Chavez Jr.-Darren Till Added To Tyson-Paul Card
May 15, 2024 • 10:17 AM ET
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return to the boxing ring after a three-year absence to fight former UFC product Darren Till July 20 on the undercard of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul event at AT&T Stadium outside Dallas.
Two boxing officials connected to the deal told BoxingScene Wednesday that the bout will be fought at a 190-pound catch-weight limit and is scheduled for six three-minute rounds.
Chavez, 38, last fought in 2021, posting a unanimous-decision victory over David Zegarra in Mexico after losing a boxing match to former UFC champion Anderson Silva earlier that year.
The son of the legendary Mexican fighter, Chavez Jr. (53-6-1, 34 KOs) stood as WBC middleweight champion in 2011-2012, but proceeded on a steady decline.
He was shown on HBO cameras as inattentive in training before losing his belt to Sergio Martinez in 2012, was dominated by Canelo Alvarez in their 2017 meeting and then quit on his stool in a 2019 loss to former middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs in 2019.
The Tyson-Paul card is aiming to stage six bouts on the Netflix-streamed show, and it was also announced that Paul-promoted lightweight Ashton Sylve (11-0, 9 KOs) will meet Floyd Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs).
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted in his admiration and appreciation for the fighters, gladiators who have proven to be the most forthcoming and candid of all the athletes he has interviewed over a career dating to 1990. Lance was honored to be named the 2022 winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence and he’s collected many BWAA writing awards in categories ranging from breaking news to deep-dive long features.
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