Chavez Stops Loriga; Camacho Earns Decision

Junior middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (36-0-1) remained unbeaten with a ninth round stoppage of previously unbeaten (but untested) Tobia Giuseppe Loriga (24-1-1) at the Plaza de Toros in Queretaro, Mexico. Chavez knocked Loriga down with a big right in the second but Loriga survived the round. Under pressure, Loriga took a knee in the ninth and was counted out at the 1:47 mark.

On the undercard, another Junior, Hector Camacho Jr. (46-3-1), floored Kenny Kost (14-4) in the second and third rounds and cruised to an eight round unanimous decision.

The win sets up a potential showdown between Chavez Jr. and Camacho Jr. Their dads met in the ring in 1992 with Chavez easily defending his WBC light welterweight title by unanimous decision: 120-107, 119-110 and 117-111. If and when the sons meet in the ring, the same family is likely to come out on top again. Camacho, 29, allowed himself to balloon up to 173 pounds for a bout earlier this year and does not appear to be taking his career very seriously. Chavez, on the other hand, is staying busy and improving with every fight. At 22, he is already well on his way to becoming a major star in the sport.