Chavez Jr. vs. Zbik: Will the judges decide the winner of this fight?
May 24th, 2011
By Gerardo Granados: On June 4th, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will face interim WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s). Chavez Jr. has a formidable chance to become champion for one reason – it is that the authentic WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez was promoted to the level of “emeritus champion,” leaving vacant his well earned belt. Problem for Chavez Jr. is that Zbik won’t be an easy rival as he is used to be spoon feed. So he better be prepared for a war for the full twelve rounds.
Zbik has never fight in America, so he won’t have many supporters in Los Angeles California, where Chavez Jr. will be like home and perhaps could be benefited by a local decision by the judges if the fight is close. Many times we all have seen how fighters are protected so Zbik better be prepared to win convincingly otherwise he could end up drawing or even worst losing by split decision if the fight is close.
Zbik has the tools to defeat Chavez Jr., who indeed has improved a lot with trainer Freddie Roach. But he will never reach the skill level of his legendary father from whom he inherited his steel chin. Chavez Jr. is used to being the bigger man against the majority of the rivals. Many of his opponents that Chavez Jr. has faced were shorter in size, height and reach. However, Zbik is the same size of Chavez Jr. if not a little bigger. He has good chin and good defensive skills, moves well and is enough experienced, but lacks of power to stop junior. Chavez Jr. does not have enough power to stop Zbik; He has average defensive skills and gets hit a lot. If Roach is able to teach Chavez Jr. how to take advantage of his reach and how to slip the punches he might get his fighter a clear win but it wont be an easy task against the smart German who will explode all of his rival weakness.
If the fight is close it will be the fight judges duty to determine who the winner is, so under the 10 point must system a winner will be announced and the result might not be the one that the spectators wanted to hear. It would be good if both fighters had more power to avoid any controversy but it seems that it will be up to the fight judges to decide who will be the winner and crowned as the new WBC middleweight champion.
Promoters should wait until Chavez Jr. defeat Zbik, and not allow rumors that he could fight Miguel Angel Cotto next. It is like if a decision was already made.
So who do you pick as a clear winner, Chavez Jr. or Sebastian Zbik?
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@yatusabes…. mayorga USED to be the type of fighter that could give people fits, but not the present day matador. The matador that fought odlh & Mosley would’ve probably handed cotto a loss. Mayorgas relegated to fighting once every couple of years if he’s lucky…. having a couple off rounds against weak opposition is a whole lot different than getting slapped around the ring silly like cotto has…. as far as cotto getting his feet wet in the Jr middleweight division, that’s a lame excuse, if u step in the ring to fight for a world title, getting your feet wet should be the last of your worries…. & abdulaev, urktal, pintor, branco etc. some of those guys were good amateurs, but everyone knows none of that translates to success in the pros, especially the European style of amateur fighting. All those guys were b-level fighters, it doesn’t matter what their records were, evident by the fact that those same fighters are unheard of in boxing today…. it’s easy to look gifted when your fighting that type of opposition…. & your sadly mistaken if u think jcc SR is not heavily involved in his sons preparations. He’s there giving support & advise for ALL his fights. I’ve seen him come up to his corner from ringside to give him pointers n the middle of his fights.
@for good wow your a joke if you think chavez jr is tooo much for cotto
@pride79 correction buddy mosley struggled agains mayorga and beat him in the 12th round by knock out with just seconds left for the round to end like mosley and de la hoya said mayorga is the type of fighter that can make any fighter look bad even a good one. so the way cotto beat mayorga was not something to worry or even talk bad about because cotto beat mayorga in a more impressive fashion than mosley plus dont forget mayorga beat vernon forrest( rest in peace) who beat mosley twice. so mayorga was no chump. foreman was easy but yet again cotto was getting his feet wet in the junior middleweight division. as far as past welters or great fighters period pbf did struggle with mediocre opposition so to me a fighter struggling with what is viewed as a “lesser” opponent doesnt mean anything if you are fighting tough competition and winning which cotto did and even in an impressive fashion and as far as corley and torres cotto was forcing himself to make weight which made him weaker thats why he went up to welterweight. on paper he fought good opposition and most of them where undefeated not mediocre or down hill fighters like some boxers do. Cotto was definately the best at welter after mayweather he beat most in that division and as far as margarito you said it yourself cotto has better boxing, better defense and all around talent plus at the time margarito was fighting bums. Cotto is no tito thats a fact tito is an A+ fighter with power but cotto is not just some fighter at one point he was very gifted he was special like i said this fight will not be easy because of cesar chavez senior which to me if chavez jr. wants to win he must have a good talk with his dad and have his dad give him pointers to me roach alone wont help chavez jr beat cotto. Jr is young, tall, strong and ready but has not had the same opposition cotto had which is why cotto has the edge.
If Cotto is shot and is a B level fighter as ForGood says, what glory would there be in a victory for Chavez JR then? The more you down grade Cotto the less value the victory will have if the fight happens and if Chavez Jr. wins. All I can say is Jr’s career has been pampered to a level that no boxer i’ve ever seen has been pampered. 40 fights??? Against who? Cotto at his B level is more than enough to beat junior who is a C level fighter, well C+ with Roach in his corner. Junior can’t ride on his dads fame forever…
PRYDE…THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT….COTTOS CAREER HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A B LEVEL…JR WILL BEAT HIM EASY PLUS JR HAS ALL THE ADVANTAGES!!
