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By Jake Donovan - The show is titled “Welcome To The Future”, but you can’t help but begin to reminisce about the past, give the combatants on the February 4 HBO show at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. puts his unbeaten record – and perhaps his alphabet middleweight belt – on the line against veteran contender Marco Antonio Rubio in the main event. The co-feature showcases Nonito Donaire Jr’s debut in the 122 lb. division, looking to claim hardware in a fourth weight class when he faces Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in a vacant title fight.
Of the three juniors on the televised portion of the show, Donaire is the only one whose father wasn’t a pro fighter. It’s just as well as he is also the only one among them who has no real ties to the location, this being his first fight in Texas and in a new weight class.
For the Chavez and Vazquez families, far greater history exists.
Tuesday’s press conference at the very venue that hosts next month’s show officially marked the second time in the span of less than three months that Chavez Jr (44-0-1, 31KO) touched down in Texas. The 25-year old Mexican is coming off of a fifth round knockout of Peter Manfredo Jr last November in Houston, where he had also made his U.S. debut early in his pro career. [Click Here To Read More]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. puts his unbeaten record – and perhaps his alphabet middleweight belt – on the line against veteran contender Marco Antonio Rubio in the main event. The co-feature showcases Nonito Donaire Jr’s debut in the 122 lb. division, looking to claim hardware in a fourth weight class when he faces Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in a vacant title fight.
Of the three juniors on the televised portion of the show, Donaire is the only one whose father wasn’t a pro fighter. It’s just as well as he is also the only one among them who has no real ties to the location, this being his first fight in Texas and in a new weight class.
For the Chavez and Vazquez families, far greater history exists.
Tuesday’s press conference at the very venue that hosts next month’s show officially marked the second time in the span of less than three months that Chavez Jr (44-0-1, 31KO) touched down in Texas. The 25-year old Mexican is coming off of a fifth round knockout of Peter Manfredo Jr last November in Houston, where he had also made his U.S. debut early in his pro career. [Click Here To Read More]
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