Who is the next opponent for julio cesar chavez jr?
After Manny Pacquiao’s devastating 2nd round knockout win over Light welterweight king Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, most boxing aficionados has been waiting for an announcement as to who will Manny Pacquiao share the ring and exchange fists with next. Who is Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent? A few names have been mentioned, but there has been no final word yet from the Pacquiao camp or from Top Rank’s Bob Arum. In this series of articles, we are going to list down a boxer or two in each post and we’re going to dissect (so scientific) every boxer compared to Pacquiao’s. If you are reading this post, you can also suggest a boxer that you want us to check. You can check this site every now and then for the next feature or bookmark it. First off, Julio Ceasar Chavez Jr. Yeah, I know, Julio is too big, too tall, a complete mismatch and not worthy at all to fight Pacquiao, but as we mentioned, we are going to be featurig boxers who have been mentioned to fight Pacquiao (though every fighter has
Who’s Next For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr? Well, it appears that junior middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s bout with Contender star Alfonso Gomez is out the window, based on a report by Dan Rafael of ESPN, who said that Chavez’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, has had second thoughts about Chavez facing Gomez, apparently after seeing that Chavez, the son of boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez, is a huge draw and has decided that he should fight on pay per view instead. Even though Chavez Jr. isn’t a champion in any of the major divisions, Arum figures that he can make a lot of money because of the fact that Chavez Jr’s recent bout with Ray Sanchez sold a high number of subscriptions with little in the way of advertising for the bout. Chavez is scheduled to fight on February 9th, against an unknown opponent. According to Rafael, possibly it could be middleweight Jose Celaya (31-3, 16 KOs), a soft-chinned fighter perfect for Chavez to look good against. That’s something that Chavez is
