Chavez Jr. likely to try and trade shots with Rubio instead of listen to Roach and box
January 4th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: If you look at World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s recent 5th round TKO win over Peter Manfredo Jr. last November you’ll see some of the changes that Chavez’s trainer Freddie Roach has made with Chavez’s old brawling style of fighting.
Chavez Jr. had all the advantages in the fight – youth, size, power and speed. Manfredo Jr. was pooled from the bottom of the WBC rankings, although the WBC quickly pushed him up to the top five by the time the fight took place in November. Manfredo was really just another B level opponent to fight just like most of the others.
In his next fight, Chavez faces Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) on February 4th in San Antonio, Texas. This is going to be a tough fight for Chavez Jr. and it could be a 50-50 bout where either can win it depending on who has the better power and strategy. Rubio punches a lot harder and has the better experience. However, Chavez, 6’0”, will be sporting a two inch height and likely a 20 pound weight advantage in the fight. At 25, Chavez Jr. is younger and a lot bigger than Rubio. You can make an argument that Chavez Jr. really should be fighting at super middleweight right now because he’s coming into his fights weighing over 170lbs. In his bout with Sebastian Zbik last year, Chavez Jr. weighed 180lbs by the time he entered the ring.
Chavez’s trainer Freddie Roach is likely going to be giving Chavez Jr. instructions to use his jab and try and box Rubio instead of slug with him. However, Chavez Jr. is the type that likes to try and prove a point by going out and beating his opponents at their own game. He’s also got a stubborn streak in him to where if he gets hit, Chavez Jr. always fires back with his own power shots to try and get even. If he fights like this against Rubio, it could backfire on Chavez because he’ll be fighting Rubio’s type of fight.
Like Chavez Jr., Rubio is from Mexican and his game is centered on his power and his tendency to slug. Rubio is just more suited towards slugging than Chavez Jr. because he has better power with both hands and is better skilled as well. So if Chavez Jr. tries to stubbornly go to war with Rubio, he could end up getting knocked out in front of a huge Texas crowd. Chavez Jr. is too stubborn for his own good and all that soft matchmaking done for him has likely got him convinced that he’s better than he actually is. Rubio will bring Chavez Jr. down to earth unless Chavez Jr. listens to Roach and avoids exchanges with Rubio.
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WTF did that Molina dude say?
Carlos molina….parese que te esta cojiendo el come mierda argentino del martinez ya deja de lamberle los huevos no seas joto.
It doesn’t matter who chavez jr. fights he won’t be considered a champion until he fights martinez. Just because he has a world title belt doesn’t mean people have to respect him, only once people feel he has proved himself will they respect him. I think the way Manfredo was push up the WBC ratings to 5 says all you nedd to know about the WBC, corrupt as f@ck! The ONLY reason Chavez Jr. is a champion is because of his father, Chavez Sr. and Suliman are VERY GOOD FRIENDS. Why else would you strip a real champion like Martinez to GIVE the title to Chavez Jr.? The sanctioning fees are the same no matter who’s fighting, so what other explanation is there? Suliman should be EXPELLED and run out of boxing! He has taken the WBC and the famous green belt from the pinnicle of the sport to a joke that is ruinning the sport.
Roach is a terrible coach..Joke coach roach
Suleman is responsible for this mediocre paper champion to have a belt, he is protecting him and destroying the intergrety of boxing, this is abuse of power.
This man Suleman is destroying boxing and taking it to an even lower lever. A voted new president is necessary that doesn’t play favorites. and wer are not in north korean or russian to leave or accept his son to take over his position a voted one needs to be appointed enoug is enough.
A web site will be coming soon to vote out Suleman out of office we are sick and tired of his mess as well as playing favorites. Suleman has crossed the line. We need a new president that doesn’t play favorites and we will not i repeat will not accept suleman’s son taking over a voted president needs to be in place.
Yall dont know NOTHING about boxing if yall think Chavez Jr. is a championship caliper fighter! Looked @ his last fight, he led with his head all nite! Chavez is a PAPER CHAMP,he aint fought NOBODY! He got Mexican Heart for sho, but he aint got the skills to fight, Martinez, Cotto, Saul Alverez, even
Kirkland would shut his lights off! His heavy ass should be boxing at super Middleweight with them Super Six Boxers! LAME!!! Rubio is a SOLID Middleweight wit skills and he is going to hand Chavez his very first a$$ whoopin’@, HUMBLY SUBMITTED
@666 WTF are you talking about? Rubio isn’t even a top 10 middleweight. I rate Geale, Pirog, Sturm, Martinez, Lee, Macklin, Quillin, Golovkin above him. Who’s Rubio? Who has he fought? Oh yeah, I remember now Kelly Pavlik. How’d that end? Pavlik by 9 round TKO and that was only a couple years ago.
Chavez a coward!!! Us Mexicans don’t run from nobody !!! Chavez makin us look bad by running from Martinez. Real talk.
chavez by ko . let see what then haters say after february 4 . i que viva el gran campeon mexicano . the legend continues. wheter yall like it or not stupit haters.
rubio will k.o jr and pavlik at this point in his game, he is a very pacient boxer with good counters and a little bit of power to go with it even martinez will get smashed by EL VENENO.
Chavez is a coward. once a coward always a coward. he can bang against bums and Rubio is a slightly better than that. he QUIT against Pavlik.
I want Rubio to expose El Cobarde Chavez but it’s in Texas and the second Rubio gets hurt the ref will call it off for Chavez.
I wonder if more people will give chavez respect if he beats rubio,i hope they do because hes been puting his life on the line every time he fights one punch can change everything,much respect to all profesional fighters for geting in the ring.
as long as chavez make weight that they agreed for the fight or for the division limit there shoul not be any problem and i think chavez would win this fight by KO and im pretty sure that after chavez defeats Rubio, Martinez would think twice about saying chavez is a coward because most like he is going to be next for chavez i dont think cotto have a chance agains martinez or chavez.
Chavez will be impresive and he will silent all critics,can all chavez haters and critics sit down on feb 4 and watch a true warrior be re born,please believe what you people will be seeing that night,chavez will win impresevly.the truth will be told.
Chavez jr wins against rubio,chavez will prove all the critics that say hes a bum,a coward wrong,i believe chavez is goog enough to beat martinez chavez has the heart and will to winn plus hi is improving on his boxing we know he can fight.
And how would that make this fight different from any other fight Chavez Jr. has been in? Thank You Captain Obvious.
Manfredo has a full time job that’s the type of fighter they look for. Give him a conditioning coach see what happens
I’m not happy at all the way Chavez Jr & company our cowardly avoiding Martinez!! Chavez needs to show me something against Rubio before I turn my Back on him . If Roach is training you then there is funny business always going on!