Rocky Juarez is Coming To Knock Chris John Out
By Mark Vester
Last time they fought, back on February 28 in Houston, Texas, Rocky Juarez came very close to unseating undefeated WBA featherweight champion Chris John of Indonesia. The fight ended in a disputed draw with ringside observers making a strong case for each man. On June 27 he gets a second crack at John at the Staples Center in California.
Speaking with BoxingScene.com's Ernest Gabion, Juarez says that his training camp is going very well. This time around he doesn't plan to leave it in the hands of the judges, Juarez wants to end the fight with a big knockout.
"Training is going well, sparring is going well. We've been training for this fight for a long time now. We've been working a lot of strengthening my body. So I've been working a lot more with my strength and conditioning coach. It's a different fight and I'm just looking forward to going out there and performing in front of a big crowd. When I last fought at Staples Center, it was a good crowd and a good outcome and I definitely gained a lot of fans when I fought here. I know it's going to be a great fight with Chris John," Juarez said.
"I get this feeling when I'm in training camp that I'm going to knock him out. And I'm basically feeding myself off of that. I'm training hard and getting that good vibe that I'm going to knock him out and I'm going to try."
Juarez tells BoxingScene that he still feels that he did enough to win the first time around. He felt like he was being thrown in with John as an opponent who was supposed to lose. Juarez plans to go back home with John's title.
"Fighting Chris John the first time, I thought I did enough. Like I said in my interview after the fight, I thought that I might have given up some of the mid-rounds due to the cut. You learn each and every time you're out. This time I'm not going to hesitate to go out and win each and every round. We are definitely going out with a different game plan and were are going to be prepared," Juarez said.
"I think when I fought Chris John, I think they were trying to build him up and threw me in there and made it seem like I was supposed to lose but each time I come out and fight I never expect to lose, starting when I fought Barrera and all the way up."
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