Earlier tonight at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. looked very solid in dispatching former title challenger Peter Manfredo in under five heats. Chavez Jr. captured his title with a close victory over Sebastian Zbik in June in Los Angeles, Calif. in a fight that many felt could have gone either way but he left no room for judgment against Manfredo.
Chavez controlled the early rounds with his range and superior work rate but was outworked in the fourth as Manfredo bit down and turned the tide of the fight. In the fifth a right hand from Chavez would stun Manfredo and send him to the ropes where a subsequent volley of punches would force referee Laurence Cole to halt the action.
