By Chris Williams: Light middleweight John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) fights journeyman Matt Vanda (39-8, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Both fighters at first glance appear to be on opposite sides of the spectrum, yet Saturday’s fight is likely to be closely contested with Duddy edging Vanda by a close decision. Why should that be when one fighter is ranked high in both the light middleweight and middleweight divisions and sports an unbeaten record?
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Julio Chavez Jr
Chavez-Cuello, Soto, Montiel, Segura, Brinkley-Gilbert – Boxing News
Five of Mexico’s biggest names in boxing converge for the first time, headlining the same boxing card! Top Rank presents “Latin Fury 8 — Tijuana Thunder,” broadcast Live on Pay-Per-View from Tijuana, Mexico on March 28. The five-bout pay-per-view extravaganza will feature undefeated super welterweight sensation JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ, Jr., WBC super featherweight champion HUMBERTO SOTO, WBO junior bantamweight champion FERNANDO MONTIEL, two-time WBC lightweight champion JOSE LUIS CASTILLO, and top-rated junior flyweight contender GIOVANI SEGURA in separate bouts. Combined, these five warriors have a combined record of 198-19-6 (150 KOs) — a winning percentage of 89% and a victory by knockout ratio of 79%.
Is Chavez Jr. The Best Option For De La Hoya?
By Jason Kim: Having been nearly beaten senseless in his last fight in December against Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) needs to be extra careful when planning for his next opponent to ensure that the same fate doesn’t happen to him yet again. And while there’s been a lot of damage control that’s come out since his loss to Pacquiao, partially blaming the loss on his low fat diet leading up to his fight with Manny, a win over a quality opponent remains questionable for the 35 (soon to be 36-year-old) De La Hoya.
Chavez Jr-De La Hoya: Can Oscar Win?
By Matte Stein: Undefeated light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (38-0-1, 29 KOs) is apparently interested in a fight with Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs), though there still isn’t any word from Oscar whether or not he’s serious about a fight with the 22-year-old Chavez Jr. De La Hoya, 35, Was thought to be leaning towards retirement after experiencing a humbling defeat by Manny Pacquiao on December 6th.
De La Hoya To Fight Chavez Jr?
By Eric Thomas: In a bit of odd news around the boxing world, Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) is reportedly not going to be retiring after his embarrassing 8th round stoppage loss to Manny Pacquiao on December 6th, and will possibly be fighting undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (38-0-1, 29 KOs) in May, a bout that could take place in Mexico. Chavez Jr., 22, the son of former boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez, who twice was stopped by De La Hoya – once in a 4th round stoppage in 1996 and final time in a 8th round TKO in 1998.
Chavez Jr. Defeats Vanda, Still Looks Unimpressive
By Manuel Perez: Looking closer to a C-level fighter than an top ranked A-level fighter, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (38-0-1, 29 KOs) defeated journeyman Matt Vanda (39-8, 22 KOs) by a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 99-91, 97-93 and 98-92, all for the still unbeaten twenty-two year-old Chavez Jr. Vanda, who probably should have been given a draw, if not a victory against Chavez in their first fight four months ago in July, failed to fight as hard as he did in the first bout.
I’d really like to give Chavez more credit this time out, but he fought largely the same way, staying on the outside, circling the ring constantly and treating the light-hitting Vanda as if he were a knockout artist rather than a fighter with only marginal power at best. It looked strange to see Chavez constantly moving away from him, as if Vanda was coming after him with devastating power. To be sure, Chavez did what he had to do to get the win. He was a little busier than he normally is, throwing hard body shots and jabbing well to the head of Vanda.
Haye/Barrett, Fagan/Khan, Chavez Jr/Vanda – Latest Boxing News
Undefeated light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) will be looking to make a statement against Matt Vanda (39-7, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chavez Jr., 22, the son of boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, is hoping to look better than he did last time out against Vanda, a fight that turned out to be a grueling 10-round split decision victory for Chavez and one where he hardly impressed. In this case, Chavez had the excuse that he was sick with the flu, which, according to him, prevented him from fighting at his best against Vanda.
It’s unclear, however, why Chavez chose to fight Vanda while sick with the flu. Perhaps the smart thing would have been to cancel the bout rather than perform badly as he did. In fairness to Chavez, it’s hard to blame him though. Up until that fight, he had done relatively well against the fodder that had been served up to in his previous 37 fights, building up an impressive unbeaten record with zero quality opponents. Vanda, 30, a good C-level fighter, was figured to be slightly better than some of Chavez’s recent mediocre opponents. However, whether it be the illness that affected Chavez on that night, or the fact that he’s not much better than Vanda, it’s hard to say for sure.
Chavez Jr. vs. Vanda In November: Should This Fight Be a PPV Bout?
By Chris Williams: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) has decided on fighting a rematch with Matt Vanda (39-7, 22 KOs) on November 1st in a PPV bout at … continue
Should Chavez Jr. Retire?
By Manuel Perez: Still unbeaten, but with an image that is badly tarnished, light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) has some big decisions to make about his boxing career in the aftermath of his disappointing 10-round split decision victory over C-class fighter Matt Vanda on Saturday night at the Palenque De La Expo, Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico. Chavez Jr., 22, took major punishment in the bout, and was out on his feet in the 12th round after taking a series of big shots from Vanda. Strangely enough, the round appeared to end 6 seconds early as Chavez Jr. was backing up on weak legs and taking punishment from Vanda.
Although I personally felt that Chavez had won the fight, I saw it as being very close, and certainly not by the ridiculous scores of 100-90, a score which one of the judges ruled in Chavez Jr’s favor. Despite getting the win, however, Chavez Jr. needs to do some soul searching and decide whether boxing is the right career for him. After the fight just described, Chavez Jr. has to ask himself whether he wants to continue on with his career and face better fighters than Vanda, which at this point is almost a given due to his high #5 ranking in the WBC, or retire from the sport with his unbeaten record intact.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Struggles To Defeat Matt Vanda
By Manuel Perez: Undefeated light welterweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez (37-0-1, 29 KOs) struggled badly to defeat American Matt Vanda (38-7, 21 KOs) by a 10-round split decision on Saturday night at the Palenque De La Expo, Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico. Not surprisingly, the Mexican crowd weren’t too happy with the decision, booing loudly and showing the ring with full bottles of water and coins. Most of the boxing fans felt, as I did, that Vanda had done enough to earn the decision in the last five rounds of the fight. The final judges’ scores were as follows 97-93, 100-90 for Chavez Jr. and 95-96 for Vanda. I also had the fight scored for Vanda by a close margin.
The other two scores given to Chavez Jr. were simply ridiculous, as he appeared to lose the last six rounds of the fight to the more active Vanda. To top off what should have been a victory, Vanda, 29, staggered Chavez Jr. in the 10th round and battered him around the ring during the final three minutes. After the fight, a badly exhausted Chavez Jr. had to sit down and recover, having not enough energy to remain standing.