Chavez Jr-Vera II: Julio has to win without controversy this time

By Boxing News - 02/14/2014 - Comments

chavez8989By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (47-1-1, 32 KO’s) needs to look impressive and win without the stink of controversy in his rematch against middleweight contender Brian Vera (23-7, 14 KO’s) on March 1st at the the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Chavez Jr. was given an very controversial 10 round unanimous decision win over Vera last September in Carson, California. Chavez looked sluggish, overweight, and not in shape in that fight and he deserved to lose a clear decision. However, this isn’t the first time that Chavez Jr. has won a controversial decision.

It was actually the 4th time during his career that he’s won a fight that he appeared to lose, as he was outworked in both of his fights against Carlos Molina earlier in his career, and he was clearly beaten by Matt Vanda in their first fight in 2008. While Chavez Jr. was able to come back and conclusively beat Vanda in the rematch in November of 2008, the fact remains that Vanda dominated Chavez Jr. in their first fight in July of 2008, and was given a loss.

What was interesting about that fight was that Chavez Jr. was booed by his own fans at the Sonora, Mexico. Even they realized that Vanda was the better man on that night, and yet Chavez Jr. was the one that had his hand raised. It just kind of shows you how hard it is to beat Chavez Jr.

If Vera wants to make sure that he gets a win on March 1st, he’d better be thinking of doubling up on the amount of shots that he throws, because it’s not enough that he outworks Chavez Jr. by a large margin. He’s got to really outwork him because Chavez Jr. will likely be sporting a huge 20+ weight advantage in this fight. Vera will come in close to 170 lbs, and possibly a little higher. But Chavez Jr. will almost surely come into the fight in the 190s, and that’s going to make it tough on Vera to be able to stand and trade with him due to his big weight advantage.

At the same time it’ll be difficult for Vera to match the force of Chavez Jr’s blows. If you’ve got a cruiserweight-sized fighter nailing you with shots, then of course it’s going to be a problem if you’re little more than a small middleweight like Vera is. It means he’s got to throw many more punches to win the rounds than Chavez Jr. because he’s not packing the weight like Chavez Jr. is.



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