Mario Martinez vs JC Super star- Do you like this fight?

Chavez was 22 here and looks about 18. Martinez was 19 here and looks about 36

Film quality is not that bad, really. You can see what’s going on.

Anyway, good fight and a good performance from Chavez for his first world title.

 

This was the first time that i saw Chavez ; this was after his fight in LA against Adrian Arreola. I subsequently saw Martinez live.
By many accounts Martinez was robbed in the first fight with Nelson. In the second fight with Nelson he was stopped in the 12th . If my memory is correct Martinez had an extreme fracture of his right hand that ended the fight.

 

So Chavez s first title fight!
No one could know at this point, that he'd go on to be the legend he was.

 

I don't know. I did see Martinez fight Dana Roston at the Olympic Auditorium, from about the 6th or 7th row ringside.

 

This is what I wrote when I scored this a year or so back:

Julio Cesar Chavez v Mario Martinez (jr. lightweight title)

Round 1: 10-10 Even
Round 2: 10-9 Chavez
Round 3: 10-9 Chavez
Round 4: 10-9 Martinez
Round 5: 10-9 Chavez
Round 6: 10-9 Chavez
Round 7: 10-9 Chavez
Round 8: 10-9 Chavez
Referee John Thomas stops the bout immediately after the 8th round

Total through 8 completed rounds: 79-74 Chavez (actual scores unknown)

The telecast I watched was entertaining with Armando Muniz and Don Fraser at the mic, but with seconds remaining in the 7th round it switched to a grainy Mexican telecast. Still, it didn't take away from a stirring battle for me. These two absolutely gave it their all with some fabulous exchanges and pure heart. In the 2nd round one could see the difference between the two. Martinez sometimes flailed, whereas Chavez may not have thrown as many shots as Martinez, but he was deadly accurate with what he was throwing. As he would do throughout his career, he would break a man down. The 7th and 8th Martinez tried to turn the tide but Chavez was that pinpoint, but they made for great rounds. Martinez would come again, in fact, I thought he was robbed in his first fight with Azumah Nelson. But this night was Chavez' coronation.

 

JM92, Your question about seeing their first fight had me shaking my head. Until I checked youtube and saw that their first fight has been taken down. Sorry, man, that was where I watched it a year or so back. Don't know why they get taken down.