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In the ring after Chavez Jr. win over Luciano Cuello, The promoter Bob Arum mentioned three possible next opponents for Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., namely Oscar De La Hoya, John Duddy and Manny Pacquiao. And Chavez Jr. does not mind who he fights next as long as the opponent has established a name in boxing.

Arum said that “There is John Duddy, There is Oscar De La Hoya if he continues to fight and there is third one which is a little different because of the size difference but it would be the biggest fight of the year, with Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Manny Pacquiao -  Mexico vs. Philippines,”

De La Hoya has long been hyped as one of the possible opponent of Chavez Jr. due to his father’s fight Chavez Sr., The much-awaited tussle will serve as a vengeance of the son on the boxer who defeated his father twice.

Although Chavez Jr. won unanimously over Cuello, only one of the three judges scored for the Mexican in a convincing fashion at 98-92, while the other two were more realistic of the outcome by having it 96-94 and 96-95. However Chavez Jr. remains undefeated while Cuello suffered the first loss of his pro career. The Tijuana crowd were expecting a knockout and boos were heard when the result of the fight was announced.

The crowd expected a better performance from the son of a boxing legend and a future Hall of Famer. Chavez Jr. has now a record of 39-0-1 with 29 KOs. He threw several punches to the head and body of Cuello who dropped to 23-1 with 9 KOs, who bled from his nose since the third round.

For the fans of the father and the son, they want the younger Chavez to do what Golden Boy had done to the elder Chavez (107-6-2, 86 KOs), beat him in his fading career. Payback is the name of the game.

But the Golden Boy is not an ordinary fighter and he is out to retire with a very convincing win to erase the trauma of the “Dream Match.” And a victory over the younger Chavez could very well be an exciting conclusion to de la Hoya’s golden boxing career.

It will be a great tune up fight for the Chavez Jr. and with him bringing the legendary name of his father plus de la Hoya’s marketing magnet, though it was diminished by his loss to Pacquiao, the “payback” could rake in enough pay-per-view sales.

Granting Chavez Jr, could successfully extract revenge on de la Hoya, he has to fight more quality opponents first before reaching an agreement to face the number one fighter pound-for-pound. Arum, who promotes both Pacquiao and Chavez Jr. considers the marketability of the fight and is a must before Pacquiao hangs up his gloves for good.

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