By Dan Ambrose: #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender and current WBC Silver middleweight title holder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) wants to face 38-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) next after reading De La Hoya’s comments he made about Chavez in his twitter account, according to fightnews.com. De La Hoya happened to have seen the 24-year-old Chavez’s recent fight against Billy Lyell, and like a lot of boxing fans, couldn’t help noticing how weak and poor Chavez Jr. looked in that fight.
De La Hoya, being an open and upfront kind of fighter, had this to say on his twitter about Chavez Jr: “I’m sorry but he just does not have it. There’s no pop in his punches, but I wish him the best.” It’s surprising that it took De La Hoya this long to point out what many boxing fans had discovered a long time ago about Chavez. He seems to lack power and his defense is pretty much nonexistent.
Chavez Jr. fired back a challenge to De La Hoya in an interview at fightnews.com, saying “I call on Oscar De La Hoya to pick up the gloves and face me at middleweight in September and give more motivation to De la Hoya. I’ll bet my purse I’ll send him back into permanent retirement.”
As bold as Chavez Jr. sounds, I think he’s kidding himself if he believes he can beat De La Hoya. Even though De La Hoya has been retired since losing to Manny Pacquiao in December 2008, I still think De La Hoya could beat the likes of Chavez Jr. De La Hoya can punch, and Chavez Jr. is more of a light puncher that takes shots.
Chavez Jr. will be facing WBC paper middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik in May for his title.
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