Yuri foreman & Ricardo mayorga…. the same Yuri which got his a*ss handed to him by wolak, out of all people!! & mayorga, the same cat who odlh put to sleep in 7, & Mosley smashed in 8. It took a full 12 rounds for cotto to get the past his prime matador outta there…. the more I think bout it, the easier it is to pick jcc Jr to win this one. Not that jrs been fighting anyone either, but he’s probably the fresher of the 2, & has taken no punishment whatsoever.
WHO HAS COTTO BEEN FIGHTING LATELY??….ANSWER THAT AND THAN WE TALK
Nobody’s downplaying cottos career, he’s just not as great as people make him out to be. While branco, urktal, abdulaev etc. were ok fighters, most were also undeserving mandatories. No way were any of them top 5 Jr welters, welters. You can’t really say he was right behind mayweather in that division because Margarito also happened to be fighting at welter at the time. People also seem to forget how close corley, & Torres nearly had cotto out of there. Never do I remember the great welters like odlh, Tito, Mosley, pbf, Leonard, hearns etc. look that silly against that kinda weak opposition. Cottos a good fighter, not great tho. I’m not saying Jr’s gonna win, but it wouldn’t be a shocker if he did….. & the way Mexicans have been handling they’re business lately, I’m gonna put my $$$$ on the legends son.
I agree with yatusabes
Just the mention of JCC jr. makes me sick to my stomach. I hope Jr’s boxing career doesn’t reflect who he really is cause Mexican fighters normally take the hard road and fight anybody at anytime and not take easy cherry picking fights. I have a lot of respect for Mexican fighters but Jr. is not one of them. Jr. and Cotto should not even be pronounced in the same sentence as Cotto has faced the much more elite fighters in his career and has had success to a decent level.
@Pride79
It’s not that Cotto is a wrecking machine is that Jr. has not proven to be at his level. Who knows maybe one day he will develop into a great fighter like his dad but I just won’t bet on it. Also look at Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. he went directly to pro and fought alot of tough Mexican fighters who gave him hell and still managed to win a title undefeated in less than 20 fights. He defended twice and then gave hell to Arce and lost a very grueling battle which was dead even (IMO) all the way to the twelve round. WVJr will get better and he definitely has room for improvement. Let’s see if Roach can continue to improve Chavez Jr.
Cotto was a wrecking machine with his devastating left hook and he beat alot of quality fighters lets go back in history. He fought a few good fighters but i will narrow it to the best of them. In junior welterweight division he fought Kelson Pinto and Mohamed Abdulaev who where in the olympics not every body makes it there and wins medals like abdulaev did. any how they both fought and beat cotto in the olympics so all 3 of them where up and coming fighters supposed to be the brightest and where very talented and cotto avenged his olympian losses by beating both by t.k.o. cotto also faced a paulie malignagi who at the time was undefeated a great slick boxer cotto won by decision and left his cheek swollen looking like a gulf ball he was too big for the division and struggled a little to make weight so he moved up to the welterweight division where he fought a very talented and again undefeated carlos quintana dont forget sometime after that quintana beat paul williams who is no joke than cotto beat the italian gionluka bronco or something like that and oktay urkal who where pretty good and had given other great fighters trouble than cotto beat zab judah by knock out and that man’s no joke he gave mayweather hell for the first 6 rounds till he got stupid than cotto beat the legendary sugar shane mosley.So Cotto fought and beat great fighters not chumps and he fought any one who was put infront of him i dont like when people try to down play cottos career like he only fought and beat one good guy. He is not in his prime thats a fact but a few years back behind mayweather he was the best at welterweight and was breaking people left and right. now cotto vs chavez jr is not as easy a fight as people think it can be competitive but because of skills, history and experience even though he is not on his prime i give cotto the edge.
You know I wish William McKay would write an article about Amir Khan!!
Y’all make it sound like cottos some kind of wrecking machine. I can think of only one decent fighter he’s beaten in his career. (Mosley, & maybe Judah) Jcc Jr is nothing special yet, but he does have potential. Cottos good, not great, & he’s definitely not in his prime anymore. For a kid with no amateur experience Jr’s not doing too bad. & believe me, if anyone can come up with a game plan to beat cotto its Roach.
Chavez jr will win this fight. Not because he’s good but because the judges will give it to him. I hope he loses. I dont wanna see Cotto start fighting boxers who are no good.
Very hard fight for Chavez jr big test!!! I hope he study if he want to fight Miguel cotto!
I hate Jr but I hope he wins so cotto can destroy this hype job. I’m sick of these spoon fed fighters.
It’s a good test for jr I think he’ll struggle might even lose if he wins arum wants the cotto fight the only advantage jr has is that he’s way bigger than cotto but cotto is a way better boxer so I doubt he’ll walk cotto dwn if it happens it’s really a no point fight but it’ll sell cause it’s mex vs pr but I’ll have to give cotto the edge..