Mano a Mano; Dado to Sono

"My dad is getting old," says Elijah McCall, son of former WBC heavyweight champ Oliver McCall., as he plans to take up the sweet science. McCall says he has no inclination to take on his father in the ring, but the Roanoke Times report is written under the cloud of the younger McCall's quote that "He [Oliver McCall] never took me seriously [as a boxer]."

Under a cloud of family dysfunction grows Lehkei Mayweather, son of Roger and cousin of current welterweight contender Floyd Mayweather Jr. But he's looking pretty fearless taking on dad



Also living under a shadow he may never emerge from is junior middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., son of Mexico's greatest fighter, who also will have to contend with whatever legacy is created by his younger brother Omar, who looks and fights more like dad.

** When boxing isn't brutal is it the essence of competition and what can be more essential than fighting a dad's legacy? **