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Chavez-Zbik & Garcia-Guzman on HBO

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise presents a middleweight title showdown when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK:

SEBASTIAN ZBIK VS. JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. AND

MIKEY GARCIA VS. RAFAEL GUZMAN

is seen SATURDAY, JUNE 4 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Bob Papa, Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. will be ringside for the event, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.

From Schwerin, Germany, middleweight titleholder Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KOs), 29, is making both his U.S. and HBO debut in this scheduled 12-round bout. A native of Culiacan, Mexico, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KOs), 25, is the son of Julio Cesar Chavez, perhaps Mexico’s greatest fighter, who fashioned a brilliant career with 115 pro fights from 1980 to 2005. The younger Chavez, who is also making his first appearance on HBO, previously fought at Staples Center in 2005 and is counting on a strong home-crowd advantage.

The previously announced fight between Mikey Garcia and Miguel Beltran, Jr. has been cancelled due to injury. The opening bout now features the 23-year-old Garcia (25-0, 21 KOs), a fast-rising featherweight from Oxnard, Cal., versus 25-year-old Rafael Guzman (28-2, 20 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico. This 126-pound tilt is scheduled for ten rounds. Garcia returns to HBO after his impressive win in March over Matt Remillard in Atlantic City.

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Photo: SEBASTIAN ZBIK

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Oscar de la Hoya recently wrote on his twitter account: “I was watching Chavez Jr. last night and I’m sorry but he just does not have it. There’s no pop in his punches, but wish him the best.”

WBC #1 middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s response was: “I’m surprised that De La Hoya could see two fights at the same time, mine and Bradley-Alexander, but I am grateful to have contributed to having broken the record audience on Fox Sports who tuned into my fight”

Junior stated that he recalls that when Oscar was an up-and-coming fighter that neither he nor his father criticized Oscar when an opponent named “Chicho” Valenzuela sent him to the canvas, “Nor did we criticize the knockout loss to Hopkins, who after the fight became a partner of Oscar’s company, let alone when he stayed on his stool when he faced Manny Pacquiao.”

JC Chavez Jr also issued his own challenge to the Golden Boy: “I call on Oscar de la Hoya to pick up the gloves and face me at middleweight in September and give more motivation to de la Hoya I’ll bet my purse that I send him back into permament retirement from boxing and I wish him the best in his career as a promoter.”

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Top boxing trainer Freddie Roach has found a new home in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico where he has been for the past two weeks preparing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for his next fight. “I have found this to be a very great experience. I did not know what to expect but it was been great. The people are very nice and to my surprise they know who I am. I thought the only other place as was known outside of the US was the Philippines,” said Roach with a smile. Roach is getting Chavez Jr. the January 29 fight against Billy Lyell, that will take place in the Banorte Soccer Stadium in Culiacan.

“People come up to me and ask me to take care of Julio and get him ready to fight for a championship. They ask for my autograph and take pictures with me. This people are very hospitable,” said Roach, who loves the food and has made some trips to nearby beaches in Mazatlan and Tata.

“I just love their sea food and I have even begun to eat their hot salsa and I also like the Mexican Banda music that is so popular here, it has a very unique sound with all the instruments they play with,” said Roach.

But Roach has also worked very hard with Chavez Jr. during his stay in Culiacan and was more than happy with the facilities.

“We everything we need here and Julio is working very hard. He will be ready for the fight and for Billy Lyell,” added Roach.

Photos: Rafael Soto/Top Rank

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Saturday 15^th January for: Amir Khan, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch, David Haye, Dmitry Pirog, Frank Warren,Freddie Roach, Gary Shaw Productions, Holyfield-Williams, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Monte Barrett vs. Charles Davis, Ricky Burns, Roman Morales, Vicente Escobedo, Vitali Klitschko – Odlanier Solis, Walter Estrada, WSB News

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• Top amateur star Roman Morales has signed an exclusive contract with world renowned promotional company Gary Shaw Productions. The touted former amateur champion will make his long awaited professional debut on February 4th at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California on the off-television undercard of Showtime’s Shobox: The New Generation tripleheader telecast.

