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“Kuv yeej tsis quav ntsej txog qhov luaj li cas qhov sib txawv. Kuv yog ib tug zoo dua fighter dua nws.”
“Chavez yog tus tub ntawm ib tug loj heev, tab sis muaj ib tug hais tias hais tias mus 'cov tub giants yog dwarfs.’ They never live up to expectations and become giants like their fathers.” – Marcos Reyes
Ib sab Reyes Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.,
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TSHIAB YORK (Lub Xya hli ntuj 6, 2015) – Ib qho ntawm feem recognizable npe nyob rau hauv boxing, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-2-1, 32 Kos) yuav sim tau rov qab rau lub yeej khiav thaum nws muaj raws li Mexico lub Marcos “Dorado” Reyes (33-2, 24 Kos) rau Showtime CHAMPIONSHIPBOXING® nyob rau SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. THIAB/7 p.m. PT) rau Saturday, Lub Xya hli ntuj 18, los ntawm covDon Haskins Center ntawm UTEP nyob rau hauv El Paso, Texas.
Chavez yog ib tug Mexican superstar thiab yav tas los middleweight lub ntiaj teb champion. He’s also the son of legendary Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., ib tug rau-lub sij hawm lub ntiaj teb champion nyob rau hauv peb cov chav kawm ntawv pom tau hais tias qhov hnyav, los ntawm acclamation, raws li tus loj tshaj Mexican fighter ntawm tag nrho cov sij hawm thiab raws li ib tug ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws boxers ntawm tag nrho cov sij hawm.
Yog li ntawd leej twg yog Marcos Reyes?
“I’m the boxer who’s going to beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.,” nws hais tias. “Kuv yog ib tug uas yuav coj kom zoo dua ntawm kuv lub cib fim ntawm ib lub neej. I’m the one who’ll show everybody that I’m a better fighter than him.
“Kuv twb pov thawj los ua ib tug zoo fighter nyob rau hauv kuv ua hauj lwm tab sis kuv tshaib plab ib yam dab tsi ntau. I want to make a name for myself. I’m not intimidated. I want to beat Chavez so I can fight with the best.”
Reyes, ntawm Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, yog 27. An eight-year-pro, nws stands 6-taw-1, lub tib qhov siab ntawm Chavez. Chavez is the naturally bigger boxer, ntawm chav kawm, ib qhov tseeb uas tsis tau poob rau leej twg, xws li feem ntau yeej Reyes.
“Thaum lawv hais rau kuv hais txog lub Chavez sib ntaus, Kuv yuav tsis ntseeg tias nws,” Reyes hais tias. “Kuv cia li hais tias, 'OK, wb ua nws.’ I just didn’t care about anything but making the fight. I wanted this fight to happen so badly.
“Kuv yog ib tug 160-phaus fighter, but I really didn’t care about the size difference. I just wanted the chance against him. I know I’m a better fighter than him. I can do much more than him inside the ring. I can take (ib tug punch) ntawm kuv yuag, Kuv yuav mus ko taw-mus-ntiv taw los yog kuv muaj peev xwm thawv. I can use my legs, jab, kom tibneeg hu tauj coob nyob rau hauv muaj. He can’t.
“Uas yog vim li cas kuv zoo siab heev thiab zoo siab txog qhov no sib ntaus. It’s the major leagues. It’s everything. It’s my chance to show the people in the world how good I am. It can open the door to all the big fights. I’m going to leave everything I have in the ring, Kuv muab tag nrho kuv lub plawv nyob rau hauv txoj kab.”
Chavez tau nws kawm tau zoo ntawm middleweight tab sis twb tau scrapping ntawm super middleweight thiab tshaj txij thaum tso cov 160-phaus faib tom qab ib tug tsis mus Sergio Martinez nyob rau hauv lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj 2012.
Kawg Plaub Hlis Ntuj 18 on SHOWTIME, Chavez coj yus kauj ruam rau koj tsiv nyob rau hauv hnyav mus fim cov lawm loj Andrzej Fonfara. Chavez, uas ntsuas 171½ phaus ntawm lub luj-nyob rau hauv, Chavez mus cia nyob rau hauv lub cuaj, ua rau nws lub ces kaum tom qab lub tswb tab sis xaiv tsis mus ntxiv nyob rau hauv ib tug sib ntaus nws poob los ntawm cov qhab nia ntawm 89-80 thiab 88-81 ob zaug.
