The fight was originally slated to be held in Mexico but the increased violence in Juarez forced Top Rank Promotions to move the venue to El Paso midst assurances of proper safety precautions being in place.
Boxing Scene managing editor Jake Donovan reported that the City of El Paso has strongly rallied around the event, with 20,000 tickets already sold and the Visitor’s Bureau continuing to promote the event to its community. All told, the turn of events proved to be a huge sigh of relief for both fighters. All they had to do… was train for the fight.
The undefeated Chavez who has a record of 45-0-1 with 31 knockouts will be making the third defense of the title he won with a majority twelve round decision over Sebastian Zbik on June 4, 2011 and successfully defended against Peter Manfredo Jr with an impressive 5th round TKO on November 19, 2011 and a twelve round unanimous decision over...
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