Chavez vs. Rubio

By Jason Kim: When you’ve got a huge middleweight like WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) it’s a big advantage for him to come into his fights a lot heavier than his opponents.

By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight contender Andy Lee says that he was briefly approached to take the fight with WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) for this Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas, but Chavez’s management decided instead to face the shorter 5’10” Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) instead.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) will be facing former IBF/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) in 2012 if Chavez Jr. can beat challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum is hoping that he can transform WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) from being a popular fighter among a certain segment of fans into a huge attraction that could eventually be a pay per view star in the United States. It’s hard to imagine Chavez Jr., [...]

By Allen Fox: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) is expected to draw a huge crowd for his fight against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas this Saturday night.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez will have to wait a little while longer to get his shot against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) because he’s not in the plans for Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum, who says he’ll likely match Chavez Jr. up with Miguel Cotto next [...]

By Allen Fox: No.1 ranked WBC junior middleweight champion Vanes Martirosyan (31-0, 19 KO’s) badly wants a fight against World Boxing Council champion Saul Alvarez but he’s got to wait his turn while the young 21-year-old Alvarez is matched against other fighters.

By Dan Ambrose: In looking at WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s training photos at fightnews.com, I don’t know how he’s going to be able to drain down to make the 160 pound weight limit for his February 4th fight against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s).

By Sean McDaniel: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1 31 KO’s) has received a lot of criticism from boxing fans throughout his nine-year pro career, in particular since Chavez Jr. won the World Boxing Council middleweight crown last year with a 12 round decision win over Sebastian Zbik last June.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS January 24, 2012 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By Dan Ambrose: #1 ranked World Boxing Council middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) could ruin Top Rank CEO Bob Arum’s big plans on putting his popular fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) in a series of high profile high paying bouts against the likes of Miguel Cotto [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s second title defense against challenger Marco Antonio Rubio is only two weeks away for their February 4th fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) is going to be getting tested for the first time in his career against a big puncher in his fight next month against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Dan Ambrose: Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) did what few boxing fans thought he could do last year when he withstood a furious early onslaught by power punching Canadian David Lemieux last April and came on to batter and stop him in the 7th round in front of Lemieux’s home fans in Montreal, [...]

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, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The February 4th Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio fight got a pretty much useless undercard fight added to it on Friday night with the addition of unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (31-0, 19 KO’s) facing 41-year-old journeyman Troy Lowry (28-11, 17 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout [...]

By Chris Williams: Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) is the last physical barrier separating WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) and his promoter Bob Arum from their dream fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto.

By Pepe Rodriguez: The Coahuila puncher, Marco Antonio “El Veneno” Rubio, knows that Chavez Jr. is a dangerous fighter, but said: “I ​​will face the best version of the legend’s son, in his last fights he has shown great advances against major rivals, but I have the punch to knock him out, so I don´t [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) is expected to ignore Sergio Martinez once again after Chavez Jr. gets through defending his belt for the second time against #1 ranked contender Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) next month on February 4th in San Antonio, Texas.

By Chris Williams: Highly respected #1 WBC middleweight challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) is going to have come out of the blocks a lot faster for his upcoming fight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) on February 4th than what Rubio is accustomed to doing in his fights.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum has done a good job in having his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) side step an almost certain knockout loss in a fight with Sergio Martinez to instead face #1 ranked WBC contender Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) on February 4h at the [...]

By Allen Fox: Number #1 ranked WBC contender Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) has the potential of wrecking the big plans of promoter Bob Arum for his young star WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) in their fight next month on February 4th on HBO. Arum needs Chavez Jr. to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The WBC may have said that Sergio Martinez comes next for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. if he can successfully defend his title against Marco Antonio Rubio next month on February 4th, but Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum has other ideas for him.

By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council has given their vote of approval for a Sergio Martinez vs. WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. bout as long as the two fighters win their next fights. Chavez Jr. must mandatorily face Martinez next, the WBC says.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS January 5, 2012 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: The WBC approved the Chavez-Martinez bout if both fighters win their respective bouts.

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum reportedly is expecting a big crowd for the February 4th fight between his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) and Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Allen Fox: Bob Arum has already made it clear that he’s not interested in matching his fighters against Sergio Martinez. The problem is Arum really doesn’t have much choice when it comes to his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

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.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum has put together what he sees as a solid card on February 4th with former WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (22-1-1, 18 KO’s) trying to get his career back together in a fight against former two time world champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) in a fight for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Although Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) did beat the WBC appointed World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik last June to capture the WBC strap, No.1 ranked challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) reportedly doesn’t recognize the 25-year-old Chavez Jr. as a real champion and instead sees him as [...]