Get off to a Quick Start
Photo by Jeff Gross
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has a tendency to start fights slowly and even take some rounds off. In the only loss of his career, which came at the hands of Sergio Martinez, Chavez Jr. was thoroughly dominated for the first 11 rounds and only in the 12th round did he come on to score two giant knockdowns before running out time in the final seconds of the fight.
It is very probable judging on how badly hurt Martinez was that had Chavez Jr. started his assault a few rounds earlier the end result could have been different.
We know Chavez Jr. is capable of fighting aggressive and disciplined from the first round to the last as evidenced in his rematch with Bryan Vera in March of 2014. Chavez Jr. came out slugging in Round 1 and did not let up until the final bell rang.
Chavez Jr. knew he had the harder punches and landed at will hurting Vera in the fourth and seventh round. After the 10th round it was clear Vera had very little left while Chavez Jr who came into the fight focused and in shape still looked fresh.
Even in his knockout victory over Andy Lee, Chavez Jr. hardly threw a punch in the first round. Fonfara is too dangerous a fighter for Chavez Jr to give up a full round to.
