Niles' Lyell to meet Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Jan. 29

January 6, 2011 at 5:59p.m.

Niles boxer Billy Lyell will meet undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a middleweight bout on Jan. 29 in Culiacan, Mexico.

It will be Lyell’s first fight since May 7. Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision win over John Duddy in June.

Lyell (22-8, 4 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Martinus Clay last May. Three months earlier, he lost to IBF champion Sebastian Sylvester by 10th-round TKO in Germany.

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