By Dan Ambrose: In perhaps what will likely be a fruitless endeavor, middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio is looking to get his recent February 4th 12 round decision loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. changed to a ‘No contest’ by the World Boxing Council.
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Atlas: Chavez Jr. is too limited, can’t punch and needs to be matched carefully
By Dan Ambrose: ESPN2 analyst Teddy Atlas made a brutal assessment of WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s ability last night on Friday Night Fights and Atlas, as usual, pulled no punches about his thoughts on Chavez’s ability and future outlook.
How much longer can Chavez Jr. make the 160 pound division?
By Dan Ambrose: HBO analyst Larry Merchant asked WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. if he was considering moving up in weight last Saturday due to Chavez Jr’s struggles to make the 160 pound middleweight limit for his fight against Marco Antonio Rubio.
Chavez Jr. still #5 in Ring ratings
By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. beat Marco Antonio Rubio by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night in the young 25-year-old Chavez Jr’s 2nd title defense of his World Boxing Council belt. Unfortunately, the win wasn’t impressive enough for Chavez Jr. to be pushed up in the Ring’s ratings.
Chavez Jr. to fight Margarito or Andy Lee next
By Dan Ambrose: It looks as if a fight between former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and the current World Boxing Council middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) will have to wait a little longer, as the news out isn’t looking good for this fight as far it happening next.
Rubio: It’s obvious Chavez Jr. is afraid of Sergio Martinez; he’ll fight Margarito next
By Jason Kim: In an interview with Boxing Channel after Saturday’s night loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), the beaten Marco Antonio Rubio was asked if Chavez Jr. is afraid to fight his WBC ordered challenger former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Rubio answered “It’s obvious. Chavez Jr. will fight Antonio Margarito instead.”
Is Chavez Jr. as good as he’s going to get?
By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made some strides in improvement since trainer Freddie Roach took over his training in 2010. Since then, Chavez Jr. has beaten John Duddy, Billy Lyell, Sebastian Zbik, Peter Manfredo Jr. and Marco Antonio Rubio.
Arum needs to wait a lot longer before matching Chavez Jr. with Sergio Martinez
By Dan Ambrose: In appraising the progress that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made in the past year under the watchful eye of trainer Freddie Roach, I think Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum needs to wait a lot longer than the end of the year before he finally matched Chavez Jr. against the middleweight division’s best fighter Sergio Martinez.
Is Chavez Jr’s win over Rubio now tainted because he left without being drug tested?
By Allan Fox: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. may have tainted his own victory over Marco Antonio Rubio by failing to stick around and take the mandatory urine test after the fight to test for performance enhancing drugs.
Boxing need rehydration rules
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jason Kim: In looking at some of WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s last three fights in which he’s made weight at 160 and then rehydrated to near or above 180lbs, it seems clear that boxing badly needs rehydration rules and/or to have the weigh-ins changed to the day of the fight rather than the day before fight.
We’ve seen Chavez Jr. weigh in at 185, 179 and 181 for his last three fights to where he’s had big weight advantages over his opponents. Having a fighter that can rehydrate to put on massive amounts of weight the way that Chavez Jr. and some other fighters do, it’s just makes the point of a weigh-in seem kid of meaningless.