Chavez vs. Rubio
Atlas: Chavez Jr. is too limited, can’t punch and needs to be matched carefully
How much longer can Chavez Jr. make the 160 pound division?
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.
Rafael: None of the fighters in title bouts on Chavez-Rubio fight card was drug tested after their fights
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?
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.