Boxing: Chavez remains unbeaten

HOUSTON: Unbeaten Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Junior kept his World Boxing Council middleweight crown by stopping US challenger Peter Manfredo in the fifth round. Chavez landed a stunning right to Manfredo’s head and followed with 30 unanswered punches as the American tried in vain to evade the champion’s blows before referee Laurence Cole halted the bout one minute and 52 seconds into the fifth round. “I’ve been working at it a lot, trying to box instead of fight. It took me a while to get into it but it worked out well,” said Chavez.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2011.