Vanda vs. Chavez Jr.

Chavez gets best of Vanda in rematch

By Jeff Haney · Nov. 1, 2008 · 10:48 PM

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. delivered on his promise to erase any doubts lingering from his first fight with Matt Vanda. Relying on brutally effective combinations and a stinging right hand, Chavez swept the first three and the final three rounds on the scorecards on the way to a 10-round unanimous-decision victory against Vanda in a hotly anticipated rematch Saturday night at Mandalay Bay.

A boxing card with depth
By Jeff Haney · Nov. 1, 2008 · 2:00 AM

The rematch between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Matt Vanda headlines today’s card, but promoter Bob Arum is framing the show as a sort of cavalcade of boxing stars. The lineup includes established world champions such as Nonito Donaire and Jorge Arce, an unbeaten super lightweight contender in Lamont Peterson, a 2004 U.S. Olympian in Vanes Martirosyan, and the pro debut of two-time amateur world champ Matt Korobov.
Vanda ready to tattoo Chavez Jr.
By Andy Samuelson · Oct. 29, 2008 · 2:00 AM

Good thing Matt Vanda’s buddy still hooks him up with free tattoos, otherwise the welterweight boxer from St. Paul, Minn., would be shelling out a fortune for all the ink that covers his upper torso and runs down both arms.
Life led ﬁghter to ring
By Jeff Haney · Oct. 30, 2008 · 2:00 AM

Matt Korobov, described by Top Rank boss Bob Arum as the most talented amateur boxer in the world, fights Juan Ruiz in a four-round middleweight bout on the undercard of Saturday’s pay-per-view show that pits Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. against Matt Vanda in the main event
All-In: Boxing

By Alex Adeyanju · Oct. 30, 2008 · 5:30 PM

All-In host Alex Adeyanju and boxing writer Andy Samuelson break down Saturday's Matt Vanda-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.