Pavlik fight is off — or not quite on — depending on who you talk to

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is a 24-year-old boxer with an unbeaten record (41-0-1, 30 KOs), a top ranking (the WBC’s No. 1 contender), a big name (thanks in large part to his famous father) and, presumably, a bright future.

And at some point in the last few days, Chavez’s handlers took a step back, reconsidered the wisdom of putting their fighter in the ring with Kelly Pavlik in December and decided, well, maybe it wasn’t all that wise.

So, according to several accounts, they nixed it.

Now, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum is hoping to “de-nix” it.

“The fight is not completely off yet,” Top Rank spokesman Lee Samuels said Tuesday night. “Bob thinks it’s a very attractive fight. He still wants to make it.

“It’s still possible. There’s still some life in it.”