Marco Antonio Rubio Is Overweight For His Fight With Matt Vanda
by Waldo Rastel on Dec 16, 2011 2:00 AM EST
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PrintMore news from the WBC conference! Reports from Fight News found that Marco Antonio Rubio was overweight by 1.5 pounds for his middleweight fight with Matt Vanda. Rubio has chosen not to try to take off the weight. By taking this option, Rubio will vacate his WBC Latino nobodycares belt and will have to pay a fine of $1,500 to Vanda. This is the right decision since there is no reason to risk losing to Vanda from side effects of weight draining. Rubio does have some nice options if he can get bait either Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. or Sergio Martinez. Rubio's name has already been tossed around as a potential opponent for JCC jr. While it wouldn't be the greatest matchup (*cough* take the mandatory *cough*), Rubio is a fun fighter and JCC jr is an entertainer.
Rubio is best known for beating the overhyped David Lemieux and giving Kelly Pavlik a surprisingly decent fight in a loss. Matt Vanda is simply not that good with recent losses to Ossie Duran and Andy Kolle. I have no idea who those guys are but apparently they are better than Matt Vanda. Vanda is probably best known for taking Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. the distance to a split decision, which some people scored for Vanda. I view this result as a benchmark of how far Chavez has come in recent fights. If JCC jr. were to rematch Vanda, Junior would absolutely dominate the fight.
This fight between Vanda and Rubio should be a good chance to see Rubio shine and to see if he can hang with a fighter like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. or if he could be a fun opponent for Sergio Martinez. Do you think Rubio would make a good matchup for with Martinez or Chavez?
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Rubio's not a bad fighter
But I thought he completely crapped the bed against Pavlik. He fought like someone who knew he was going to lose coming in.
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And if he decides to move up
He can still probably make decent fights in a stronger division. I’d give him a pretty decent shot of beating someone like Stieglitz.
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I agree with you but people still took notice of Rubio.
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by Waldo Rastel on Dec 16, 2011 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
Re Kolle and Duran – you should know both of those guys. Kolle is one of the 2 wins that made Paul Williams no2 contender at middle. Duran gives all top prospects a really tough night, just recently Brandon Gonzales needed favorable judging against him.
by HamzaWanderaWRSCO on Dec 16, 2011 3:12 AM EST reply actions
Rubio gave Pavlik a suprisingly good fight?
lol whut. I think you are misremembering.
All’s he did was backpedal furiously in that fight and get punched in the face.
Yeah, Pavlik kicked the living shit out of Rubio. I’ve got no idea what fight you remember but Rubio spent the last few rounds looking like he wanted to cry. And I’m not saying that to be demeaning — I seriously thought he might break down in tears between rounds.
Duran and Kolle are both decent fighters.
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Rubio is no better or worse than any of the guys these two are fighting right now. I don’t know how it is that some people have gotten on the bandwagon so hard for the guy when he’s done so precious little. What I remember him most for is having his head explode at the end of a Kofi Jantuah left hook.
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