Former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is coming back on the ring this July 18, not just to win the match, but to prove that he deserves a fight against Gennady Golovkin and Carl Froch.

On Wednesday, the son of Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez told the press present at the Ringside Gym where he trains for his bout against fellow Mexican boxer, Marcos Reyes, how much the upcoming fight means to him, World Boxing News reported.

"I must win this fight and then everyone will see that I am capable of fighting the big names like [Gennady] Golovkin and [Carl] Froch... I must stay prepared and focus on my current opponent. He's only 27 and has the ability... I feel like I need to have a dominant performance to show my fans what I am capable of. I must work my jab and use my defense," said Chavez Jr.

A fight with World Boxing Association and International Boxing Organization middleweight champion Golovkin may be quite a challenge for the boxer who faced defeat via a TKO in April from Andrzej Fonfara. Even the much heavier boxer, Carl Froch, may even be too much for him to handle especially that Froch is thinking that "GGG" has no match for him.

Yet, the Mexican boxer claimed that he has learned a lot from his loss with Fonfara. He said he worked on his endurance by spending "more time in the gym." Even his father said that his clash with Fonfara did not take his son down, rather, it "woke him up." The elder Chavez is hoping to see "a new Julio" on the 18th.

Right now, Chavez Jr. is optimistic that he'll win the fight this time around.

"I feel like I am in a good place right now. I am confident in my boxing ability because I know I am in the right condition. I sparred 10 rounds yesterday, this never happened in my last fight," Chavez Jr. added.

The 29-year-old boxer has been receiving a lot of support from his father. The younger Chavez is also being trained by the famous boxing coach, Robert Garcia.

Garcia said that Julio is "doing everything he has to do" and that training him has "been easier" than he "ever expected." He just gave some pointers for Julio to master.

"Junior has his own style, and I'm not going to change that. I'm just correcting little things; making sure he doesn't have his head in front of his opponent and letting them hit him like they did his last couple of fights. I want him to use the jab a little more and move side to side," shared Garcia.

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