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fergusg wrote:Chavez Jr. needs to have a couple of confidence building type fights and then when he’s raised his fitness levels and then try to engage in another world title fight against the likes of:
• Andy Lee for his WBO 160lb crown
• The winner of the N’Dam Lemieux bout for the vacant IBF 160lb belt
• Arthur Abraham for his WBO 168lb title
• Rematch Fonfara at 160lbs (he used to be a welterweight!)

Julio isn’t a 175lb-er, so there’s no point in him venturing into that weight class again.

Regardless of whatever anyone says, the Mexican’s career isn’t finished and he’ll probably capture an alphabet world title again before he hangs up his gloves.

There’s no point in deluding ourselves, Chavez Jr. isn’t an elite-level fighter, but he’s good enough and popular enough to continue commanding fairly sizeable paydays against second-tier opposition.

KBB wrote:Hopefully it will be someone who can knock him the f*ck out cold.

KBB wrote:

fergusg wrote:Chavez Jr. needs to have a couple of confidence building type fights and then when he’s raised his fitness levels and then try to engage in another world title fight against the likes of:
• Andy Lee for his WBO 160lb crown
• The winner of the N’Dam Lemieux bout for the vacant IBF 160lb belt
• Arthur Abraham for his WBO 168lb title
• Rematch Fonfara at 160lbs (he used to be a welterweight!)

Julio isn’t a 175lb-er, so there’s no point in him venturing into that weight class again.

Regardless of whatever anyone says, the Mexican’s career isn’t finished and he’ll probably capture an alphabet world title again before he hangs up his gloves.

There’s no point in deluding ourselves, Chavez Jr. isn’t an elite-level fighter, but he’s good enough and popular enough to continue commanding fairly sizeable paydays against second-tier opposition.

I honestly believe we cannot say that after just one fight!! Sure he got beat up but he was big enough to push Fonfara backwards, landed some decent shots but just didn't have enough power to get the type of respect he needed against what is obviously a Top 5 LHW in Fonfara.

I think he should look to fight a shorter LHW like Pascal and then we can say whether or not he is a LHW. One fight with a Top LHW doesn't tell the full story IMHO.

ikorolev wrote:First of all, there is no way Junio can make 160 again, so the first two options mentioned by ferg are unrealistic. Speaking about pushing Fonfara, he was literally doing it with his head like a dumb rhino. Pascal will make him look even dumber.

NateJR wrote:Chavez should retire, he can't make 160 any longer where he's effective and after that embarrassing outing in his last fight I don't see him recovering from that mentally or physically. Chavez was a over achiever to begin with, he had a lot of perks due to being the son of a boxing legend. He's not going to have those same perks fighting guys who are naturally his size or bigger. Chavez doesn't take boxing seriously enough to compete with those types of fighters. Chavez has embarrassed himself and his family enough, time to hang them up.