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Featured Stories Chavez-Rubio early results: Donaire beats Vazquez Jr; Martirosyan stops 41-year-old Lowry Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States Nonito Donaire SD 12 Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Wale Omotoso TKO 6 Nestor Rosas Ivan Najera TKO 2 David Castillo Ricardo Valencia UD 4 Jeremy Longoria Vanes Martirosyan TKO 3 Troy Lowry Adam Lopez TKO 1 Richard Hernandez Juan Saucedo KO 1 Jean Colon Chavez Jr. forced to take 8 pounds off in last two days for Rubio bout Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 (Photo: Alma Montiel) By Allan Fox: In a sign where there could be some problems tonight, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) reportedly had to drop eight pounds in the last two days for tonight’s fight against Marco Antonio Rubio in San Antonio, Texas, according to Dan Rafael. Chavez Jr. looked [...] Donaire moves up in weight to fight Vazquez Jr. for vacant WBO super bantamweight title tonight Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 (Photo credit: Adrian Hernandez) By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire faces Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. tonight in moving up in weight to fight for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Donaire expects to win the fight but he may come up short here, as Vazquez can really punch and if [...] Donaire decisions Vazquez in an unimpressive performance Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO's) successfully moved up in weight tonight to beat Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 18 KO's) by a 12 round split decision to claim the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight title at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas. The final judges' scores were 117-110, 117-110 for Donaire, [...] Chavez Jr. defeats Rubio in a slugfest! Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 By Dan Ambrose: Making his second defense of his WBC middleweight title, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) retained his World Boxing Council title with a 12 round unanimous decision over the much lighter – and slower – Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 47 KO’s) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The final judges' [...] Arum interested in matching Chavez Jr. with Andy Lee next Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 By Chris Williams: Earlier tonight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) defeated No.1 challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 46 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Chavez, 25, did what he had to do in overpowering a guy that was a lot smaller and [...] RESULTS FROM SATURDAY’S “SÓLO BOXEO TECATE” IN ANAHIEM, CALIF: Rios stops McLaurin; Perez defeats Wilson Boxing News 24 - 02/05/2012 Anaheim, Calif. (February 4, 2012) "Sólo Boxeo Tecate" broadcast, below [...] Rubio needs to start fast against Chavez Jr. tonight Boxing News 24 - 02/04/2012 By Allen Fox: Challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) can’t afford to start slow tonight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) if he wants to win the fight and keep from getting bombed out from long range. If you look at Chavez Jr. at the weigh-in on Friday, he [...] Khan won’t last long at 147 unless he’s matched carefully Boxing News 24 - 02/04/2012 By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is talking about moving up in weight almost immediately if he doesn’t get a rematch with Lamont Peterson, who took Khan’s IBF and WBA light welterweight straps with a close 12 round decision over him last month on December 10th. Khan wants to move up [...] Hernandez defeats Cunningham; Alekseev beats Licina; Gutknecht bests Uzelkov Boxing News 24 - 02/04/2012 By Jim Dower: IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1, 13 KO’s) defeated former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (24-4, 12 KO’s) in their IBF ordered rematch on Saturday night at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-111, 116-110 and 116-110, all for the 27-year-old champion Hernandez. Cunningham, [...] |
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