Comments Thread For: Roach: After Lee Fight, Chavez Jr. Likely Headed to 168

[4Corners]

Yea and I'm a Tim Bradley fan too.

Just checking...

[josenoway]

Wow, big surprise.

/not.

[The Smash]

I hope Andre Ward and Carl Froch have the good sense to vacate their titles and run as fast as they can to light-heavyweight, before they become just another number.

45 have tried and 45 have failed.

[kiaba360]

Chavez Camp rejects Lee Camp request

Moments ago at the weigh-in for tomorrow’s WBC middleweight championship fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and top contender Andy Lee, representatives of Lee requested to weigh both camp’s gloves. That request was denied by Texas Commission Sports Inspector Robert Tapia. “They brought their own gloves and we brought ours,” explained Lee’s manager, Perry Mandera, “so we thought in the interest of full disclosure and a level playing field, we would weigh both pairs. We weighed ours out in the open in front of everyone. They would not put theirs on the scale. So, I requested Robert Tapia to make them do it. He told me ‘I’m the boss here. I say whether or not we inspect the gloves and we’re not going to.’” Mandera says he then requested Chavez trainer Freddy Roach to weigh the gloves in the spirit of fairness. “He pushed past me and said ‘we don’t have to, so we’re not going to.’”

Lee’s team issued this statement: “We just want everything fair. I don’t know why they wouldn’t drop the gloves on a scale to remove any doubt about a pair of gloves they brought themselves. Yes, it’s a new pair, but you ever buy a pair of shoes that say size 10 and they’re not? That’s all we were trying to resolve. So why won’t they weigh the gloves?”

-Fight News

Roach is the same guy that has openly discussed Pac's match-making, and why Pac has avoided certain opponents until the time was right. There's something so fraudulent about him. This is why I can imagine him saying that ****, his only concern is winning. I REALLY hope Lee stops Chavez and leaves no doubt, cuz I'm tired of the politics.

[-Kev-]

At 168, if Chavez Jr wants to survive up there. He should be put against Magee, Pryor Jr, etc.

Then if he wants to go up to 175, he'll be perfectly fine up there too fighting the Greens, Mirandas, and Macks.

[PacKOtyson]

I hope Andre Ward and Carl Froch have the good sense to vacate their titles and run as fast as they can to light-heavyweight, before they become just another number.

45 have tried and 45 have failed.

For lack of better words, eres un imbecil. I will respect Jr if he fights Martinez, win or lose.

[SixFootGiant]

Sergio Martinez might off himself if JCC JR does go up to 168 though lmao

[Biolink]

i don't know why people keep saying he's afraid of martinez when the wbc champ at 168 is andre ward who i think would be a tougher fight for chavez because not only is ward a skillful fighter,he's younger and bigger than martinez,will take chavez punches better than martinez would have,atleast ward is the same size or even bigger than chavez...to me ward is a bigger challenge than martinez would be

Ha as if he would fight Ward.

[Primera]

Chavez Jr is not a real Mexican.

Dude is a straight up leva.

[The Smash]

For lack of better words, eres un imbecil. I will respect Jr if he fights Martinez, win or lose.

I'd rather he fought someone who has a chance of surviving him and that's not that cherrypicking goat-farmer fighting chicken **** Martinez. The winner of Golvokin-Pirog may be able to only lose a round 10-8, rather than the standard 10-7 most impartial observers usually score in Chavez fights.