Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has called Canelo Alvarez's recently announced fight with Amir Khan an "embarrassment," suggesting the weight disparity between the pair is unacceptable.

For Chavez Jr., Khan is not even a true welterweight—the Englishman has previously fought at lightweight and light welterweight—and the 29-year-old criticised the fight being made for Alvarez's WBC middleweight title, per BoxingScene.com's Miguel Rivera:

"With all due respect, Canelo's fight is an embarrassment to the middleweight division. A 140 [pounder] fighting at that weight [of 155]. It dishonours boxing. We all know who wins. That [fight] should not be allowed. The next fight for Chavez Jr. will be against Chris Algieri [the boxer joked]."

The pair will fight at a 155-pound catchweight at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena on May 7, but that still requires Khan, 29, to make a big step up from welterweight.

And as Mexico's Alvarez historically rehydrates significantly before a fight, a huge size difference is inevitable.
In short, Canelo loves to fight dwarfs! Another black eye for boxing...and for Canelo.