Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will return to the ring on July 20, that includes on the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Netflix undercard in Texas.
Chavez will face MMA veteran Darren Until, a former UFC title challenger.
The 38-year-old Chavez (53-6-1, 34 KO) can be preventing for the primary time since a Dec. 2021 win over David Zegarra in Culiacan, and actually he’s been near-irrelevant within the sport following his loss to Canelo Alvarez seven years in the past, approach again in 2017.
For the reason that lifeless loss to Canelo, Chavez has gone 3-3, notably with a loss to Daniel Jacobs the place he stop after 5 rounds and began a minor fan riot in Phoenix, all after promoter Eddie Hearn went above-and-beyond to placed on a struggle that meant nothing and isn’t remembered in any other case practically 5 years later. He additionally misplaced to unknown Mario Cazares in 2020, and to aged MMA veteran Anderson Silva in 2021.
Briefly, Chavez has appeared awful within the ring for a few years now, however he’s a reputation that will draw Mexican boxing followers, arguably the game’s most dependable demographic from a broadcaster perspective, and will certainly result in a bump in subscriptions for the present.
The 31-year-old Until can be making his boxing debut. The Liverpool native is 18-5 in MMA between 2013 and 2022, his final struggle coming in Dec. 2022, a loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 282, his third straight defeat and fifth in six fights.
Chavez vs Until can be a six-round struggle, both at cruiserweight or some catchweight between gentle heavyweight and cruiserweight.
Extra intriguing for a critical boxing fan is a improbable prospect showdown between lightweights Ashton “H2O” Sylve and Floyd “Child Austin” Schofield, which is about for 10 rounds and includes a pair of precise skilled boxers.
The 20-year-old Sylve (11-0, 9 KO) is MVP’s most authentic younger prospect, a real expertise who feels he’s able to step up. He had his first 10-round struggle on Feb. 2 in Orlando, beating Estivan Falcao by broad determination.
The 21-year-old Schofield (17-0, 12 KO) has been with Golden Boy, and his final 5 bouts have all been set for a 10-round distance, although simply one among them truly went the space. He final fought on Mar. 16, beating Esteuri Suero by disqualification in Las Vegas.
It’s an enormous alternative for each younger fighters, in entrance of what needs to be an enormous viewers, and it’s wonderful, daring matchmaking, the sort we don’t see an excessive amount of with fighters at that stage, or any stage actually.
