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In defense of Chavez Jr., the Rubio win is a good win. I hate that he didn't take the post-fight drug tests because given his history in failing a drug test, it taints this win. However, if we give him the benefit of the doubt, a win over Rubio is arguably better thany any win Andy Lee or Dmitry Pirog have at this point. Right? This win makes Chavez Jr. a legitimate top ten middleweight. There can be no debate about it. Sergio Martinez, Gennady Golovkin and Dmitry Pirog would beat him. Felix Sturm probably has too much boxing ability for Chavez Jr. Sturm is now fighting Chavez Jr.'s leftovers in Zbik after Zbik turned down a fight with Proksa. I could see Chavez Jr. beating Lee and maybe Geale, not saying it would go that way, but I can see it. He may be too big for Proksa who is a smaller middleweight.
I'm having trouble harmonizing the two bolded statements. I agree with the second one and therefore disagree with the first. Pirog would be a step up from Rubio for sure.
A win over Rubio arguably is better than any win on Pirog's record. Yet, that doesn't mean I don't favor Pirog over Chavez Jr. I'm just making the point that Chavez Jr. holds two legit wins over decent competition, putting all other controversy aside. Wouldn't you agree that he's done more than Pirog has even though Pirog appears more talented?