Sergio Martinez Wins Decision Over Julio Cesar Chavez

Through 11 rounds of action, it seems highly unlikely that there would be any interest in a rematch between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio Martinez. After all, Martinez had been having his way with the young Mexican superstar throughout the bout. While Chavez was never showing any sign of giving up, Martinez was able to pick him apart, bust him with the jab and dig to the body.

Then came round 12 and Chavez rattling and knocking down Martinez. Chavez’s flurry after the knockdown was a violent attempt to put away his foe but he simply ran out of time. And, after that one round, a rematch became much more interesting.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. may not have been able to defeat Sergio Martinez in last night’s HBO pay-per-view main event, but he has nothing to be ashamed of. Chavez was badly outclassed for the majority of the fight, with Martinez able to outbox him and pick up enough confidence to even engage in a little bit of showboating.

But in the final round, Chavez stunned Martinez with a flurry and dropped him to the canvas. Martinez was able to get to his feet and managed to survive a furious Chavez assault to the final bell.

Sergio Martinez had the fight with Julio Cesar Chavez well under control heading into the twelfth and final round. At least, that’s how it seemed.

Instead of coasting through the last round to an easy victory on the scorecards, Martinez decided to come at Chavez and prove a point. And it almost cost him dearly.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is not in Sergio Martinez’s league. We’ve learned that over the course of tonight’s fight.

But he is also not a quitter and he is giving everything he has in a fight where he is simply outgunned. Martinez has been busting him up all night, but Chavez is insisting on fighting until the final bell. As Scott Christ put it over at Bad Left Hook “this kid is going down swinging, now.”

Chavez Jr still can’t do much of anything. Sergio is smoking him in there. Heads finally clash, and right on Martinez’s cut on the left eye. A minute to go here, and Sergio comes on again. Sergio’s flicking jab has been a quiet but deadly weapon. Rights from Martinez. Taking him apart.

Chavez does land a left, and Martinez beats on him again in response, then taunts.

Martinez moving and looking for little shots more than the big stuff from earlier. Chavez can’t find a way in, though. Martinez pop, pop, pop. Chavez has done nothing this round. Martinez backs him down. Does it again. Chavez is getting toyed with this round. Martinez doesn’t even have to put in the effort. He’s getting a breather because Chavez Jr can’t do anything with him. Jab from Chavez, Martinez back with a pair of shots.

Round Score: 10-9 Martinez

Fight Score: 90-81 Martinez

Julio just can’t keep up with him. This is getting ugly - this is turning into Pacquiao-De La Hoya. Martinez moving, sticking, moving, Chavez trying his ass off here but can’t do much. He gets a shot in, and Sergio comes back with three or so.

Chavez, bless his heart, is battling with all he’s got left. It’s not a lot, it seems, but damn is he trying. Martinez bleeding a bit by the left eye. Just a bit. Martinez takes the round again, but Chavez Jr isn’t saying die.

Sergio gets back to work to start the round. Chavez Jr can’t get a single minute of momentum here. His face is busting up. Sergio is just putting it on him now. Even what Chavez Jr did last round is gone.

Chavez Jr is breaking down mentally. Martinez is beating the will from him, and that’s no small statement. Chavez Jr, hurls shots to the body. Martinez ripping at him and Chavez just can’t beat this guy.

Chavez gets Martinez tot he ropes and throws, but it’s still Sergio dancing, striking from range, and taking this fight around the ring. Chavez Jr trying to come alive here. He knows what’s happening. Chavez Jr bleeding from the nose.

Chavez with a couple rights, and then a body shot. He’s alive this round, but sergio is right there too. And then Sergio just rips at him. And again he smacks him a few times. Sergio with an uppercut with his back to the ropes, then a left, and Chavez misses a right.

Martinez poking his jab at him early this round. Body left from Sergio. Left to the body again. And again. And again. Sergio is smoking him right now. I’m not saying this can’t turn the other way on a big shot, but boy, school is in session.

That straight left to the body is there all day. Chavez Jr is doing nothing this round. He’s getting totally dominated by a superior fighter. Chavez tries to throw to the body, shots are blocked. Chavez lands one, maybe, and Martinez lands one back, if not two. Sergio to the body again, now daring Chavez Jr to fight.

For part of the fourth round of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez, they were fighting on the inside, the ideal place for Chavez. But Martinez is too slick and too good for the kid.

Near the end of the round, a big shot from Martinez had Chavez buzzed badly.

Sergio Martinez appears to be figuring things out in his HBO pay per view boxing main event against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Martinez has been winning the early rounds and now he’s showing supreme confidence, playing with Chavez Jr. and breaking him down with slick defense and a body attack.

