i can't understand why there has been so much negativity and heartache with chavez jr.'s career. number one, he never had an amateur career, two, when he started boxing professionally, he was but 17 years old. sure he's had his fill of mediocre opponents but of the 42 fights he's fought, 7 of those were against opponents with sub .500 records, and that was very early in his career. he has yet to fight a top 10 contender but his 10 or so opponents haven't been that bad:

in no particular order.

ray sanchez - 20-1
jose celaya - 31-3
tobia guiseppe loriga - 24-0-1
matt vanda - 38-6 and 39-7
luciano leonel cuello - 23-0
jason le houllier - 21-1-1
troy rowland - 25-2
jermaine white - 14-1
carlos molina - 8-1 and 8-1-1. molina has turned out to be a very good fighter and could fight for a title this year or next.

i could see if chavez jr. was just fighting fighters with losing records but he hasn't. he hasn't fought elite opponents but he's beaten everyone they've put in front of him.