World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was impressed with the performance from this past Friday, by former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Chavez Jr. failed to make weight for his contest with Daniel Jacobs in Phoenix, Arizona. The bout, scheduled at super middleweight, was bumped to light heavyweight on the day of the weigh-in.

Chavez Jr. was fighting for only the second time since losing to Canelo Alvarez in May of 2017.

But at the end of the fifth round, Chavez Jr. refused to continue any further. He told the referee that he was having trouble breathing due to a broken nose.

The live crowd, mostly there to support Chavez Jr, went bonkers over the Mexican star's decision and began to pelt the ring with bottles, cups of beer and garbage.

Sulaiman felt Chavez Jr. looked better than he's looked in years and felt he made the right move to stop the fight.

"Julio César Chávez Jr. made a difficult decision and faced an elite fighter, instead of facing a more modest opponent, which is very common. Danny Jacobs, twice world champion, was the opponent for Chavez," Sulaiman told El Heraldo.

"The Phoenix audience packed the venue and the atmosphere was electrifying, Julio gave a very good fight, the best he's looked in many years, but unfortunately he suffered a terrible fracture in the nose, which forced him to abandon the fight. Chavez said the injury came with a head-butt and elbow.

"The public was enraged and a terrible scene broke out in the arena. They showered the ring with everything, security had to intervene to protect the fighters and escort them to enter the locker room. The reality is that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was dramatically hurt, and stopping the fight was definitely a wise decision. There is nothing more important than the security of the contestants. The fans did not have an explanation of what happened and that is why such a scene broke out.

"We live in a world where violence predominates in everything. The movies, the video games, the news; in short, everything is violent. Hopefully the general public understands what happened and change their judgment towards Julito. Julio César Chávez Sr. was a father on Friday; He was not the champion, the coach, the critic, but the dad who helped his son in that difficult time. He was with Julito in the hospital, stuck with him, giving him courage and strength."