Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
I remember how Chavez Sr., with his padded record built on bums, was exposed by Rosario, LaPorte, etc...
Yeah really, I'm not getting this line of thinking at all. Fighters get brought along and the pace they can more or less handle. There isn't some RIGHT number of fights.

Only morons look at records alone and come to conclusions. Serious fans look at the men who were fought and where those men were in their careers.

Kostya Tzsyu fought a still dangerous LaPorte in his FOURTH fight and he was ready to. Chavez didn't fight a top guy until who? Anzibache Martinez, right? Then in the next 2/12 years he ripped through Roger Mayweather, Jeff Bumphus, Lockridge, LaPorte, Cabrera, Rosario, Nicky Perez and it was off to the races. How in hell can someone complain?

Now is JCC Jr anything more than a prospect at this point? Nope. Is it time for more serious challenges? Probably.