Chavez tau txij li thaum hloov trainers thiab yuav tsum ua hauj lwm nrog Robert Garcia rau cov 168-phaus, 10-round rumble with Reyes. Reyes will be trained for this fight by International Boxing Hall of Famer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain. Until recently, Reyes twb kawm los ntawm Robert Garcia.
“Qhov no yog kuv ob lub sib ntaus nyob rau hauv ib tug kab nrog Nacho thiab thib plaub zuag qhia tag nrho,” Reyes hais tias, “tab sis kuv siv feem ntau ntawm cov ob xyoos tas los kev kawm nrog Robert nyob rau ntawm nws gym. So Robert and I are on excellent terms. I know he’s training Chavez now. But I’m also sure Robert already knows that I’m a better fighter than Chavez is.”
“Kuv pom nws kawg sib ntaus nrog Fonfara; Chavez yog mus tam sim no, I am going up. The right time to beat Chavez is now.”
Reyes tsis yog ib tug braggart, yuav luag ib tug txiav txim, ntseeg kas ntxhov siab heev kaw nyob rau hauv nyob rau hauv ib tug matchup nws xav thiab ua npau suav ntawm lub xyoo.
“Ntawm cov hoob kawm muaj siab rau kuv, tab sis Chavez yog lub fighter nrog lub npe,” Reyes hais tias. “Chavez yog tus tub ntawm ib tug loj heev, tab sis muaj ib tug hais tias hais tias mus 'cov tub giants yog dwarfs.’ They never live up to expectations and become giants like their fathers.”
Reyes puas muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog Lub Xya hli ntuj 18, tab sis lawv tsis muaj dab tsi ua nrog Chavez Jr.
“Kuv txhawj xeeb ib tug me ntsis txog lub tsev hais plaub yog tias tus sib ntaus mus qhov kev ncua deb,” nws hais tias. “Tej zaum kuv muaj ib tug phem kev txiav txim siab mus tiv thaiv kuv. So I don’t want it to go to the judges. I want to finish him before the 10 tag nrho rounds.
“Los ntawm cov thawj tswb, Kuv mam li yuav tau ntuav punches thiab kuv yuav kom ntuav punches. I will do what I have to do to knock Chavez out.”
Nyob rau ua tus tub ntawm ib tug naas ej txiv / fighter, Reyes yuav empathize nrog dab tsi Chavez Jr., tau muaj nyiaj mus dhau. Txawm li cas los, Reyes yog ceev rau taw tes tawm lub xam qhovkev zoo uas mus nrog nws. He also puts some of the burden on Julio Jr., rau tsis tau nws tus kheej nws tus kheej nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib.
“Kuv xav tias nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau lis ua tus tub ntawm ib tug neeg nto moo,” Reyes hais tias. “Nws txiv yog ib tug icon thiab nws xav kom ua raws li cov kauj ruam tib, tab sis nws tsis muaj nws ze li ntawm ib qho nyuaj raws li nws txiv tau. Being the son brings on its own issues. Chavez doesn’t possess the qualities his dad had yet he wants to fight like his father. But he shouldn’t. His dad was short, nws yog siab. Nws yuav tsum tsis txhob sib ntaus li nws nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov.
“Chavez yog nws tus tub thiab muaj tib lub npe, tab sis nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib nws yog ib tug txiv leej tub nrog lub npe ntawm Julio Cesar Chavez. He’s not the same as his father and will never be.
“Kuv cia li tsis pom Chavez raws li ib tug zoo dua boxer tshaj kuv.”
Zoo li feem coob ntawm cov Mexican boxers, Reyes idolized Chavez Sr.
“Lub Xya hli ntuj Sr. yog ib tug ntawm kuv cov thawj cov mlom. I remember watching him when I was five,” Reyes hais tias. “Nws yog ib tug ntawm lub ntsiab yog vim li cas kuv pib lub thawv. Then when I watched Oscar tsib La Hoya nws los ua ib tug ntawm kuv cov mlom. I saw a lot of their fights. Thiab Roy Jones Jr.'S fights, heev; nws kuj yog ib tug ntawm kuv cov mlom.”
Nyob rau ntawm ib lub sij hawm thaum lub sij hawm lub xyoo dhau los Reyes tau lub ntiaj teb no-kab sab ntawm middleweight nyob rau hauv lub WBC (Ua Tsis. 9) thiab cov IBF (Ua Tsis. 15). He’s campaigned almost exclusively in Mexico where he defeated a string of tough, rugged contenders. This will be his fourth U.S. tsos, thib ob nyob rau hauv peb fights thiab thib ob nyob rau hauv Texas.
