According to a report by TMZ Sports, former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was recently treated at a psych hospital after his wife told police that he consumed dozens of pills, and she was scared for his safety.

The news outlet indicates that the 37-year-old Chavez Jr.'s wife, Frida Chavez, contacted police in the Hollywood area on October 24 after she became worried about her husband's health.

Frida told authorities that she believed Chavez had ingested a large amount of potent and potentially dangerous medication and wanted medics to check him out.

Rescuers were dispatched and were able to contact Chavez Jr.

TMZ states that it's unclear exactly what happened, but Chavez Jr. wasn't permitted to leave after officials determined he needed to go to a psychiatric facility for treatment, known as a 5150 in California.

The law allows certain officials (police officers, doctors, etc.), should they believe someone to be "a danger to others, or to themselves, or gravely disabled" to be held for up to 72 hours "for assessment, evaluation, and crisis intervention."

Chavez Jr.'s family is clearly concerned for his health. His famous father, Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., recently expressed fear for his son's well-being during a podcast appearance.

"I feel sorry for him, because his children are little and he's not enjoying them. It hurts me that he's going to go crazy, that he's going to have an accident driving at 12-1 in the morning at full speed, that he's going to have a heart attack from all the pills he takes," Chavez Sr. said on the Bromeando con los Rivera show.

Chavez Jr, 53-6-1, last fought against David Zegarra in December 2021 -- a fight he won by unanimous decision.