By Salvador Rodriguez

Former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. believes he is a promotional free agent and capable of negotiating to involve himself in potential fights. The Mexican star claims his contract with Top Rank expired at the end of September.

"I have been told that my contract has already ended, [it ended] the last day of September. We will see what comes," Chavez said. "I have offers to fight Carl Froch in the United States and England, to fight the winner of Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio Rubio, even to fight at 158 ​​pounds with Floyd Mayweather. Let's see what comes.

Daniel Petrocelli, attorney for Top Rank, says the boxer is incorrect. Top Rank claims the boxer is under contract until April 2016. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has stated in several interviews that Chavez owes his company a fight and has until the end of his contract to meet that obligation.

"That information is incorrect. He is under contract with Top Rank. We filed a lawsuit against him two months ago in a Nevada Federal court, asking that he be kept under contract until at least April 2016," Petrocelli said. "Chavez has his lawyer, obviously they do not agree with this, but that will be decided by a court."