HBO’s World Championship Boxing, Saturday at the Alamodome
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:28:54 +0000
For former two-time world champion Jesse James Leija, this is the best fight night in San Antonio since Chávez-Whittaker in 1993. He’s right. This Saturday, the Alamodome will be a fight fan’s heaven. WBC middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr (44-0-1, 31 KOs), the son of Mexican legend Julio César Chávez, meets top ranked Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5, 46 KOs), who has won nine straight fights, including eight by KO. WBC and WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (21-1, 18 KOs) meets former world champion Wifredo Vázquez Jr. (21-1, 18 KOs), the son of a Puerto Rican legend. These are two great fights. Donaire is one of the 10 best pound-for-pound boxers in the world and is a favorite to retain the crown, but Chávez-Rubio could go either way. The event will be televised live by HBO. Chávez is trained by Freddie Roach, the world’s top trainer (trainer of Manny Pacquiao, the world’s best boxer). True, these are two boxers in their prime (Donaire and Rubio), and two approaching it fast (Chávez and Vázquez), but there is no doubt that Saturday night’s big star will be Chávez Jr. He is the son of Julio César Chávez, the greatest Mexican fighter of [...]