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Julio César Chávez Jr. (La Leyenda Continua) defends his WBC middleweight title against Marco Antonio Rubio (El Veneno). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Julio César Chávez Jr. and Marco Antonio Rubio took place on at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
At 183 cm, Julio César Chávez Jr. is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Marco Antonio Rubio is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Chávez Jr. also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Rubio's 178 cm. On top of that, Chávez Jr. also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Rubio.
Chávez Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 44-0-1 (31 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 16 days ago against Peter Manfredo Jr., which he won via 5th round TKO.
Rubio comes in with a record of 53-5-1 (46 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 19 days ago against Matt Vanda, which he won via 5th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Chávez Jr. will be 25 years and 11 months old. Rubio will be 31 years and 7 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Julio César Chávez Jr. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Chávez Jr. vs Rubio.
Julio César Chávez Jr. defeated Marco Antonio Rubio via 12 round UD to retain the WBC middleweight title. Rubio's 10 fight win streak comes to an end, and Chávez Jr. advances his win streak to 22. Chávez Jr. is now 45-0-1, and Rubio 53-6-1.