Rubio may need a knockout to beat Chavez Jr.
January 15th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) is coming into his fight with WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) a the less popular fighter facing the son of a legend Julio Chavez at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. Everything is going against Rubio in this fight: The venue, age, speed, weight, reach, height and crowd.
Rubio is the closest thing to a threat that Chavez Jr. will have faced. However, Rubio is the top contender for the WBC in a really weak division. There really is only a handful of decent middleweights in the division and thus far Chavez Jr. has fought none of them. Rubio is probably the 10th best fighter in the division, although you’d think he’s the very top the way Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum talks about him.
The crowd is going to be firmly against Rubio in this fight, and that in turn will likely affect the judges. If the crowd is going to be cheering loudly each time Chavez Jr. lands anything and going quiet when Rubio lands, it’s pretty obvious that the judges will give more weight to Chavez’s punches than Rubio’s. T
Chavez is being set up to be the next big thing in the sport and a loss to Rubio can’t happen. This is why I see this as a fight where Rubio absolutely will need a knockout to win. No way do I see him getting a decision over Chavez Jr. in Texas. That’s crazy to even think about it, because it’s not going to happen.
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Rubio may get the knockout. Rubio is a tough cookie.
Rubio will SHOCK the world!!! Chavez jr chin has never been tested and when that happens and you fight a big power puncher thats a recipe for a HUGE KO!! Can’t wait im going to be at the fight row 7 !
Everyone is saying Chavez is going to have the crowd behind him thats wrong im going to be at the fight and know that at least half of the people are going for Rubio people dont know that Rubio actually lives 3 hrs from San antonio Chavez will get knocked out cold!!! Vamos Veneno!!
Hahaha @ Ringside “Every taco vendor” – you wish. Jr has no amount of talent running through his entire body than senior does in a strand of seniors hair. Jr will never be what his daddy is or was. This is gonna be his first real decent opponent.
Rubio the only coward Mexican fighter that laid down for a drunk pavlik. Jr. Better than daddy for their first 40 fights.
Chavala Jr is in for a Rude Awakening. This guy is not a Taxi Driver DawG. And Hype Yob jr is gonna find out once he wakes up 10days later after the KO.
@ ringside. Stop smoking dope.
chavez actually didn’t get the nod against pernell….. It was a draw.
I sense a robbery in the making
NO. JR Is not better then daddy. Not yet, not even close.
Jr. Is better than his daddy who in his first 50 fights fought every taco vendor. But later on I became a fan because he was stomping fools in the ground. But he should not have gotten the nod later in his career against sweet pea or the 2nd randle fight but for sure he was a bad Mexican.