By Dan Ambrose: According to the latest boxing news, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be looking to take the safe route for his first title defense of his World Boxing Council belt and is looking at facing Peter Manfredo Jr., Darren Barker or Marco Antonio Rubio next instead of facing Sergio Martinez or Miguel Cotto.
Marco Antonio Rubio
Chavez Jr. likely to face Rubio next rather than Cotto or Martinez
By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has decided not to pit newly crowned WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto in September. It seems that Arum has taken a good look at how poor Chavez’s defense was in his close 12 round majority decision win over Sebastian Zbik last weekend and is instead going to have Chavez Jr. go in a different direction.
Marco Antonio Rubio vs. Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo tonight
By Dan Ambrose: Number #2 ranked WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43 KO’s) will be facing Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo (11-3-1, 7 KO’s) in a stay busy fight tonight for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Latino middleweight title at the Foro Polanco, in Mexico City, Mexico. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds, and it should be a fairly easy one for the 30-year-old Rubio to win.
Lemieux’s trainer says he stopped the Rubio fight to save Lemieux from six rounds of punishment
By Eric Thomas: Highly hyped middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) was blasted out by #3 WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43 Ko’s) last Friday night in a 7th round TKO loss for Lemieux. It looked like Lemieux didn’t have the size or the stamina to go past the 6th round against a bigger and more experienced fighter in the 30-year-old Rubio. Interestingly enough, Lemieux’s trainer Russ Anber had a spin on why he halted the fight in the 7th, saying in an article at the ottawacitizen.com, “I just didn’t want him [Lemieux] to be a target for the next six rounds, so I stopped it.”
Rubio gets Chavez Jr. vs. Zbik winner
By Dan Ambrose: With his impressive 7th round stoppage victory over previously unbeaten middleweight contender Davi Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) last Friday night in a WBC middleweight title eliminator bout in Montreal, Canada, Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43 KO’s) earned a shot at the winner of the June 4th fight between WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Was Lemieux exposed as a four round fighter by Rubio?
By Dan Ambrose: Last night number #2 ranked WBC middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) was taken out in the 7th round by veteran slugger Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43 KO’s) in a shocking upset in Montreal, Canada. Most people thought that the 22-year-old Lemieux would steamroll over the 30-year-old Rubio with the same ease with which Lemieux destroyed most of his soft opposition.
Lemieux looked too small in loss to Rubio, needs to move down to junior middleweight
By Dan Ambrose: The much hyped Canadian middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) was badly exposed by Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43 KO’s) in a 7th round TKO loss for the 22-year-old Lemieux on Friday night at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Lemieux was hurt in the 6th from a right hand from Rubio and then dropped the 7th by a right hand to the side of the head. Lemieux got back to his feet with both legs looking rubbery, barely strong to hold him upright.
Rubio KOs Lemieux
By Jim Dower: #2 ranked WBC middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) looked like little more than a four-round fighter on Friday night facing a much more seasoned professional fighter in 30-year-old Marco Antonio Rubio (50-5-1, 43 KO’s), who took Lemieux to school en route to stopping him in the 7th round with a flurry of hard power shots to the head as Lemieux cringed in his corner at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This was supposed to be Lemieux’s moment in the sun, a fight that was shown on ESPN2 all across the United States and Canada.
Lemieux vs. Rubio tonight: David is going to look bad if he loses
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s) faces Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 42 KO’s) on Friday night at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Lemieux, 22, started out his career as a kind of shy, quiet fighter but recently he’s starting to get his confidence under him and is making himself heard by talking about this or that fighter and how he’s going to knock everyone out.
Lemieux battles Rubio on Friday
By Jason Kim: Boxing fans may be seeing a future star in the making with unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s), who gets to show off his power this Friday night against Marco Antonio Rubio at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.