By Chris Williams: It seems like the general idea is for unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) to be matched up against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto sooner or later in a fight where the inexperienced and largely still unproven against quality upper tier fighter Chavez Jr. will be drilled to pieces in a big money fight. However, that match-up can’t happen until things are settled between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., because Cotto is the backup plan for Arum to be substituted for Mayweather if he doesn’t sign the contract for the Pacquiao fight.

Chavez Jr. would then temporarily lose the big money Cotto fight and would have to be kept busy until Cotto is freed up at some point. Arum doesn’t want just anyone fighting Chavez, though. He’s not going to be putting Chavez Jr. in with a slugger like Antonio Margarito. It wouldn’t draw enough fans in the United States, and besides, Margarito may not get boxing license back anytime soon in the U.S.

However, with Cotto fighting either Pacquiao next or possibly facing Margarito in a rematch, it leaves Chavez Jr. sitting around without a high profile opponent to fight. I wish I could say that Arum would match Chavez up against someone from the top 15 in the junior middleweight or the middleweight divisions, but I don’t think so.

I think Chavez Jr. is going to be kept under glass until Cotto is freed up. Arum has matched Chavez Jr. very carefully all this time, building up and impressive record over obscure 2nd and 3rd tier fighters that few people have ever heard of. Chavez Jr. is definitely going to be fighting someone, but don’t hold your breath hoping it’s a 1st tier fighter. My guess is it’s going to be a 2nd tier fighter along the same lines as the 42 fighters that Chavez Jr. has previously fought.

I think Chavez Jr. will do well matched against a 2nd tier fighter and will keep winning until Cotto has some time available for them to fight and Cotto to destroy Chavez Jr. in a minor slaughter. Chavez Jr. will then have his first loss on his record and then hype will likely die with that loss. It’s too bad that Cotto is the only one that can get his mitts on Chavez Jr. because I would love to see Alfredo Angulo, Sergeii Dzinziruk, Kermit Cintron, Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez, Kelly Pavlik, Daniel Jacobs, Gennady Golovkin, Dmitry Pirog, or Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam all get a shot at Chavez Jr.