Sebastian Zbik Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) is looking to get permission from the World Boxing Association to bypass his mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin in order to take on #2 World Boxing Association ranked contender and former WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-1, 10 KO’s) on April 13th, according [...]

By Eric Thomas: Dan Rafael is reporting that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez’s recent 12th round TKO win over Britain’s Ryan Rhodes drew an incredible 1.6 million viewers on HBO’s Boxing After Dark (BAD), making it the largest amount of viewers since 2007 for a BAD broadcast.

June 28, 2011 – By José Sulaimán: Who do you believe, your eyes or me ? I feel to be a citizen of the world in boxing, but a mexican in other sports. I was overwhelmed with the victory of our National soccer team -17 years old – over Holland and also with the great [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Last weekend’s fight between WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-1, 10 KO’s) and challenger Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) brought in huge numbers in terms of viewers on HBO, according to news from Dan Rafael on his twitter page.

By Gerardo Granados: Last night, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) was awarded with the victory against Sebastian Zbik by MD12, thus becoming the first Mexican fighter to conquer a world title in the middleweight division by winning the WBC middleweight belt.

By Dan Ambrose: Weighing a whopping 180 pounds the on Saturday night, number #1 ranked World Boxing Council middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) was forced to go life and death to beat WBC middleweight paper champion Sebatian Zbik (30-1, 10 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision at the Staples Center [...]

By Jim Dower: In easily the best fight on the entire undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sebatian Zbik fight at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) took out Mexican Saul Roman (34-9, 29 KO’s) with a 7th round stoppage. Martirosyan, who had a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 25-year-old top junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s) will be looking to show that he’s the best fighter on tonight’s card in his fight against Saul Roman (34-8, 29 KO’s) on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo: Naoki Fakuda: Trainer Freddie Roach believes that his fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will emerge victorious tonight in the 25-yer-old Chavez’s first attempt at winning a title in a bout against WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Roach [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo: Naoki Fakuda: Unbeaten number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 Ko’s) made weight at Friday’s weigh-in for Saturday’s title bout against World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The 25-year-old Chavez weighed 160 lbs right [...]

Chaves Jr-Zbik / Froch-Johnson This weekend Boxing Channel will be providing extensive coverage of both the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr-Sebastian Zbik match in Los Angeles and the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson battle in Atlantic City. All the coverage can be seen at www.boxingchannel.tv

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise presents a middleweight title showdown when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: SEBASTIAN ZBIK VS. JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. AND MIKEY GARCIA VS. RAFAEL GUZMAN is seen SATURDAY, JUNE 4 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Bob [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto could be on the verge of taking on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) next if Chavez Jr. can somehow get past WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night in the battle of the unbeatens at the Staples Center in Los [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS June 1, 2011 – Mexico City From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2011) – Rafael “Chocho” Guzman is the new opponent for undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender Mikey Garcia in the co-main event of “The Son Also Rises: Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio César Chávez, Jr. World Middleweight Championship,” this Saturday at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. The 10-round featherweight rumble will open the [...]

Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik defends his title against undefeated Julio César Chávez, Jr. in the main event of “The Son Also Rises,” this Saturday night at STAPLES Center. The fight will be televised live on HBO, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)

By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be making his first stab at the big time when he takes on WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) for the World Boxing Council title at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) already has an open date on October 1st waiting for the winner of this Saturday’s fight on June 4th between WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) and unbeaten number 1 World Boxing Council middleweight challenger Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The many years of careful match-making in which Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) has been guided through a sea of almost exclusively B and C level fighters will be put to a test this Saturday night on June 4th against WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) at the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) has been working out feverishly in training camp to prepare for his June 4th fight against WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Chavez Jr. will be fighting for a major world title for the [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC Emeritus champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) is aiming to fight the winner of next month’s clash between WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Martinez sees Zbik winning that fight and is looking to face him on October 1st. If, however, Chavez Jr. wins the Zbik fight, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s no secret that unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) has been carefully groomed to get to the point where he is today in facing undefeated WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) next month on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

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 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 Ko’s) has a lot riding on his June 4th bout against WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The World Boxing Council title that will be on the line for the fight is one thing, but [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0, 30 KO’s) has to make a lot of progress if he wants to beat WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) next month on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Chavez Jr. didn’t look at all good in getting pummeled recently [...]

By Chris Williams: With little over two weeks to go before the June 4th match-up between World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) and unbeaten challenger Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, one can’t help but notice how much bigger the 25-year-old [...]

By Richard Hall: It has been reported that Top Rank could match up unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez (42-0-1 30 KOs) with Puerto Rico’s Miguel Angel Cotto (36-2, 29KOs). This is provided that Chavez beats World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Freddie Roach feels that World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) will be a very tough fight for his unbeaten fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s), who faces the 29-year-old Zbik on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

By Eric Thomas: After eight years as a pro unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 Ko’s) is on the verge of winning a title against WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 Ko’s) next month on June 4th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. For eight long years, Chavez Jr. [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten number #1 ranked WBC contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) faces easily the biggest test of his eight years as a pro when he faces World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) next month on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.