Did Julio Caesar Chavez ever win against anyone substantial in his first 87 fights? it seems he fought bums I don't understand the hype?

100 Mexico City cab drivers.

This is a list of some of the fighters he defeated on the way before his first loss to Frankie Randall January 29 1994. Meldrick Taylor Roger Mayweather twice Juan Laporte Edwin Rosario Jose Luis Ramirez Hector Camacho Rocky Lockridge and Greg Haugen These are just a few who were world champions they may have not been hall of fame superstars but every one of them was not a bum either

Ill make a list of future, present or past world champions Chavez beat, many are hall of famers and some of them, which you may not recognize and diminish, were multiweight lineal champions at some point in their careers; Roger Mayweather, Meldrick Taylor, Hector "Macho" Camacho, Ruben Castillo, Rocky Lockridge, Terrence Alli, Frankie Randall, Edwin Rosario, Jean LaPorte, Rafael "Bazooka" Limon, Jose Luis Ramirez, Francisco Tomas Da Cruz, Angel Hernandez, Frankie Mitchell, Greg Haugen, Marty Jakubowski, Joey Gamache, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Tony Lopez, Giovanni Parisi, Alberto Cortes, Jaime "Rocky" Balboa, Kyung-Duk Ahn, John Duplessis, Lonnie Smith, Tommy Small, Danilo Cabrera, Mario "Azabache" Martinez, Adriano Arreola, Nicky Perez, David Kamau, Rodolfo Aguilar, Andy Holligan and Buck Smith.

Um Rosario, Camacho, Haugen, Rodger mayweather, Laporte, Taylor, Ramirez, Etc. Name me the 180 bums Sugar Ray Robinson fought since people are all up on his nuts for his long 200 fight record.

Yes, he fought and beat a lot of great fighters, but you wouldn't recognize any of them if I listed them, so why bother? The fact that you asked this stupid question shows that you don't know what you're talking about.

Exactly

He sucked like his son.

he fought whoever he was paid to fight, he did not avoid people.

Not really.