 Later that year, Chávez scored a sixth-round TKO victory over number one ranked contender Terrence Alli.After a division-record 18 consecutive defenses of his light welterweight title, Chávez (87–0) moved up one more weight division to challenge Pernell Whitaker (32–1) for his WBC Welterweight title in September 1993.Since the late 1980s, Chávez stated several times that he wanted a fight against Whitaker.