Lee's chances this Saturday

[BigTimeTimmyATG]

Hey Guys,

 

Does anyone feel that Lee stands a chance against Chavez Jr. I would love for Lee to win but I don't see it happening especially since fighting Chavez in Texas is the equivalent of fighting Sturm in Germany.

[WelshDevilRob]

IronDave has said that Lee will win and thats almost good enough for me to back him.

 

Not sold on either fighter tbh, so can see an upset happening. But, will probably be Chavez on points.

[WelshDevilRob]

Controversy at Chavez/Lee Weigh-in a Sign of Things to Come in Texas?

 

Texas is a state that has been mired in boxing controversy in recent years, but that doesn't seem to concern their commission officials enough to make them ensure a level playing field, apparently.

 

Moments ago at the weigh-in for tomorrow's WBC middleweight championship fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and top contender Andy Lee, representatives of Lee requested to weigh both camp's gloves.

 

That request was denied by Texas Commission Sports Inspector Robert Tapia.

 

"They brought their own gloves and we brought ours," explained Lee's manager, Perry Mandera, "so we thought in the interest of full disclosure and a level playing field, we would weigh both pairs. We weighed ours out in the open in front of everyone. They would not put theirs on the scale. So, I requested Robert Tapia to make them do it. He told me 'I'm the boss here. I say whether or not we inspect the gloves and we're not going to.'"

 

Mandera says he then requested Chavez trainer Freddy Roach to weigh the gloves in the spirit of fairness. "He pushed past me and said 'we don't have to, so we're not going to.'"

 

Lee's team say after today's incident, they are left hoping there won't be any other questionable conduct surrounding this fight.

 

"We just want everything fair. I don't know why they wouldn't drop the gloves on a scale to remove any doubt about a pair of gloves they brought themselves. Yes, it's a new pair, but you ever buy a pair of shoes that say size 10 and they're not? That's all we were trying to resolve. So why won't they weigh the gloves?"

 

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[Meathead]

Whilst probably nothing, why they couldnt weigh the gloves is extremely strange.

 

Considering JCC Jrs relationship with Texas and the WBC, I think Lees team are right to try and get the gloves weighed in front of an audience.

 

What was probably no more than a tactic to get under their skin, may well have exposed something a lot more sinister.

[Ton]

Why agree to have them bring their own gloves in the first place if they thought there could be something untoward about them?

[davemurphy]

Anybody who thinks they're going to get a square deal when they're facing Chavez in Texas is probably dreaming. Dickie Coles Texas State Commission is in Jose Sulamien's pocket, plain and simple. Lawrence Cole will be the Ref, and I'm sure if Chavez Jr. needs a helping hand, he'll have to do no more than look to the third man in the Ring. Did anyone hear anything about the weigh-in? When was it, last week? Is Chavez going to be allowed to come into the Ring as a Cruiserweight? Will he be Drug Tested, he wasn't last time in Texas.

 

I never liked Lee's chances just because I think he's overrated and never saw what Manny Steward sees in him, but with the fight in Texas then he's REALLY paddling his canoe against the stream.