Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Matt Vanda

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr 156 lbs beat Matt Vanda 154 lbs by SD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 2008-07-12
• Location: Palenque de la Expo Gan, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
• Referee: Sixto Perez
• Judge: Francisco Mouret 100-90
• Judge: Martin Canizalez 97-93
• Judge: Rolando Tavares 95-96

Comments

• The media consensus after the fight was that Chavez Jr had won but it had been very close.
• The crowd at the fight turned riotous after the scores were read and Chavez Jr was named the winner. In particular, the scorecard that showed Chavez Jr winning every round set them off. [1]
• WBC President Jose Sulaiman commented on the crowd's conduct, "I'm very embarrased, and very angry. There must be much more security. They should not allow things which happened that night to happen again." [2]
• Sulaiman also said that the judge who gave Chavez Jr every round and also the judge whose scorecard showed Vanda as the winner were a disgrace to the sport. "Those two judges should not be alowed to be appointed as ring officials in any boxing match, ever again." [3]