Our Fight Hub TV fight correspondent Marcos Villegas caught up with Sebastian Zbik to speak on his controversial loss to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Staples Center last night in Los Angeles. Stay tuned in as we will have more video up from last night’s event!
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Zbik and Chavez Make Weight In LA
The son of legendary Mexican boxer Juli Cesar Chavez Jr. will attempt to win his first championship tomorrow night at The Staples Center when he faces fellow undefeated challenger and reigning undefeated WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik. Both fighters hit the scales today in Los Angeles as their bout will be televised tomorrow on HBO’s [...]
“Canelo” Tells Chavez Jr. “Im Here For A Fight”
During a recent radio interview, rising mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez commented on the recent verbal back and forth between Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya and son of Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. De la Hoya, made public comments over his twitter in which he bashed Chavez Jr. on his decision [...]
Chavez Jr. Punishes Lyell
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KOs) continued his undefeated streak as he scored a dominant ten round unanimous decision over Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KOs) on Saturday night in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The 12,000 plus on hand cheered for the son of the Mexican legend as Chavez was just a bit better that his [...]
Chavez Jr. And Lyell Make Weight
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. 160 vs. Billy Lyell 160 Jackie Nava 120.5 vs. Freede Gonzalez 119.5 Michael Medina 160 vs. Saul Roman 160 Adrian Young124 vs. Cristian Martinez 123 Arturo Santos 122 vs. Jose Tamayo 122 Venue: Estadio Banorte, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico Promoter: Zanfer and Top Rank TV: TV Azteca Mexico, Fox Sports
Chavez Jr. Holds Open Workout For Fans
Hometown fans came out to see Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., today during a public workout. “It’s always great to feel the support of fans, specially here at home,” said Chavez, Jr., who was hosted by the Mayor of Culiacan, Héctor Melecio Cuén at the City Hall where the workout was attended by hundreds of fans. [...]
Chavez Jr. Preparing in Culiacan
The last time Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fought in his hometown of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, he was a 19-year kid fighting in his first 10 rounder against former Mexican champion Christian Solano, who at the point was the toughest opponent he had face in his young career. “I remember that night very well. I had [...]
Chavez Jr. returns to action in Mexico on January 29
The undefeated and world ranked Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return to the ring on Saturday, January 29 in his hometown of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico to take on Billy Lyell in what figures to a great homecoming for the son of the legend who has not fought at home in over four years. “It has [...]
Chavez Jr. pull out of bout due to illness
Amid reports and a failed media appearance in Fullerton on Monday, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is officially pulling out of Top Ranks “In Harms way” PPV at The Honda Center in Anaheim. Chavez woke up with a 102.8-degree temperature and was vomiting all through out the morning. He was staying at Alex Ariza’s house his [...]
Gomez out of Chavez Jr. Fight, Wolak steps in
Top-10 contender Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak will be In Harm’s Way on Saturday, December 4, when he challenges undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a 12-round title fight. Wolak replaces the injured Alfonso Gomez, Chávez’s original opponent, who withdrew today after an MRI detected a ligament tear in [...]
Nonito Donaire breaks down Chavez Jr. vs. Gomez and shares his first encouter with the two
Fight Hub TV spoke with Nonito Donaire on what he thought the December 4th fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Alfonso Gomez would go down. He also tells us about the first times he met Chavez Jr. and Gomez in the Amateur’s and how their styles have not changed.
Training Snap Shot: Chavez peaking for Gomez
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. under the watchful eye of Freddie Roach has begun final preparations at The Wild Card Gym for his Fight December 4th at The Honda Center in Anaheim CA. Alex Ariza has also been helping Jr. out as well with strength and conditioning programs that will certainly elevate the boxers overall physicality. [...]
Was Margarito playing dumb when asked about Luis Resto?
With the recent backlash of Antonio Margarito, Robert Garcia and Brandon Rios have gotten with the mocking of Freddie Roach’s Parkinson’s disease, Fight Hub TV remembered that it had a interesting question we had asked Margarito a few weeks back. The question? We asked him his thoughts on Luis Resto, the Puerto Rican boxer from [...]
Gomez ready for Chavez Jr., predicts KO
WBC Continental Americas welterweight champion Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico, famed for season one of The Contender reality show, and who is trained by his father Alfonso Gomez Sr., looks to move up in weight, having spent most of his career at welterweight and challenge fellow countryman and current WBC Silver middleweight [...]
Rios in for injuried Pavlik on undercard of Pacquiao vs. Margarito
Top Rank President Todd DuBoef announced earlier today that Brandon Rios (25-0-1, 18 KO) will in fact replace Kelly Pavlik and will now face Omri Lowther on the under card of the November 13th, Manny Pacquiao/Antonio Margarito card. Rios was scheduled to be on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Alfonso Gomez card on December [...]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Alfonso Gomez press conference highlights *w/Gomez Rap
As mentioned before in a previous post, we made the trek up to downtown Los Angeles, CA to cover the Chavez Jr. vs. Alfonso Gomez press conference kick off. We learned a few things from this fateful trip. First and foremost, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. looks like a solid dude. What caught us most by [...]
Alfonso Gomez has a message for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., “Im going to Knock you out!”
Part rapper, part musician and all fighter, Alfonso Gomez has had a great career in boxing that was sprung forth by NBC’s “The contender.” Since then Gomez has gone up and down with competition. He surprisingly beat Peter Manfredo Jr. only to lose to him in the rubber match. Gomez then went on to fight [...]
Chavez Jr. talks upcoming Alfonso Gomez fight, sparring Manny Pacquiao, Cotto and elite middleweights
This past Monday the 4th, Top Rank in association with Zanfer Promotions held a joint press conference announcing the December 4th fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Alfonso Gomez. The son of Mexico’s most popular boxer has had his fair share of criticism, from being called flat out boring to being accused of cherry [...]
Fight Hub Quickie: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr gets the decision win over Duddy
In front of a packed Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Julio Cesar Chavez stepped up in competition and busted up Irish man John Duddy en route to a unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 120-108, 116-112, 117-111. Chavez Jr. now moves onto a perfect record of 41-0 and 30 KO’ as he wins the [...]
John Duddy-Ready To Give It One More Shot
By Harley Burke Email: harleyburke12@yahoo.com For John Duddy its simple, win tonight and get the title shot he has been wanting for since the age of ten. But this was also the case back in February of 2008 when Duddy, undefeated at the time was promised a crack at then champion Kelly Pavlik. His opponent [...]