Chavez Jr. vs. Rubio Saturday night fight thread

[Beanz]

Junior says he wants to fight Sergio, if he can make the weight.

Sergio would Muller him. Donaire - Vasquez was a good fight. Chavez Jr - Rubio was beyond terrible. The coverage was amateurish and poor. I feel sorry for you guys in the states the TV companies over there seem to get away with a production that would struggle to make the grade on a local network over here.

Not that i'm defending HBO, but come on Beanz, you've got some fucking clowns calling fights in the UK, I hardly see the boxing "productions" there being any better than what HBO, Showtime, or ESPN offer up.

Maybe I am being a little harsh. Sure we have some poor commentators, but the tv production quality seems higher. Part of the problem is boxnation, as a fight fan I subscribe, but for UK fight fans the quality is not as high as other channels. No HD, poor anchor work, no boxer or ex boxer ringside or in the studio. I know the Rubio- Chavez Jr card had an ex boxer and the colonel st ringside but for me they kinda sucked. Horses for courses, and one mans sugar us another mans salt but I always feel kinda Sold short by US tv coverage of big fights.

[Rantcatrat]

Fat Dan Rafael tweeted that all four of the title challengers on that night were not given drug tests by the Texas Boxing Commission, which implies Chavez Jr. didn't duck the test and that the Texas Boxing Commission dropped the ball. Rubio, Donaire, Vasquez Jr., and Chavez Jr. didn't take tests.

[Beanz]

Fat Dan Rafael tweeted that all four of the title challengers on that night were not given drug tests by the Texas Boxing Commission, which implies Chavez Jr. didn't duck the test and that the Texas Boxing Commission dropped the ball. Rubio, Donaire, Vasquez Jr., and Chavez Jr. didn't take tests.

Imagine being that dull and uninspiring on drugs, not a great advert for steroids. Somethings not right and while I have no wish to insinuate anything about Rubio, Donnaire or Vasquez even if Chavez Jr was clean his whole career is a bit of a travesty.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Junior says he wants to fight Sergio, if he can make the weight.

Sergio would Muller him. Donaire - Vasquez was a good fight. Chavez Jr - Rubio was beyond terrible. The coverage was amateurish and poor. I feel sorry for you guys in the states the TV companies over there seem to get away with a production that would struggle to make the grade on a local network over here.

Not that i'm defending HBO, but come on Beanz, you've got some fucking clowns calling fights in the UK, I hardly see the boxing "productions" there being any better than what HBO, Showtime, or ESPN offer up.

Maybe I am being a little harsh. Sure we have some poor commentators, but the tv production quality seems higher. Part of the problem is boxnation, as a fight fan I subscribe, but for UK fight fans the quality is not as high as other channels. No HD, poor anchor work, no boxer or ex boxer ringside or in the studio. I know the Rubio- Chavez Jr card had an ex boxer and the colonel st ringside but for me they kinda sucked. Horses for courses, and one mans sugar us another mans salt but I always feel kinda Sold short by US tv coverage of big fights.

you must have seen the TOP RANK coverage for the fight cause HBO called it mainstream, they were biased as hell but yet so are some of the Brit commentators, most notable in Calzaghe, Hatton, Haye, and Froch fights, IMO guys like Al Bernstein are top notch

[Master]

Yes we had Top Rank commentators but was not overly impressed with their scoring of Donaire fight which was not even close. The Chavez v Rubio fight was poor quality and I had the fight much closer for that one.

[Diane]

Here is a great breakdown of the whole testing story.


Max Boxing - Main Lead - Texas Stumbles into the Drug Testing Era

[Mars_ax]

Here is a great breakdown of the whole testing story.


Max Boxing - Main Lead - Texas Stumbles into the Drug Testing Era

So the Texas Commission was at fault, that just adds to their reputation as a bunch of nitwits, fucking great.

[armin]

Wow fuck the texas commision, the wbc, sulaiman, and apparently any "cole" involed with boxing in the state of texas. Not sayin chavez jr was on some diuretics, but stinks to high heaven judging from the article, pathetic.