Chavez is trying, but the Martinez left hand and body attack are just too much.

Sergio Martinez having a very good round this frame against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Martinez. Here’s how Scott Christ at Bad Left Hook saw the round in his live blog:

Round Score: 10-9 Martinez

The first round of the HBO pay-per-view main event between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Sergio Martinez saw a slow start to the fight with a rabid crowd. Both men were feeling things out in the early part of the round. Martinez was able to work the jab and dig to the body a little bit in the round while Chavez wasn’t able to get much of anything done.

The crowd is wild for Chavez though and things feel like they could get interesting very quickly with the way the initial round played out.

Miguel Beltran Jr and Roman Martinez stepped into the ring to fight one fight ahead of the HBO pay-per-view main event of Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Sergio Martinez. What was a good fight on paper turned into a much better fight in action as the two men really threw their all into each round of give-and-take action.

Here’s how Bad Left Hook blogger Scott Christ saw the fight:

On the HBO pay-per-view opener for the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez bout, Guillermo Rigondeaux took on Robert Marroquin. Rigondeaux is a brutally efficient fighter who can be so patient in his attack as to seem almost boring, but has the ability to finish an opponent at the first mistake they make.

Tonight the fight started off slowly and in the third round it was Marroquin that landed the harder shot that seemed to bother Rigondeaux a little bit. But you can’t move Rigondeaux off his gameplan, so he went right back to waiting for the opening and he found one in the fifth round when he dropped Marroquin with a straight left hand.

If you’re the type of person who enjoys watching big fights online instead of via your cable or satellite provider, have no fear about catching the bout between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Sergio Martinez tonight. The evening’s off-TV undercard bouts will be streaming live on the Top Rank Boxing website.

But, more importantly, the four fight pay-per-view main card will also be streamed live on the website.

The boxing world moves quickly. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was once reviled by many boxing fans, seen as little more than his father’s name with promoters pulling strings to get him big money fights, titles and favorable conditions at all turns. The idea of Chavez facing Sergio Martinez seemed laughable just earlier this year, the idea that he’d enter the fight as only a slight underdog was downright absurd.

But one thorough drubbing of solid B-tier fighter Andy Lee by Chavez, a ballsy move by Top Rank to stick their star against a top level fighter and a heated build-up brings us to tonight’s bout, one that the Vegas oddsmakers seem to think Chavez has a fair chance of winning.

This evening will see Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio Martinez hit the scales to make it official for tomorrow night’s HBO pay-per-view clash. While many weigh-ins are mere formality, Chavez Jr. has a history of trouble making weight as well as a strange history of things happening at weigh-ins, before fights and after fights involving athletic commissions and the like.

So, at least in this case, this might be a weigh-in that even the casual observer decides to tune in and check out.

One of the more interesting aspects of the HBO boxing pay-per-view main event between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio Martinez has been the gambling odds. What was once seen as a fight where Martinez would be a massive favorite was actually viewed as a near even-money fight once it was actually made.

The Wynn sportsbook had opened the fight with Chavez a +150 underdog to Martinez as a -170 favorite.

The fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio Martinez was interesting on paper at the time it was made, a seeming overreach for the young Mexican star. But the odds have slowly slid closer and closer to even as Saturday draws near. It seems almost impossible that the level of trash talk between the two and the high quality of the 24/7 series haven’t had an impact on where at least some of the betting money has been placed.

24/7 has been a standard promotional tool for HBO pay-per-view events over the past few years. While many boxing fans have gotten burnt out on watching the Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather stories unfold over the past few years, the inclusion of fighters new to the series has been a breath of fresh air.

Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will face each other on HBO pay-per-view this Saturday night in one of the biggest fights of the year. Today, both men, their promoters and several other involved parties sat down in front of the media for the fight’s final press conference.

Both men had some strong words when it was there turn to talk. Transcriptions via Scott Christ of Bad Left Hook.

The idea that boxing no longer sees men take big fights or that top level talent no longer face off is a myth. But the idea that everyone involved in the sport always operates with the best interest of the sport (and themselves) in mind is just as false. And we’ll be reminded of both of those facts this Saturday night.

When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. steps into the ring to face Sergio Martinez, he’ll be following in the Mexican Independence Day weekend fight tradition of his father. The great Julio Cesar Chavez won his first ever world title on that holiday weekend back in 1984, stopping Mario Martinez in the 8th round of their super featherweight bout. The Mexican Independence Day weekend bout became a staple of Chavez Sr.‘s career, so it’s not exactly a shock to see Jr. attempting to follow in his father’s legendary footsteps.