Overview
- Producers screened Chávez vs. Chávez in early September and the first episode will air on Las Estrellas on Sept. 10 with all five hourlong episodes available on the ViX streaming service from Sept. 11.
- Director Diego Enrique Osorno and N+Docs built the series from four in‑depth conversations with Chávez, interviews with family and boxing figures, and archival television and press footage to center Chávez’s own voice.
- Chávez told reporters he has been sober for 18 years, that reliving his past proved painful because it exposed harms to his family, and that at his lowest point he contemplated ending his life.
- The ex‑champion says he now funds clinics and scholarships to help people with addiction and intends the series to serve as a warning and outreach tool for boxers and young people at risk.
- Mexico’s cultural memory of Chávez as a national sports figure gives the series broad resonance, a stance echoed by World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaimán who called Chávez a “champion of life,” while Chávez stresses recovery remains a day‑to‑day effort.