Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is in top form for Saturday's fight with German contender Dominik Britsch. Chavez Jr. worked hard for this contest under the tutelage of uncle and trainer Rodolfo Chavez. He is reportedly weighing 169-pounds, which is one pound above the super middleweight limit of 168 - the contracted weight for his return. Photo by Salvador 'Chava' Rodriguez.

On December 10th, Chavez Jr. will return to the ring after nearly 17 months of inactivity to face Britsch at the Arena Monterrey in Mexico.

Chavez has been out of the ring since last July, when he won a ten round decision over Marcos Reyes. He injured his hand in the contest and that forced him to sit on the bench for the rest of the year. Then, he was going to fight WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack in April, and suffered a heel injury in camp and withdrew.

Chavez (49-2-1, 32 KO's) is only thinking about victory in his upcoming return and the prospect of getting big fights.

The fight against Dominik will be at 168-pounds, but Chavez says in 2017 he could even drop to 164 pounds for a fight with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez or challenge Gennady Golovkin at super middle.

Chavez Jr. has not made the super middleweight limit since March of 2014 for his rematch with Bryan Vera.

"The truth is that we are doing very well, training hard. We think he will be one pound above [the weight limit] a day before the weigh-in. Now he won't have to lose a lot of pounds like he used to [a day before the fight]," Rodolfo told ESPN Deportes.

"Now he can train and eat well, and before he did not do that, and now it's just a matter of keeping him there because he has been training very well."