Video: Sergio Martinez on Possible Chavez Jr. Showdown
Ernest Gabion catches up with the middleweight king, Sergio Martinez, to discuss a possible fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Chavez's win over Sebastian Zbik and more.
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Arum: Chavez-Cotto Could Be Next, Margarito Possible
Staples Center, Los Angeles - Top Rank CEO Bob Arum revealed at the post fight press conference for newly crowned WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez's title winning effort over Sebastian Zbik - that the "son of the legend will" most likely face WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto next.
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Rubio Batters Ramalla, Eyes Chavez and Martinez Fights
At the Foro Polanco in Mexico City, WBC top ranked middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (51-5-1, 44 KOs) stopped Ricardo Marcelo Ramalla (11-4-1, 7 KOs) in three rounds. Ramalla went down twice in the contest before it was stopped by the referee. Due to his April knockout of undefeated David Lemieux, Rubio is the mandatory challenger to the new WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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Chavez vs Cotto on October 1 or October 8, Says Arum
According to Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, a potential Mexico vs. Puerto Rico pay-per-view grudge fight, between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Miguel Cotto, would take place on either October 1 or October 8, with Las Vegas as the likely location. On Saturday in Los Angeles, Chavez captured the WBC middleweight title with a twelve round decision over Sebastian Zbik. Cotto is the current 154-pound champion of the WBA. No information was specified on whether Cotto will go up to the full middleweight limit.
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Arum To DiBella: Get Off Your Ass, Build Martinez Up!
Bob Arum, promoter for newly crowned WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., gave Sergio Martinez handler Lou DiBella a verbal kick in the pants after the 25 year old “Son of the Legend” outpointed Germany’s Sebastian Zbik Saturday night at the Staples Center.
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Video: Chavez vs. Zbik Full Post-Fight Press Conference
Luis Sandoval and Ernest Gabion catch the post fight press conference to the WBC middleweight showdown between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sebastian Zbik. Hear comments from Bob Arum, Chavez, Zbik, Vanes, Mikey Garcia and more
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Sergio Martinez To Exercise Immediate Shot at Chavez Jr.
BoxingScene.com has been advised by promoter Lou DiBella that Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26KOs) will exercise his right, as the WBC's Emeritus champion at 160, to secure an immediate shot at the sanctioning organization's new middleweight champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30KOs). Martinez sat ringside on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and watched Chavez decision Sebastian Zbik to win the WBC crown. Martinez had advised BoxingScene several weeks ago that he was going to push for an immediate shot at the Chavez-Zbik winner.
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CompuBox Stats: Chavez Lands Harder, Zbik Lands More
Staples Center, Los Angeles - Sebastian Zbik landed 135 more total punches and 93 more power shots, but Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. landed the harder shots- enough to impress two of three judges.
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Photos: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Wins Gold Mega Gallery
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30KOs) captured the WBC middleweight title with a twelve round majority decision over previously undefeated Sebastian Zbik (30-1, 10KOs). The scores were 114-114 for the draw, 115-113 and 116-112 for Chavez. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank and Rafael Soto.
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: To Be, and Not Be Butterbean
By Cliff Rold - The title is unfair. If nothing else, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO) has already proven far more the serious professional than one Eric “Butterbean” Esch ever was. For those who have forgotten, and those who just wish they could, Esch was once a staple on cable fight shows and even some 1990s Oscar De La Hoya pay-per-view undercards. He was the great Larry Holmes’s farewell victim in 2002. Ol’ Butterbean even scored a knockout on a Wrestlemania show once. Often derided after coming to fame as a cult favorite in Toughman contests, Esch took real shots, threw some real haymakers, and as the “King of the Four Rounders” satisfied a carnival aspect of the game. Occasionally combined for the more prurient interests with female boxer, and eventual Playboy cover girl, Mia St. John, it was a struggle to be taken seriously by serious fight fans. Not that they were really supposed to be. Having gone ten rounds for the first time in 2006, and now graduated to twelve round affairs, Chavez has slowly grown a career that asks for the respect of the fans. Even if he has yet to prove he’s particularly good, he’s at least shown he isn’t that bad. He’s even got Freddie Roach in his corner to lend the air of legitimacy. Also lending an air, Chavez Jr. takes a step this weekend Esch and St. John never came close to. He’s the main event on an HBO telecast. And yet, fair or unfair, it’s hard to shake the feeling that we still don’t know what to make of the kid. Is Chavez Jr. showtime or sideshow?
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