Chavez clearly lost. But just as important, he refused to fight Whitaker again. He dodged Randall, who was robbed in the 2nd fight, until he was past his prime. He was destroyed by ODLH and never stepped up to fight Simon brown, Buddy Mcgirt, Azumah Nelson, or Terry Norris. His greatest accomplishment was a controversial stoppage against Taylor.

Chavez simply dodged too many great fighters to be considered great himself.