Saturday night’s super middleweight fight between Omar Chávez and Misael Rodríguez was cancelled at the last minute at the Vicente Segura Bullring in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Both fighters made weight on Friday and were on hand for the bout, however the Rodriguez camp chose not to fight when Chavez rehydrated some ten pounds over an agreed rehydration weight. Omar Chávez is the son of ring legend Julio Cesar Chavez.
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Weigh in and fight should be done same day.
– Agree w/same day weigh-ins.
You say that however the quality of the fighters abilities are gonna take a big hit and the fans will even more to complain about because of their performances. This was done in the past and does not work in more ways than one….health wise as well
Omar Chavez went up to middleweight in 2015, then up to 168 a little later. Now at 34 and a light heavyweight. He’s 9-5 in the past 9.5 years, he’s not a big KO threat to any decent 175 lbs fighter.
Man the Chavez kids are a massive embarrassment and disappoint to the legendary Julio Cezar Chavez! I hope his recent son is better.
So this is what the big argument was between Chavez sr and David faitelson.
I heard that Omar Chavez didn’t weight in, and that was the reason of the cancelation
Agreed rehydration weight? I don’t think so…. Omar was not following the commission’s rules and no one pressured him to weigh in just like the rest of the fighters just because he is the son of a legend. He was over and did not want to negotiate but pressure Misaels team.
They need to stop the bullishht! None of this dude have a slight chance to become world champions so, any little paycheck they can get, its money they don’t have in their pockets to feed their families! Rodriguez should have taken the fight even if chavez was 15-20 pounds over besides,he doesn’t hit hard! If worst gets to worst rodriguez can just take a dive and earn those bills! Rodriguez can still beat this worned down washed up fighter in chavez!
I’m sick and tired of these cheatin Mexican fighters. All they do is come in over the weight and use PEDs. Canelo, Garcia, Valdez, Martinez…can’t win unless they cheat.
I ordered a Mexican plate for lunch and got cheated for the extra green salsa I ordered. I paid and didnt get it 🙁
This prob got more to do with the WBC and turning a blind eye. The fans dont care if they have the right complexion. Guys like Benavidez better play by the rules though.