Diego Chaves: record, next fight and profile →
It was a fight both fighters needed to win. In the end, Tim Bradley and Diego Chaves simply had to settle for not losing, as the pair of welterweights fought to a 12-round split decision draw Saturday evening at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scores were 116-112 Chaves, 115-113 Bradley and 114-114 even.
Dominic Verdin catches up with Argentine slugger Diego Chaves to discuss his controversial twelve round split draw against former two-division world champion Timothy Bradley at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Chaves talks about the scorecards, who was affected badly about the headbutts, a potential rematch with WBA interim-champion Keith Thurman, facing Amir Khan or Devon Alexander, and more.
Tim Bradley and Diego Chaves engaged in a war Saturday, with both fighters suffering visible injuries. They clashed heads a few times and both boxers' left eyes swelled badly during the controversial split draw. Bradley said after the fight he thought his cheekbone was fractured, but he avoided serious injury.
"It was not a hard fight to score," was the consensus talk amongst media and boxing fans after the Timothy Bradley-Diego Chaves fight. It looked as though it might have been for two judges. Timothy Bradley and Diego Chaves fought to a 12 round split decision at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. It was the type of decision that left more questions than answer, but gave boxing fans more reason to criticize judges' scorecards than anything else.
Jose Martino catches up with Diego Chaves to discuss his HBO televised twelve round split draw with former two division champion Timothy Bradley, which took place at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Chaves gives his thoughts on the decision of the judges, the difference in the purses, when he was able to change the fight around, why the judges may have scored certian rounds in his favor, the rapid swelling to Bradley's eye and targeting that eye, whether or not he had trouble with his own left eye, the clashes of heads in the contest and more.
Timothy Bradley and Diego Chaves are both in need of a win, especially on a weekend where the welterweight division takes center stage. There are no fewer than three significant bouts in the weight class in Las Vegas alone, in addition to Floyd Mayweather grabbing headlines in addressing ongoing “discussion” for a long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao. Around the welterweight division, there was also Erislandy Lara defending his 154 lb. belt Friday evening in a decision win over Ishe Smith in San Antonio. Mauricio Herrera puts his 140 lb. belt on the line versus Jose Benavidez, in a supporting bout to Bradley-Chaves, which tops an HBO-televised tripleheader from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley is the busier fighter when compared to tough Diego Chaves. Bradley needs to box, use his jab (6 landed per round) and not get into a firefight with Chaves. Chaves opponents (Rios/Thurman) landed 40% of their power shots. Bradley can be touched too. Opponents (Pacquiao I & II, Provodnikov, Marquez) landed 39% of their power shots.
Former two-division champ Tim Bradley returns to the ring for the first time since his rematch loss to Manny Pacquiao in April, as he faces divisional gatekeeper Diego Chaves in a 12-round headliner Saturday evening at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both fighters came well within the 147 lb. limit. The always chiseled Bradley tipped the scales at a trim and ready 145.8 lb. while Chaves (23-2, 19KOs) was a lean and mean 146.5 lb.
Former two-division champ Tim Bradley returns to the ring for the first time since his rematch loss to Manny Pacquiao in April, as he faces divisional gatekeeper Diego Chaves in a 12-round headliner Saturday evening at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both fighters came well within the 147 lb. limit. The always chiseled Bradley tipped the scales at a trim and ready 145.8 lb. while Chaves (23-2, 19KOs) was a lean and mean 146.5 lb.
Former two-division champ Tim Bradley returns to the ring for the first time since his rematch loss to Manny Pacquiao in April, as he faces divisional gatekeeper Diego Chaves in a 12-round headliner Saturday evening at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout airs live on HBO as part of a televised tripleheader (Saturday, 10:00PM ET).