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By Jake Donovan - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. overcame a slow start to batter Andy Lee into submission in the seventh round of their middleweight title fight Saturday evening at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
The official time was 2:23 of round seven in their HBO-televised main event. All three judges had Lee ahead 58-56 on the official scorecards at the time of the stoppage.
There are several traits that the second generation fighter picked up from his father, the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. One in particular is his penchant for slow starts, which was what transpired in this particular bout. Chavez Jr. stalked in the early rounds, but didn’t let his hands go enough as Lee was able to control the action largely on the strength of his jab from the southpaw stance.
Chavez Jr. began to close the gap in round three, scoring with uppercuts and body shots. Lee was still effective with the jab, but would soon find out that boxing alone wasn’t enough to get the job done.
“My punches had no effect on him,” Lee admitted after the fight. “He just walked through my shots. He’s a big middleweight. It was hard to move him with my shots.”
The inability to hurt his opponent was thrown in Lee’s face as Chavez Jr. began dancing and clowning in the fifth. The tactics were in part his exuding confidence that he was in full control of the fight, even if Lee was the busier fighter. There is also the theory that Chavez Jr. was trying to save up for something spectacular while fighting through leg cramps which developed in the opening round. [Click Here To Read More]
The official time was 2:23 of round seven in their HBO-televised main event. All three judges had Lee ahead 58-56 on the official scorecards at the time of the stoppage.
There are several traits that the second generation fighter picked up from his father, the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. One in particular is his penchant for slow starts, which was what transpired in this particular bout. Chavez Jr. stalked in the early rounds, but didn’t let his hands go enough as Lee was able to control the action largely on the strength of his jab from the southpaw stance.
Chavez Jr. began to close the gap in round three, scoring with uppercuts and body shots. Lee was still effective with the jab, but would soon find out that boxing alone wasn’t enough to get the job done.
“My punches had no effect on him,” Lee admitted after the fight. “He just walked through my shots. He’s a big middleweight. It was hard to move him with my shots.”
The inability to hurt his opponent was thrown in Lee’s face as Chavez Jr. began dancing and clowning in the fifth. The tactics were in part his exuding confidence that he was in full control of the fight, even if Lee was the busier fighter. There is also the theory that Chavez Jr. was trying to save up for something spectacular while fighting through leg cramps which developed in the opening round. [Click Here To Read More]
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