By Jhonny Gonzalez

WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is not too impressed with the recent win by his Mexican rival, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, who knocked out veteran Carlos Baldomir in six one-sided rounds last weekend in Los Angeles.

Chavez wants to remind everyone that Baldomir was nearly 40-years-old and he struggled to make weight. Baldomir came in a few pounds over.

"He had a good fight, but we must take into account who he fought, how old he was, how he had to lose weight, how bad he was and his condition on the day of the fight,” Chavez told Sal Rodriguez.. “Logically, a fighter at 40 years of age who was retired and had to lose 20 kilos (44 lb.), would be greatly diminished for a fight with a boy who is only 20-years-old.”

"Baldomir did not make the weight and they wouldn't let him go more than five kilos after the weigh-in ...that truly was abuse. But if we are speaking the truth, that's the truth."

Chavez returns on December 4 in California against Alfonso Gomez. Alvarez also returns on December 4, in Mexico against an opponent to be determined.

Chavez is not concerned about going head to head with Alvarez in the ratings on Mexican television, claiming to always come out ahead when it comes to measuring the two in that capacity.

"I've always won [in the ratings]. It is good that the two of us may fight on the same date... that's good for Mexico that the same day we, the two most popular fighters [in Mexico], are going to fight. Let's see what happens. I've always won in the ratings, and I do not see why I won't do it again.”