La Hora De la Verdad
DateJune 4, 2011
VenueStaples Center, Los Angeles, California
Title(s) on the lineWBC Middleweight Championship
Tale of the tape
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. Sebastian Zbik
Nickname La Leyenda Continua Deutschland
Hometown Culiacán, Mexico Schwerin, Germany
Pre-fight record 42-0-1 (30 KO) 30-0-0 (10 KO)
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 5 ft 11.5 in (182 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg) 158.8 lb (72 kg)
Recognition WBC Silver Middleweight Champion WBC Middleweight Champion
Result
Chávez won via M.D.

Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik was a Middleweight championship fight for the WBC Middleweight Championship.[1] It has been the first time that the son of legendary boxing Champion Julio César Chávez, fought for a world title, Chávez went on to become the new WBC Middleweight Champion. The bout was on June 4, 2011, at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast on HBO.[2]

Build up

This was the fourth time in boxing's history that a father and son combination would both become World Champions.[3] This was also the second combo for the country of Mexico, the first ones being Guty Espadas and Guty Espadas, Jr.[4]

Main card

Preliminary card

  • Light Welterweight bout: United States Oscar Andrade vs. Japan Kai Zama
    • Andrade defeated Zama via technical knockout at 2:15 in the first round.
  • Lightweight bout: United States Jessie Román vs. United States James Grant
    • Román defeated Grant via knockout at 1:00 in the second round.
  • Lightweight bout: United States Alejandro Luna vs. Mexico Pablo Cesar Garcia
    • Luna defeated Garcia via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 40-36).
  • Light Middleweight bout: United States Vanes Martirosyan vs. Mexico Saúl Román
    • Martirosyan defeated Román via technical knockout at 2:58 in the seventh round.
  • Light Middleweight bout: United States Dakota Stone vs. United States Christy Martin
    • Stone defeated Martin via technical knockout at 1:09 in the sixth round.

Reported fight earnings

These are the payouts to some of the fighters. These are the California State Athletic Commission purses as per the California bout agreements. They don't include sponsor money or other common forms of revenue paid through other streams. In California, if a fighter is more than two pounds overweight he is automatically penalized 20 percent of his purse and the weigh-in is over.

  • Sebastian Zbik $292,500 vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. $600,000
  • Miguel Angel Garcia $110,000 vs. Rafaël Guzmán$20,000
  • Vanes Martirosyan $50,000 vs. Saúl Román$12,500
  • Christy Martin $12,500 vs. Dakota Stone$3,500

References

  1. ↑ "Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Wants To Win To Show Haters He's Real". Boxing - ESNews - Elie Seckbach - Mayweather - Pacquiao - Boxing News.
  2. ↑ "Max Boxing - Sub Lead - Julio Cesar Chavez Redux or Secondo Carnera?". Max Boxing.
  3. ↑ "Max Boxing - Home". Max Boxing.
  4. ↑ "Yahoo! Sports - Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more". Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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