Who Beats Prime Julio Cesar Chavez??

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    So for me one of the greatest Mexican fighters who ever laced em up, who's the guys that you are confident beat him at lightweight?
    The Chavez that battered Rosario.
     
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    Mark Anthony Internet virgin Full Member

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    Maybe prime Meldrick Taylor or Pernell Whitaker, Chavez looked really flawed in his fights vs those two speedsters.
     
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    duran, pernell and armstrong spring to mind
     
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    One of only a handful that, at lightweight, I'd pick to beat JCC.
     
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    Whitaker, Duran, Arguello
     
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    I would confidently pick Ike Williams, Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker, Tony Canzoneri and Benny Leonard to beat him at 135.
     
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    Surely Taylor and Whitaker were in their prime when they fought Chavez?
     
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    Would Terence Crawford, Lomachenko or Gervonta Davis have beaten him?
     
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    Benny Leonard, class fighter, now he could perhaps get a decision win, perhaps a few scary moments along the way.
     
  11. Fergy

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    Ike williams v Chavez.
    Williams gets a split decision win but is left battered and bruised.
     
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    Crawford too big. Loma and Tank won't have beaten him.
     
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    No_name_tard Active Member Full Member

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    Whittaker was best at Lightweight I'd say. Chavez wasn't no welter either tbf.
     
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    Oscar De La Hoya every day of the week. Chavez couldn't cope with his height and power.
     
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    Yes, but there was only 2 seconds left in the Taylor fight and Pernell certainly beat Chavez, he looked very beatable in both of those fights.
     
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