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Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik

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Date
  
June 4, 2011

42-0-1 (30 KO)
  
30-0-0 (10 KO)

La Leyenda Continua
  
Deutschland

6 feet, 1 inches
  
5 feet, 11.5 inches

Venue
  
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

Title(s) on the line
  
WBC Middleweight Championship


Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik was a Middleweight championship fight for the WBC Middleweight Championship. 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 4th, 2011, at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast on HBO.

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Build up

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

Main card

  • Middleweight Championship Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio César Chávez Jr.
  • Chávez defeated Zbik via majority decision (112-116, 114-115, 114-114).
  • Featherweight bout: Miguel Angel Garcia vs. Rafaël Guzmán
  • Garcia defeated Guzmán via knockout at 1:55 in the fourth round.

    • Preliminary card

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

    Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik Wikipedia
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