By Allen Fox: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) was facing a critical dilemma recently that you characterize as Chavez Jr. being caught between a rock and a hard place after he’d used up his voluntary defense of his WBC title by taking a soft fight against Peter Manfredo Jr.
Marco Antonio Rubio
Chavez Jr. may have problems getting by Rubio
By Allen Fox: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) has been given a free pass against the middleweight division’s best fighter in Sergio Martinez by the World Boxing Council, who after receiving a request from the 25-year-old Chavez Jr. on Friday to take a voluntary defense against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s), the WBC gave Chavez Jr. the permission he was asking for to shoot Martinez and take the easier fight. However, this may not be an easy fight at all for Chavez, as the 31-year-old Rubio can really punch and he’s more skilled than Chavez Jr.
Marco Antonio Rubio to fight Chavez Jr. next for WBC middleweight title
By Jason Kim: Number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) will finally be getting his long awaited world title shot against World Boxing Council middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) on February 4th next year, according to the latest boxing news.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to fight on Feb 4th, possible opponents Rubio or Martirosyan
By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) is looking to make his second title defense of his World Boxing Council belt on February 4th against either junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan (31-0, 19 KOs) or Marcos Antonio Rubio (52-5-1, 45 KO’s) at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas.
Potential opponents for Chavez Jr’s next bout: Saul Alvarez, Sergio Martinez, Andy Lee, & Marco Antonio Rubio
By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. beat the fighter that his promotional company put in front of him last night in a 5th round TKO of Peter Manfredo Jr. in Houston, Texas. It was a so-so win for Chavez Jr. He finished strong but looked very average though most of the fight, certainly not good enough to beat the best fighters in the middleweight division like Sergio Martinez, Andy Lee, Peter Quillin, Dmitriy Pirog, Gennady Golovkin, or Felix Sturm, to name just a small handful of guys that look better than Chavez Jr.
Sergio Martinez may have to beat both Barker and Rubio to get a crack at Chavez Jr.
By Dan Ambrose: If WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) wants a change to recapture his old WBC middleweight crown in a fight against the current WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) Martinez may have to beat both Darren Barker and Marco Antonio Rubio to get a shot against Chavez Jr.
Rubio stops Akrong
By Eric Thomas: Number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (52-5-1, 45 KO’s) made easy work of little known Mohammed Akrong (13-4, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night, stopping him in the 5th round at the Centreo De Convenciones, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Marco Antonio Rubio in stay busy fight against Akrong tonight, while waiting on Chavez Jr.
By Eric Thomas: #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (51-5-1, 44 KO’s) fights an easy stay busy fight tonight against Ghanian Mohammad Akrong (13-3, 10 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the interim WBC Latino middleweight title at the Centro de Convenciones, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Forget about the paper title, this is a mismatch.
Is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. afraid of Marco Antonio Rubio?
By Gerardo Granados: Marco Antonio “Veneno” Rubio (51-5-1, 44 KO’s) is the World Boxing Council (WBC) number one contender to the title, he is a rough and experienced boxer with good power; he had been patient but it seems that he wont let the WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) avoid him anymore.
Chavez Jr. says he’ll fight Manfredo Jr. next, then Rubio, and possibly Martinez and Cotto
By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0, 30 KO’s) says he’ll be defending his title against number #6 ranked World Boxing Council contender Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KO’s) next, which is slated for November 19th, according to Fight News. Following that fight, if Chavez Jr. wins, he’ll be required to defend his WBC title against his number #1 mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (51-5-1, 44 KO’s) next year.