Chavez sets sights on super lightweight title
Posted: Tuesday September 22, 1998 11:29 PM
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Chavez failed to answer the bell after eight rounds against de La Hoya in their WBC welterweight title fight last Friday in Las Vegas, dropping his record to 101-3-2 AP |
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, bloodied for the second time by Oscar de la Hoya in a welterweight title bout last week, said Tuesday he wants another shot at a title, this time in the super lightweight division.
Chavez sent a letter to the World Boxing Council asking for the chance to fight the winner of the November 28 bout between Mexican Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Russian Konstantin Tzsyu for the WBC's super lightweight title.
The 36-year-old Chavez failed to answer the bell after eight rounds against de La Hoya in their WBC welterweight title fight last Friday in Las Vegas, dropping his record to 101-3-2.
Following the loss to de la Hoya, Chavez said he planned to fight on December 18 against American Vince Phillips for the International Boxing Federation's welterweight crown.
But Tuesday Chavez indicated he preferred to fight in the super lightweight division.
"That is my ideal weight," the aging six-time world champion said.
WBC President Jose Sulaiman said the organization would review Chavez's request at its next convention starting October 25 in Johannesburg.
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