| Date | June 4, 2011 | |
| Location | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California | |
| Title(s) on the line | WBC Middleweight Championship | |
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| Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik | ||
| La Leyenda Continua | Deutschland | |
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| Culiacán, Mexico | From | Schwerin, Germany |
| 42-0-1 (30 KO) | Pre-fight record | 30-0-0 (10 KO) |
| 6 feet, 1 inches | Height | 5 feet, 11.5 inches |
| 160 | Weight | 158.8 |
| WBC Silver Middleweight Champion | Recognition | WBC Middleweight Champion |
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| Result | Chávez, Jr. 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, Jr. 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.[2]
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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]
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.