“Qhov no yog heev exciting rau kuv mus tua rau Showtime,” lub tuaj-rau pem hauv ntej boxer-Puncher hais tias. “Nws yog kuv thawj lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim rau ib tug loj TV network thiab kuv zoo siab thiab zoo siab heev hais txog nws. This is my time and I’m going to take advantage and do what I need to do against Chavez.”
Reyes mus 63-7 nyob rau hauv lub amateurs, yog ib tug rau-lub sij hawm Mexican lub teb chaws yeej thiab ib tug neeg sawv cev ntawm lub Mexican National Team nyob rau hauv ob lub 2006 thiab 2007 Yias American ua si. He turned pro at age 19 nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2007.
Nyob rau hauv nws thib peb sib ntaus Reyes yuav lub Mexican super welterweight title nrog ib tug thib peb-round TKO. In his seventh start and United States debut, nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj 2008 nyob rau hauv Corpus Christi, Texas, nws sau npe ib tug thib peb-round TKO. Reyes, nyob rau hauv nws 11th kev mus ua si, yeej yog ib tug ntawm Mexico tag nrho-lub sij hawm feem ntau nrov qub ntiaj teb no champions thaum nws outpointed Luis Ramon “Yory Tub” Lub tsev kawm ntawv tshaj 12 rounds nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 2009.
Reyes ua nws mus 13-0 ua ntej nws raug kev txom nyem nws thawj zaug poob rau ib tug 10-round kev txiav txim siab rau Amilcar Milian nyob rau hauv 2010. After losing to Milian, Reyes yeej nws tom ntej no 19 sib law liag ua ntej fights poob ib tug muaj teeb feem ntau 10-round kev txiav txim siab rau El Paso tus Abie Han kawg Oct. 18 nyob rau hauv Carson, California. Reyes’ tus kws qhia hais tias hmo ntuj? Robert Garcia.
Reyes tej zaum yuav tau yeej ob los sis peb lub thawj xya rounds tiv thaiv Han, tab sis nws ua tej yam nthuav thaum nws tua nkag ib tug knockdown nrog 30 vib nas this ntxiv nyob rau hauv lub yim. Han also crumpled to the canvas from a seemingly meaningless left hook to the chest that may have landed a split second after the bell sounded in the eighth. Cov thawj tau muab qhab nias ib tug knockdown, tus thib ob yog tsis.
Lub knockdown tau txais Reyes rov qab mus rau hauv lub sib ntaus thiab nws yog nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev mus winning lub cuaj puag ncig, heev, tsuas hais tias cov referee txiav ib tug taw tes los ntawm nws ib tug lig hit (luv luv tshuav nuv rau lub ntsej muag) uas nyob rau kom meej meej txuas ua ntej lub tswb.
“Kuv yog npau taws rau lub tsev hais plaub nyob rau hauv uas sib ntaus,” Reyes hais tias. “Kuv xav tias kuv yeej. I don’t know what happened. Kuv poob nws ob zaug nyob rau hauv lub yim tab sis kuv tsuas tau txais credit rau ib tug. I got credit for the first one late in the round but the second one in the closing seconds of the round I did not.”
Reyes, uas tau feem ntau campaigned ntawm 154 thiab 160 phaus, tipped lub scale ntawm ib tug tus kheej-high 165½ phaus rau nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no sib ntaus, ib tug unanimous yim-round kev txiav txim siab yeej tshaj David alonso Lopez kawg Jan. 24. Reyes won by 77-74 ob zaug thiab 76-75 txawm yuav cia nyob rau hauv lub thib ob.
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Cia li teev ua ntej los ntawm lub Don Haskins Center, PBC rau CBS (nyob ntawm 4 p.m. THIAB/1 p.m. PT) yuav muaj ib tug zoo kawg li doubleheader. Nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim, undefeated British superstar Carl Frampton (20-0, 14 Kos) yuav ua kom nws U.S. debut thaum nws defends nws IBF Super Bantamweight ntiaj teb title tiv thaiv Alejandro “Cobrita“ Gonzalez Jr. (25-1-2, 15 Kos). Cov pa roj carbon monoxide-ntsiab kev tshwm sim yuav feature exciting heavyweight Chris “Lub Npau suav phem“ Arreola (36-4, 31 Kos) tawm tsam ib tug nrog sib ntaus yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm. |
