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., a fighter that struggles to make the 160 pound limit pretty much every time, as a future star in America.
Marco Antonio Rubio
Chavez-Rubio expected to draw 12,000-15,000 fans this Saturday
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.
If Chavez Jr. beats Rubio on Saturday, Cotto likely next opponent for him, says Arum
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 if Chavez Jr. can get by challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Martirosyan wants a big fight but will settle for 41-year-old Troy Lowry on Chavez-Rubio card on February 4th
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.
Chavez Jr. looks like a huge light heavyweight in training photos for Rubio fight
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).
Chavez-Rubio: A win for Julio could quiet his critics
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.
Rubio can spoil Arum’s dreams for Chavez Jr.
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 and other fighters in the division not named Sergio Martinez.
Chavez Jr. looking huge for Rubio fight on 2/4
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.
Will Rubio turn Chavez Jr. into another Lemieux on February 4th?
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, Canada.
Rubio may need a knockout to beat Chavez Jr.
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, age, speed, weight, reach, height and crowd.