Man vs Boy – Martinez schools Chavez Jnr
Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr vs Sergio Martinez – WBC Middleweight Title
For 11 and a half rounds at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Vegas, Sergio Martinez was giving the son of a legend Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr the boxing lesson of his life. THEN….BOOM a barrage of punches by the much bigger Chavez Jnr brought back family memories stretching way back to 1990 when Chavez Snr saved his world title by knocking out Meldrick Taylor with 2 seconds left in their epic fight. This time though the challenger recovered..JUST to see out a unanimous decision in front of a packed and noisy audience with many fans flying in from Argentina to cheer on their boxing hero.
At the start of the fight it was revealed that Chavez Jnr had refused to step on the HBO unofficial scales to see how much weight the fighter had put on after the weigh in. Remember Chavez came in 2 full pounds under the 160lb limit, a limit he has struggled to make in previous fights before putting on an average of 20.5lbs in his last 3 fights. Chavez Jnr’s training schedule was also questioned due to his showing on the popular HBO 24/7 series which follows the fighters daily activities, training schedules etc etc. Hall of Famer boxing Trainer Freddie Roach was certainly not happy on numerous occasions as the Champion refused to come to the gym to do his work preferring to train in his own living room.
Martinez did come fully prepared, an experienced champion who is at the peak of his powers at 37. Many saw the Argentine as the champion as he was wrongfully stripped of the title by Chavez Jnr’s godfather and president of the WBC Jose Suliman. At the weigh in yesterday Martinez scaled a solid 159lbs again under the protracted limit of 160lbs.
At the start of the fight it was evident in the size difference between both fighters. Martinez was dwarfed by the massive Chavez Jnr with many guessing that the Mexican was anywhere between 180 and 190lbs. The big advantages that Martinez held over his younger opponent was that basically hes the much better fighter as for 11 rounds he was faster, moved better, punched harder, punched more and was about to post a shutout before getting caught in the last round. For 5 rounds Chavez Jnr did nothing, Martinez was boxing rings around him whilst Chavez Jnr plodded after the Argentine.
It was the story of the fight until that last round, Martinez totally dominated before being caught although i don’t agree with some of the HBO crew and some in cyberworld that because of the last round Chavez Jnr deserves a rematch???. winning 1 round in a fight that was quite close to call does not merit a rematch in my eyes, I wonder if DON Jose will order it though, an immediate rematch really wouldn’t surprise me at all, Dallas Cowboys Stadium has already been mentioned.
Below is my scorecard along with all the fan and press scores for this fight.
Fightscorecollectors Card
Round 1…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 2…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 3…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 4…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 5…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 6…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 7…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 8…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 9…. 10-9 Martinez
Round 10.. 10-9 Martinez
Round 11.. 10-9 Martinez
Round 12.. 9-10 Chavez Jnr
TOTAL : 118-109 Martinez
Judges Scores : Stanley Christodoulou (SA) 117-110 Martinez
Adalaide Byrd (USA)……….118-109 Martinez
Dave Moretti (USA)………….118-109 Martinez
SERGIO MARTINEZ WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION
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