Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez, billed as The Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on September 10, 1993, for the WBC welterweight title.

Whitaker used his slick boxing skills to control the fight as Chávez had trouble landing punches consistently.

The selection of lone American judge who had scored the fight in favor of Whitaker Jack Woodruff had been protested by Sulaimán, King and Chávez but they eventually relented.

"[10] Dan Duva would launch an official protest only four days after the fight in hopes of getting the decision overturned in favor of Whitaker.

The protest concerned the scoring of the sixth round of the bout in which referee Joe Cortez briefly halted the fight to allow Chávez to recover after Whitaker landed a low-blow.

As Cortez believed the blow was unintentional, he did not instruct the judges to deduct a point from Whitaker on the scorecards.

[11] However, in an interview with ESPN's Charley Steiner, Vann denied any wrongdoing and stated that he scored the fight correctly.