Sergio Martinez showed why he is rated as one of the world’s best boxers on Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, dismantling the previously unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr over 11 rounds before overcoming a scare in the final round.
The judges scored the fight unanimously to Martinez (117-110, 118-109, 118-109).
Martinez isn’t usually known for his fast starts, but he came out of the blocks fast against Chavez and was first to every punch. The stats don’t lie when they say that Martinez landed 908 punches to Chavez’s 390.
After dominating the first eleven rounds, Martinez just had to hold on in the final round, but he was caught out when Chavez was able to get inside his jab. After copping a couple of stinging shots to the chin, he was on wobbly legs and hit the canvas.
Like a true champ does, the Argentinian was able to re-balance, and it was all about survival for the remaining 70 seconds. A staggering stat coming out of the final round was that Chavez had a 37-8 edge in power shots landed.
Although there are bigger fish for Martinez to fry, it looks likely that the pair will meet in a rematch, which many assume is due to the money both fighters can make from a rematch, and not on Chavez’s merits despite coming home strong.
“Of course we can do a rematch, whenever he wants,” Martinez said post-fight.
Before Martinez can be labelled the true pound-for-pound best fighter, there is one man he still has to beat: Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather. But with a performance like tonight, I don’t think that fight is far away.
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