Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is expected to arrive next Thursday, Oct. 7, in Baguio City, Philippines, where he will train and spar with Manny Pacquiao, as the two fighters prepare for upcoming fights, according to Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz.
The 24-year-old Chavez (40-0-1, 30 knockouts) will face Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KOs) on Dec. 4 at The Pond in Anaheim, Calif., this after having been an early consideration to meet WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KOs) on that date.The 31-year-old Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs), already the WBO welterweight (147 pounds) champion, will pursue his eighth crown in as many different weight classes opposite former titlist Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) of Mexico when they clash in an HBO pay-per-view televised bout for the WBC's vacant junior middleweight crown on Nov. 13 at Cowboys Stadium.
Pacquiao, who already is two weeks into his regimen, and Chavez will prepare under the guidance of four-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach, under whom Pacquiao has a 12-fight winning streak that includes eight knockouts.
"Well, we haven't done any of the sparring yet, but one of the sparring partners is going to be named Glen Tapia," said Koncz. "Then another one is going to be Michael Medina, and then, Julio Cesar Chavez is coming next week."
The 24-year-old Medina (24-2-2, 19 KOs), also a junior middleweight, is coming off of July's fifth-round knockout of Gilberto Flores Hernandez that helped him to rebound from a March, split-decision loss to New York's John Duddy (29-2, 18 KOs) on the undercard of Pacquiao's unanimous decision over Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium.
The 20-year-old Tapia has won all seven of his fights, including five of them by knockout as a junior middleweight.
The son of the former world champion by the same name, Chavez Jr. is coming off of June's unanimous decision victory over Duddy. Chavez was initially slated to come to the Philippines in July, when he was in line to face Pawel Wolak (27-1, 17 KOs). But Chavez Jr. decided not to come to the Philippines at that time, and the fight never materialized.
"Well, I've known that all along that Chavez was coming," said Koncz. "I don't listen to the bulls**t on the Internet. I never had a doubt that Chavez was going to show up in camp to train with Manny."
Source: boxing.fanhouse.com
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