Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will face UFC star Darren Till in Till’s professional boxing debut following his tremendous MMA career, which garnered the fighter 18 wins inside the cage, including 10 knockouts and 2 wins by submission.
The fight will be a six-round cruiserweight bout, contested at 190lbs, and it will take place on the undercard of Jake Paul’s summer showdown against Mike Tyson.
Chavez Jr., the Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico native and son of former three-division world boxing champion Julio César Chávez, “El Gran Campeón Mexicano”, the greatest Mexican fighter of all time.
The Mexican began his professional career with an impressive undefeated streak across his first 47 fights.
Chavez Jr. climbed the rankings and became the WBC middleweight world champion in 2011, before being defeated by Sergio Martinez in Chavez’s fourth title defence in 2012.
Facing down Chavez Jr. on Saturday, July 20 will be UK UFC legend Till, who turned pro in Muay Thai at just age 15 and went on to train across Brazil and the UK in MMA.
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