Bob Arum is really going through with Chavez Jr vs Miguel Cotto

Although Top Rank's Bob Arum wanted to match Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik, his own matchmakers and members of Chavez's team were against it. Now, Arum thinks he's found just the right fight. He wants to match Chavez and junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto, who also needs a fall fight, on pay-per-view Dec. 4. Before that can come to fruition, Chavez needs to defeat Pawel Wolak, whom he'll meet in a 10-rounder Sept. 11 (FS en Espanol) in Queretaro, Mexico, at a contract weight of 158 pounds. "If Chavez looks good [against Wolak], then we're going to do the Cotto fight for Miguel's title either in Las Vegas or Atlantic City," Arum told ESPN.com. "I think it's a great fight, a real fun fight. Any time it's a Mexican against a Puerto Rican, it's fun. So that's the fight we're discussing." He said that despite his excitement about Pavlik-Chavez, Bruce Trampler, Top Rank's chief matchmaker, and trainer Freddie Roach were more comfortable with Cotto because he and Chavez are closer in size.

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Good double header if it happens.....

Not sure if I really care about the Chavez Jr-Cotto fight though????

even though im puerto rican it would be pretty funny (and embarrassing) if cotto lost to chavez jr lol
but if cotto beats jr bad im sure bob continues to put him with tomato cans.

I have no interested in it at all, it's a sham match up to fill Arum's pockets.

And how can Chavez and Cotto be closer in size when both men are separated by four inches in height and a weight class ?

I guess we will see how much Freddie has improved Chavez huh?

RUM CAPITAL wrote:

even though im puerto rican it would be pretty funny (and embarrassing) if cotto lost to chavez jr lol
but if cotto beats jr bad im sure bob continues to put him with tomato cans.

As a Mexicano, if Chumpez Jr beat Cotto....Id be embarrassed for you!

What weight would it be at? Would Chavez shrink down to 154? If it is 160, then Cotto is going up too far in weight.

This aint a bad fight. I just dont like it on PPV. No catchweights freddie (i'm sure he reads this board). Just fight at 154.

I'm not sure Chavez Jr can make 154. Cotto doesn't need to fight above 154. I'd rather he go back to 147 and fight Berto.

Ali_1748 wrote:

I have no interested in it at all, it's a sham match up to fill Arum's pockets.

And how can Chavez and Cotto be closer in size when both men are separated by four inches in height and a weight class ?

**cough**Khan**cough**Marquez**cough cough**

captainanddew wrote:

I'm not sure Chavez Jr can make 154. Cotto doesn't need to fight above 154. I'd rather he go back to 147 and fight Berto.

Freddie said that Chavez can make 154.

I know Freddie said he could make 154, but Freddie says alot of things these days. Some of them don't end up to be true.

captainanddew wrote:

I know Freddie said he could make 154, but Freddie says alot of things these days. Some of them don't end up to be true.

I understand that but looks like Arum is serious bout this fight. So im sure Freddie told him that Chavez is good to go @ 154.

I hope you are right. I wouldn't put it past them to give us another catchweight fight.

ok the fight if it happens will be at 154 for cottos strap..why the complaints guys..first we say chavez has fought no bodies .he fights a duddy whos about like him class wise now there thinking cotto..thats a step up..hes starting to fight somebodies if that happens..lol now we say lousy fight..make up your mind.isnt chavez doing or trying to do what we all complained about..i dont mind that fight..geez..

NBrooks5 wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

I have no interested in it at all, it's a sham match up to fill Arum's pockets.

And how can Chavez and Cotto be closer in size when both men are separated by four inches in height and a weight class ?

**cough**Khan**cough**Marquez**cough cough**

Yeah but I am interested in that fight and Marquez has more boxing ability in his pinky than Chavez Jr has in his whole body.

what a crock of shit

If they fought at 160 then i'll be saying its a crock of shit. At 154 it makes sense. And its a money making fight for Top Rank.

I have no problem with this match up! JCC jr has fought crap so far in his career, he finally decided to turn the corner and hire a top flight trainer and is working with Ariza as well, Lets find out what the kid has. IMO Cotto stops him like in the 5th or 6th round!