wow, great card. Both rematches. Both controversial fights.
Chavez Jr. vs. Matt Vanda To Land on Margarito-Clottey
By Mark Vester
It's going to be a night of rematches on November 1 at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. The main event is slated to feature WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito making the first defense of his title against Joshua Clottey. A rematch of their 2006 bout where Clottey was dominating the early rounds, injured his hands, and then Margarito took over the fight to win a unanimous decision.
ESTO reports that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0, 29KOs) will rematch Matt "The Predator" Vanda (38-7, 21KOs) in the co-feature. Their first bout took place on July 12 in Mexico, and saw Chavez Jr. win the squeak by in a very close fight to win a split-decision. Although the fight was close, the scores were not. Two of the three judges gave Chavez the majority of the rounds. One judge gave him all the rounds. The scores were 100-90, 97-93 and 96-95 for Vanda.
Chavez appeared to have a lot of issues in the fight and was very tired in the second half of the fight from the war-like pace. He blamed his performance on an illness suffered earlier in the week. He claims to have gotten very sick from sleeping every night on the week leading up to the fight with the air conditioner running due to the heat. He was told to pull out, but refused. He was taken to the hospital after the fight and was said to be vomiting and suffering from bad fatigue.
The Mexican fans booed Chavez Jr. after the fight and some of them actually pelted the ring. They were upset over the performance of Chavez Jr. and the wide scoring for their own countryman. When Julio Sr. tried to calm them down, they booed him too. A lot of the Mexican media, and Mexican fighters, came out in support of Chavez Jr., telling the Mexican fans to go easy on the young prospect.
Erik Morales was one of those who spoke out for Chavez Jr. He told the fans to not expect Chavez Jr. to become another Chavez Sr., because the younger Chavez is not as good as his legendary father and will probably never meet those kind of expectations.
reserved.
Chavez Jr. vs. Matt Vanda To Land on Margarito-Clottey
By Mark Vester
It's going to be a night of rematches on November 1 at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. The main event is slated to feature WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito making the first defense of his title against Joshua Clottey. A rematch of their 2006 bout where Clottey was dominating the early rounds, injured his hands, and then Margarito took over the fight to win a unanimous decision.
ESTO reports that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0, 29KOs) will rematch Matt "The Predator" Vanda (38-7, 21KOs) in the co-feature. Their first bout took place on July 12 in Mexico, and saw Chavez Jr. win the squeak by in a very close fight to win a split-decision. Although the fight was close, the scores were not. Two of the three judges gave Chavez the majority of the rounds. One judge gave him all the rounds. The scores were 100-90, 97-93 and 96-95 for Vanda.
Chavez appeared to have a lot of issues in the fight and was very tired in the second half of the fight from the war-like pace. He blamed his performance on an illness suffered earlier in the week. He claims to have gotten very sick from sleeping every night on the week leading up to the fight with the air conditioner running due to the heat. He was told to pull out, but refused. He was taken to the hospital after the fight and was said to be vomiting and suffering from bad fatigue.
The Mexican fans booed Chavez Jr. after the fight and some of them actually pelted the ring. They were upset over the performance of Chavez Jr. and the wide scoring for their own countryman. When Julio Sr. tried to calm them down, they booed him too. A lot of the Mexican media, and Mexican fighters, came out in support of Chavez Jr., telling the Mexican fans to go easy on the young prospect.
Erik Morales was one of those who spoke out for Chavez Jr. He told the fans to not expect Chavez Jr. to become another Chavez Sr., because the younger Chavez is not as good as his legendary father and will probably never meet those kind of expectations.
reserved.
