Yes, to some extent as is in the case of the son and namesake of boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez.
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. who is the most protected boxer in Top Rank?s stable and one of its cash cows because of his ?name?, delighted the partisan Texas crowd as he showed some heart and skills in a one-sided drubbing of John Duddy, his best opponent to date in Latin Fury 15 main event at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
It was an action fight as both fighters elected for a toe-to-toe slugfest for the entire 12 rounds as JCC, Jr. gave John Duddy his all and then some to win comfortably via a unanimous decision to clinch the WBC ?interim? middleweight title.
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. should be credited for fighting and winning the fight against The Derry Destroyer but this one fight will not win him the respect of most boxing fans giving his history of fighting mediocre opponents to pad his winning record.
But this fight was also a good start for Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. to start carving a name for himself and earn the nod of the skeptics with regards to his talent. If he continues to challenge himself and slowly but surely fight the best fighters in his division, then we will know what kind of stuff the son of a legend is really made of.
For now, let?s give him his due and in maybe a year or two, we could look back and remember the Alamodome as the place where Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. first shunned his image as a protected child and emerged as a real fighting man.
?I hope that Junior will stop cherry- picking his opponents. It?s about time to show his Mexican pride and show the world that he is a chip from the old block.? — Antonio D. of Allen Park, MI
