Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Jesús Chávez, billed as The Next Generation, was a professional boxing match contested on November 10, 2001, for the WBC super featherweight title.

In his previous title defense on May 26, 2001, Floyd Mayweather Jr. persevered though injuries to both hands and his only professional knockdown to win a lopsided unanimous decision against Carlos Hernández.

[1] On the undercard, Jesús Chávez, the WBC's number-one ranked super featherweight contender and Mayweather's mandatory challenger and expected next opponent, defeated Juan José Arias, keeping his ranking and setting up a title fight between he and Mayweather for later in the year.

[4] Mayweather's fight against Chávez was expected to be his final as a super featherweight, the division where he started and spent the most time in his pro career.

"[10] Mayweather called the fight "one of the toughest nights of my career" and praised Hernández as a "very, very tough fighter" though he admitted to be "disappointed" in his performance which blamed on the injuries to both hands.