Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Hey does anyone know why JLC Jr. doesn't have any amatuer background?? Seems really odd to me... I think for the simple reason that he doesn't, it's perfectly valid that there isn't much hype around him. There shouldn't be. His father wasn't a known entity until he had something like 60 fights... He didn't have an amatuer career either. But in his son's case I dont really understand why...
Do you mean JCC Jr.?

If so, thats because in Mexico it's NOT really a thing to be an amateur.
MAB turned pro at age 16, Erik at age 17 and many others.....
There WAS a lot of hype around JCC Jr. but as I said in my previous post once he fought to a draw and had close fights the hype toned down which as I said I think it's good for him as there is less pressure.....

JCC Sr. became a champ at 44-0 by wining the WBC title from 'Azabache' Martinez in an aswome fight here at the World Famous Olympic Auditorium and he was pretty known at that time....