and unrefined as ever. His head was still consistently ahead of his front foot, and his footwork was a mess.

With so many flaws, how did he win?

It's simple: Chavez was effectively a light heavyweight in the ring with a middleweight. He weighed in at 170.8 pounds and was clearly bigger than that for the fight.

Reyes did not have the power or ring generalship to make Chavez pay for his mistakes. Like clockwork, Reyes started each round with more activity and by landing negligible shots. However, Chavez landed three or four heavy shots that moved his opponent's entire body. The punches stunned Reyes and gave Chavez control of the rounds.

Reyes won some of the frames, and others were close, but Chavez's size and strength canceled out most of what Reyes had accomplished.

Showtime's Al Bernstein had an on-point analysis of Chavez's performance:

To make matters worse, referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia deducted a point from Reyes for a head-butt that was clearly accidental. It seemed Chavez's complaining brought on the penalty.

Bleacher Report's Kevin McRae sounded disgusted about the whole thing:

It's hard not to laugh at this very kind assessment from Stephen A. Smith of ESPN's First Take. He ponders a future opponent for Chavez in this tweet:

While a fight with Gennady Golovkin would have some commercial appeal, it would be a train wreck for so many reasons. What weight class would it be fought in? Chavez cannot consistently make any weight that would even be reasonable for Golovkin.

If it ever took place, GGG would pound Chavez into a state of confusion and self-doubt. Chavez probably has some haters who wouldn't mind seeing that.

In any case, what was supposed to be a triumphant return wound up being just more proof that Chavez is all name and little-to-no substance.

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