Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik

La Hora De la Verdad
DateJune 4, 2011
LocationStaples Center, Los Angeles, California
Title(s) on the line WBC Middleweight Championship
Mexico Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Germany Sebastian Zbik
La Leyenda Continua Deutschland
Tale of the tape
Culiacán, Mexico From Schwerin, Germany
42-0-1 (30 KO) Pre-fight record 30-0-0 (10 KO)
6 ft, 1 in Height 5 ft, 11.5 in
160 Weight 158.8
WBC Silver Middleweight Champion Recognition WBC Middleweight Champion
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]

Build up

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]

Main card

Preliminary card

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.

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