I havent heard any excuses from Chavez. I don't see why people are acting like what happened was some big deal? We always knew Chavez wasn't 100% motivated, and had a tendency to slack (with weight, and training), and do his onw thing. His DUI before the Rubio fight should also show he doesn't really treat his body like most professional boxers should.
I went out on a limb and picked Chavez, but I recognized that Martinez was the heavy favorite for a reason. People forget Chavez has been boxing half as long as Martinez, and he's obviously not as dynamic, fast, nor skilled as a boxer as Martinez.
Martinez basically won every round clearly, except one or two rounds (they were close), and of course the 12th, where Chavez did splatter Martinez around the ring. Another ref, another night, he gets stopped when he looked completely woozy. There definitely have been worst stoppages, even in the past year.
But good thing it wasn't stopped, becuase Martinez actually fired back at the end of the round, and deterred Chavez from coming in for the kill.
|