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By Dan Ambrose: Sergio ‘Marvilla’ Martinez has accepted a challenge to face former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a rematch, and he would like to face him in November. Chavez Jr. says he wants to face 37-year-old former WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio ‘Latin Snake’ Mora (29-5-2, 9 KOs) on September 7 in a catch-weight at 171 pounds.
By Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. reportedly is in talks with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to possibly sign a 3-fight deal to fight on DAZN, according to BoxAzteca. This move would be Hearn looking to sign a fighter that would appeal to U.S boxing fans to subscribe to his new streaming deal.
By Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. says he plans on sharpening up his game by fighting twice before looking to face Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin at super middleweight. That’s the fight the 32-year-old Chavez Jr. says he wants for himself.
By Dan Ambrose: Former junior middleweight world champion Sergio “Latin Snake” Mora is giving the edge to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez over Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in their fight on September 16. Mora says he previously was picking Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) to win that fight, but he’s now changed his mind after seeing how dominant Canelo was in beating an over-matched Julio Chavez Jr. by a 12 round unanimous decision on May 6. Canelo won every round in beating Chavez Jr. by the scores 120-108, 120-108 and 120-108.
By Dan Ambrose: Sergio Mora says WBA ‘regular” 160lb champion Danny Jacobs has the punching power to hurt IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin if he can get to his chin in the first three rounds. Mora believes that Jacobs has the better overall punching power than Golovkin. However, he feels that Golovkin has the better technique, which will kick in after the 3rd round if he’s still in the fight.
Mora sees Jacobs as having a suspect chin that Golovkin could take advantage of if he can get him past the third round.
By Allan Fox: WBA World middleweight champion Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) did his thing last Friday night in beating the light hitting grizzled 35-year-old veteran Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-5-2, 9 KOs) by a 7th round knockout, and now he wants to fight Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) next. Jacobs says that if IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Golovkin wins his fight tonight against challenger Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KO), then that’s the fight that he wants next.
“I want to prove to the world that I’m the best middleweight. If GGG gets the victory tomorrow, that’s who we want,” said Jacobs.
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) won a ridiculously easy 7th round knockout win over 2nd tier fighter Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-5-2, 9 Kos) in the 7th round in their rematch on Friday night at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. Jacobs knocked Mora down five times in the fight with three of the knockdowns coming in round seven.
By Dan Ambrose: For boxing fans interested in seeing WBA World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) fight Sergio Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs) again, the two of them will be fighting it out in a rematch tonight on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike from the Santander Arena, in Reading, Pennsylvania.
It’s not a fight that has really electrified the sport, and you have to wonder whether their Jacobs’ management understands what the fight fans want to see. This is not a fight that the boxing fans want to see again, but hopefully it’s the last time they face each other because it’s time for both of them to move onto whatever their fates are.
By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Association World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) successfully made weight on Thursday for his rematch against 35-year-old Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs) for their fight on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike this Friday at the Santander Arena, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Mora weighed in at 159.3lbs.
There has been very little interest in the Jacobs-Mora rematch, and you can hope for is casual fans choosing to tune in on Spike, one of the free channels. It’s just not a fight that the fans in general consider to be needed or wanted at this point. Jacobs showed last year that he was the better fighter in stopping Mora in the 2nd round.