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• David Haye update — According to an news article in The Express, Adam Booth, trainer and manager of “The Hayemaker,” claims his fighter is now targeting the winner of the upcoming Vitali Klitschko-Odlanier Solis clash set for Germany in March. Haye is definitely going to fight in May, but it was widely assumed he would accommodate his mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev in his next fight. Now, according to Booth, the WBA champ hopes to face the March 19th winner – whether it’s Klitschko OR Solis.

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• On March 4, lightweight contender and former U.S. Olympian Vicente Escobedo (22-3, 14 KOs) and streaking veteran Walter Estrada (38-13-1, 25 KOs) will meet in the 10 round main event at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Also junior featherweight prospect Randy Caballero (7-0, 4 KOs) faces TBA in a six rounder. Telefutura will televise.

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• WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan may have to wait for WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) to fight each other a second time before Khan gets a shot at the winner, because there reportedly is a rematch clause in the contract for the Bradley-Alexander fight on January 29th at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan.

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• Monte Barrett vs. Charles Davis on Holyfield-Williams PPV card — Former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett is involved in a crossroads fight every time he steps into the ring. His next action is scheduled for January 22nd against Charles Davis in one of four pay-per-view fights on the “Redemption In America: The Journey Begins Now” card, headlined by living legend Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) defending his World Boxing Federation heavyweight title against challenger Sherman “Tank” Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs), live from America’s resort — The Greenbrier’s Colonial Hall — in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

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• WSB News – Today Saturday will mark the halfway point of the World Series of Boxing’s (WSB) inaugural season, but not before the Mexico City Guerreros travel to Memphis, Tenn., to take on the Memphis Force. Both teams hope to try and gain some momentum for the second half of the season as both teams have struggled to find consistency in the early going.

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• WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) is going to be defending his World Boxing Organization title for the second time against #10 ranked Joseph Laryea (14-4, 11 KO’s) in March, according to Frank Warren. It looks like Burns is continuing the milking process which started with his first defense against little known fringe contender Andreas Evensen in December 2010.

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• Pirog to fight on March 11th in Russia — Unbeaten newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) will be fighting on March 11th against a still to be determined opponent at the DIVS, in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Pirog, 30, is coming off an impressive 5th round TKO over highly hyped middleweight hopeful Daniel Jacobs in April of 2010 in a battle for the vacant WBO belt.

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• Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-2, 25 KO’s) will be fighting a stay busy tune-up fight against a still to be determined opponent on February 7th at the RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Muelheim, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany. Abraham, 30, has been given permission from Showtime to take a fight outside of the Super Six tournament to use it as a tune-up for Abraham’s fight against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward in May.

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• Trainer Freddie Roach is confident that unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will win a major championship in 2011 (By Jhonny Gonzalez). Roach is in Mexico training Chavez for his fight with Billy Lyell on January 29. If victorious, Chavez will possibly return in May against unbeaten Sebastian Zbik for the WBC interim-middleweight title. – “We work hard and long but there are still things that need to improve and we need to continue working. I’d like to see him face Billy Lyell on January 29 and then on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao’s fight against Mosley on May, and then yes, we want to face a champion because he’s ready,” said Roach to Sal Rodriguez. “I have no doubt that Julio will be a world champion. He is talented and has a charisma that will help people. If we can add to his legacy, people will talking about him for a long time.”

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• WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch told BBC Radio 5 Live that he is “very optimistic” that his Super Six semi-final clash against Glen Johnson will take place on May 21st. Froch said he wants to bring the fight to England. No word on whether the other semi-final between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham will land on the same date.

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The December 4th clash between top World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and junior middleweight Pawel Wolak (27-1, 17 KO’s) is back on, according to Fightnews.com. The fight will be taking place at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Earlier tonight, it was reported that Chavez couldn’t make the fight due to him contracting the flu. However, Fightnews says that they were contacted by Chavez’s Top Rank promoters and they said the fight is still on.

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