By Scott Gilfoid: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (48-1-1, 32 KOs) says he’s ready to sign for a fight against IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch if the fight can get made. Chavez Jr and Froch are in negotiations for a fight that could take place in the next couple of months.
Interestingly enough, Chavez Jr sees a fight against Froch as being a bigger deal to him than fights against the likes of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Bernard Hopkins and James DeGale.
It’s got to be the UK pay-per-view money that is interesting Chavez Jr in this fight, because a bout against Canelo would be the far bigger one in the United States.
Even a fight against the soon to be 50-year-old Hopkins would likely be a much bigger fight if it were staged in the U.S. But of course, the pay-per-view cash wouldn’t be as good as it would be for a Froch fight if Froch is willing to let Chavez Jr in on the UK money. If not, then it’s no big deal to fight Froch because it’s a much smaller fight than Hopkins or Canelo in terms of U.S interest.
“I am getting ready to make it. There has been much talk of Froch,” Chavez Jr said via espn.com.mx. “I just hope to sign the contract. We are ready to face it, but still we are ready if not him and comes ‘Canelo’ or DeGale and Hopkins, if when the time comes you’ll be ready for it, but the ability to fight Froch is bigger.”
Yeah, I’m thinking it’s the UK green stuff that has Chavez Jr interested in the Froch fight, because honestly that’s the only appealing factor I could see in Chavez Jr facing the likes of Froch. It’s not as if Froch is the best fighter in the super middleweight division.
Andre Ward holds that honor. Heck, you can make an argument that Froch isn’t even the second best fighter at 168, because Andre Dirrell did a number on him in their fight in 2009 in getting arguably robbed in Nottingham, UK. Froch never really proved that he’s better than Dirrell, so I think it’s impossible to see Froch as the No.2 fighter at super middleweight.
If Chavez Jr just wants to beat Froch so that he can crow that he’s the best fighter in the 168lb division, I’m afraid he’s going to be kidding himself. Beating Froch would only be the start of Chavez Jr proving he’s the best at super middleweight. He’d still need to beat Ward and the Dirrell brothers because he could start bragging, and I don’t see Chavez Jr being able to beat any of those guys.
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