How Did You Score It RBR: Julio Cesar Chavez vs Pernell Whitaker

[Eff Pandas]

September 10, 1993
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Promoter: Don King Productions/Don King
http://boxrec.com/en/event/5299

The Main Event:

Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
(29yrs, 32-1, 15KO's, 145lbs)

vs

Julio Cesar Chavez
(31yrs, 87-0, 72KO's, 142lbs)

Random Fact: This would be the first official mark against Chavez in his 13 year career & he would lose his first fight 4 months later to Frankie Randall.



Opening bell rings around 5:10 minutes in. Also respect to one of my favorite boxing people Al Bernstein for his wonderful hair in his introduction to this fight.

Feel free to copy/paste the scorecard below to score the fight rbr as you watch it.

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Round 12:

Official Scorecards:

Mickey Vann Even 115-115
Franz Marti Even 115-115
Jack Woodruff PW 115-113

The Undercard:

Azumah Nelson (35yrs, 37-2-1, 26KO's, 128 1/2lbs) Ds12 James Leija (27yrs, 26-0-1, 12KO's, 129lbs)

Random Fact: Nelson & Leija would fight 3 more times after this draw with Leija winning 2 of the 3 fights & coming out up in the overall rivalry 2-1-1.

Terry Norris (26yrs, 35-3, 21KO's, 153 1/2lbs) KO1 Joe Gatti (26yrs, 20-2, 15KO's, 153 3/4lbs)

Random Fact: This would be Norris' 15th & last win in a row on a impressive stretch where he beat John Mugabi, Ray Leonard, Donald Curry, Jorge Castro, Carl Daniels, Meldrick Taylor & Maurice Blocker. He would lose to Simon Brown 3 months after this bout.

Leavander Johnson (23yrs, 18-0-1, 14KO's, 135lbs) KO10 Bobby Brewer (29yrs, 16-12, 9KO's, 135lbs)

Random Fact: Johnson would die 5 days after being stopped by Jesus Chavez in 2005 at 35 years old.

Thomas Tate (27yrs, 27-2, 20KO's, 160lbs) W10 Eduardo Ayala (19yrs, 9-2, 6KO's, 159lbs)

Robin Reid (22yrs, 3-0, 2KO's, 157lbs) W6 Jose Garcia (24yrs, 0-5, ?lbs)

Random Fact: Garcia never won a fight in his pro career. He retired with a 0-8 record. The combined record of his opponents was 40-1. Of his 6 opponents (he fought 2 guys twice) 2 of his opponents would go on to win titles (Reid & Raul Marquez) & 1 would go on to fight for a title (Alex Rios)

Terron Millett (25yrs, 4-0, 4KO's, 138lbs) W4 Ruben Gonzalez (22yrs, Pro Debut, ?lbs)

Frank Tate (29yrs, 32-3, 18KO's, 180lbs) KO9 Everardo Armenta Jr (25yrs, 18-3, 17KO's, 175lbs)

Tim Austin (22yrs, 1-0, 1KO, 117lbs) KO1 Hector Lara (?yrs, 4-0-2, 114lbs)

Ernesto Magdaleno (30yrs, 16-0-1, 7KO's, 176lbs) KO2 Tim Bryan (32yrs, 19-11-2, 15KO's, 175lbs)

Random Fact: Magdaleno was killed in a car accident 2 years after this fight. He was 33 years old.

[Eff Pandas]

My Scorecard:

Round 1: Even 10-10, Even 10-10, Not much in this rd to say either guy deserved it on the cards

Round 2: JC 10-9, JC 20-19, Again a close rd that I couldn't argue with it going to either guy or being even, I gave it to JC on his aggression & what I felt were the cleaner punches landed despite feeling PW landed more

Round 3: PW 10-9, Even 29-29, Beautiful rd by PW, keeping perfect distance & jabbing his way to a making it look easy rd here, JC landing some body shots here & there, but this rd was all PW besides that

Round 4: PW 10-9, PW 39-38, Closer rd than the last rd, but still PW keeping the distance like a pro & scoring with the jab & making JC miss, best shot JC landed was to PW nuts

Round 5: JC 10-9, Even 48-48, Close rd, couldn't argue with this going either way, JC had some moments, PW had some moments, for me being that it was close I like the guy being more aggressive & that was JC

Round 6: PW 10-9, PW 58-57, This rd was similar to the 3rd with PW expertly using distance, being elusive & landing the jab to make it look easy & winning this rd

Round 7: PW 10-9, PW 68-66, PW using them angles & that jab in this rd, JC doesn't seem to have many answers, JC is landing body shots nicely from time to time, but not nearly enough to win rds or have much impact on PW movement

Round 8: PW 10-9, PW 78-75, PW keeps being PW, closer rd early, but in the later half PW landed some surprisingly hard punches on JC that made it not so close

Round 9: PW 10-9, PW 88-84, JC winning this rd early for me, but PW outdid JC in the last minute so much I had to give it to PW, but this was a close-ish rd I think you could argue

Round 10: Even 10-10, PW 98-94, Can't fault anyone for saying either guy took this rd, but to me this was super close with JC having some moments + his aggression being effective while PW is maintaining distance so well & landing that jab all night & some stuff on top of the jab

Round 11: PW 10-9, PW 108-103, Really good PW rd, doing the same things in this rd thats won him most of the rds so far, distance perfectly kept, jab there all day, being elusive & making JC miss & making him pay after

Round 12: JC 10-9, PW 117-113, PW milking the clock vs trying to win the rd & JC just more consistent in this rd

[OctoberRed]

I had it closer, 7-5 for Whitaker. One or two rounds I gave Chavez the benefit of the doubt.

[The Old LefHook]

At the time, I thought Pea won.

[OctoberRed]

At the time, I thought Pea won.

Opinion changed since then?