Chavez: This Fight Will Leave No Doubt That I'm The Best
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. looked calm and confident as he spoke to the press at Alamodome in San Antonio.
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Chavez Livid With Rubio's Complaints: I Hope To Win By KO
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. - WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is very upset with the week-long complaints from his mandatory challenger, Marco Antonio Rubio. Later at the Alamodome, Chavez makes the second defense of his title and he hopes to end the fight by knockout. Rubio has been protesting the selection of referee Lupe Garcia. He would rather have a non-Mexican referee involved in the fight. The WBC rejected Rubio's protest.
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Chavez Jr. vs. Rubio: The Trainers Prediction Roundtable
Ronnie Shields (Chavez Jr.): “That’s a tough one to call, because I think that Rubio, since he beat the guy from Canada [David Lemieux], of course he’s a slow starter, but he came on really well and was able to knock him out. But Chavez, the way he’s boxing right now, I think he’s boxing really well. I think If Chavez comes out and boxes the way he’s been boxing, he definitely has a chance to win the first five or six rounds, just boxing. The problem is he has to hurt Rubio in order for him to continue to keep boxing. I think he has to make Rubio respect him.
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Three Belts on the Line: The Big Weekend Report Card
Now this is more like it. After a sputtering start to the year, action kicks into high gear on two continents with three title fights of consequence.
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Chavez Jr. - The Son of a Legend or a Worthy Successor?
By Thomas Gerbasi - “He’s not his father.” Having talked to a number of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s opponents over the years, that’s always the disclaimer, the exclamation mark on what usually starts out as a sentence of praise. “He’s a good fighter.” “He’s got a sharp left hook.” “He’s a tough out.” But he’s not his father. True. But it begs the question, who is? Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is a certified all-time great, a Hall of Famer and Mexican icon whose legacy is one that few can touch. His greatness was created out of desperation, poverty, and an unyielding will to rise from such humble beginnings to the top of his sport and into the hearts of his countrymen. Junior didn’t have that issue. As son of one of Mexico’s greatest heroes, his life was much different than that of his father, and when he decided to pick up the family business, it was greeted with a mix of joy and skepticism – joy from those who hoped he would carry the Chavez line into the new era, and skepticism from everyone else. And that skepticism was not only expected, but it was warranted. Chavez Jr. was the rawest of raw prospects when he began his pro career in 2003, and a steady stream of Pay-Per-View appearances didn’t exactly endear him to a public who were being asked to pay to see a fighter who was basically a version of Butterbean or Mia St. John in terms of being a novelty act, a curiosity. “Hey, look at the son of one of the greatest fighters of all-time for only $29.95.”
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Chavez Jr. Admits To Last Minute Struggle To Make Weight
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31KOs) admits that he stuggled a little bit to make the middleweight limit. On Saturday night, Chavez makes the second defense of his WBC middleweight championship. Chavez, who scaled in at 159.5 pounds, will take on mandatory challenger Marco Antonio ‘Veneno’ Rubio (53-5-1, 46KOs), who weighed 159.
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Photos: Chavez vs Rubio, Donaire vs Vazquez - Weigh-In
San Antonio, Texas --- Undefeated WBC World Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and #1 ranked Marco Antonio Rubio weigh-in (Chavez 159.5 lbs. , Rubio 159 lbs.) at the Alamodome in San Antonio,Texas, Friday for their upcoming world title fight on Saturday. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing from the Alamodome. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
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Weights From San Antonio: Chavez 159.5, Rubio 159
By Jake Donovan The first HBO boxing card of 2012 is officially upon us as all participants made weight Friday afternoon for Saturday’s televised doubleheader live from the Alamodome in San Antonio. In the main event, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr makes the second defense of his alphabet middleweight title as he faces countryman and former title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio.
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Photos: Chavez Jr, Rubio Meet at Final San Antonio Presser
San Antonio, Texas --- (L-R) Undefeated WBC World Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., superstar three-time world champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez,Jr. and #1 ranked Marco Antonio Rubio pose at the press conference at the Alamodome in San Antonio,Texas, Thursday for their upcoming world title fights, Saturday,Feb. 4, televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing from the Alamodome in San Antonio,Texas. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Zanfer Promotions, All Star Boxing and Tecate, Chavez Jr. takes on Rubio and Donaire battles Vasquez Jr. in their doubleheader main events. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
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Chavez-Rubio: 13,000 Expected To Pack The Alamodome
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum couldn’t be more pleased with the response to the year’s first big stateside boxing card, taking place this weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
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