Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Peter Manfredo Jr. was a Middleweight championship fight for the WBC world title.

[1] Chavez wanted to fight a September tuneup against Ronald Hearns ahead of his November title defense, but he injured his right hand and needed time to heal.

However, Chavez withdrew from the bout about three weeks ahead of time claiming that a laceration on his hand caused by a ceiling fan had not fully healed.

In 2007, he traveled to Wales to challenge super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe and was stopped in the third round as he was overpowered by a bigger man in a fight that ended with a somewhat quick stoppage.

The following year, Manfredo, fighting in front of his hometown crowd at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, was blown out by rugged Sakio Bika in three rounds in a humbling experience.