For the first time ever Julio Cesar Chavez fought on a card that also featured his son, and both were very
successful in this endeavor. In what was supposed to be Chavez's final fight, the legendary Mexican warrior showed some glimpses of his old self as he hashed out a easy unanimous decision victory over the game Ivan Robinson in front of a throng of devoted fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

    'Mighty' Ivan seemed very focused with an announced crowd of close to 20,000 booing his every move, and then having to wait for the long entrance of Chavez, which included fireworks. Robinson was very gracious, and even applauded Chavez during his introduction. But, then it was time for the hype to end and the fight to begin. The opening round was fairly quiet until the end. Robinson threw some decent combos, that Chavez mainly blocked, and Chavez threw a couple of left hooks that landed. However, at the end of the round Chavez landed a couple of solid left hooks, which probably won him the round. Robinson did show that he was here to fight, and not be a token final victim for Chavez. The second round was a solid round with both fighters doing good work. Chavez worked the body well, digging with left hooks. Robinson landed some good combos also, and might have taken a close round.

    Chavez stuck to the body in round three and was solid in doing so. He landed a left hook to the chin to cap the round. Every time Chavez would flurry and get the crowd rolling, Robinson seemed to come back with a flurry of his own. Round four was an even round until Chavez changed it landing a great straight right to Robinson's chin, which dropped Robinson on his back. Robinson laid there for a little bit but beat the count. The knockdown was a tide turner for Chavez.  

    Round five saw both guys landing shots, but Chavez's shots were doing more damage. With about 30 seconds left in the round, Chavez landed a left hook, which sent Robinson's mouthpiece flying. After round five Chavez seemed to have the momentum of the fight going totally in his favor.

    In round six, Chavez came out and landed a left hook which backed Robinson up into the corner, and behind the chants of "Chavez, Chavez" Julio goes after him, but Robinson moves out of the corner to avoid further damage. Robinson seemed to be fighting defensively now, unlike in the first three rounds. The seventh round saw more of the same, including Robinson getting deducted a point for excessively spitting out his mouthpiece. Chavez has taken control of the fight. The final three rounds were more of the same as Chavez hacked away and Robinson hung in valiantly, but could not push forward any further offensively. The fight went to the cards, and Chavez won a lopsided unanimous decision by the scores of 99-89, 99-89 and 100-88. BRC scored the fight 99-88. It was a solid win for Julio Cesar Chavez in his supposed finale. Chavez improves his record to 107-5-2, while Robinson falls to 32-10-2.
 
    Top Tank had promoted this card as "Adios," supposedly the last fight for Julio Cesar Chavez. During the night that changed to his last fight in Los Angeles, and then during the post fight press conference
Chavez even expanded further. When asked after the fight whether this was his final fight, Chavez replied, "I will come back and fight in other Hispanic areas like Phoenix and Texas. Why not give satisfaction to Hispanics." Therefore, it seems as though this was just Chavez's last fight in Los Angeles. Chavez also said that he hurt his right hand in the fourth round and that was why he was unable to finish Robinson.

    Ivan Robinson was very gracious after the fight, and was proud of the effort he put forth, "I felt I gave a good fight, and I tried my best." He showed even more respect towards J C when he said, "I'm glad that I get to go down in the record books as someone who fought the legend.” He then choked about the hostile crowd, "I love LA, but I would not come back here to fight Chavez."

    Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. didn’t disappoint. He made it a perfect night for the Chavez family as he destroyed Adam Wynant of Indianapolis, Indiana, 42 seconds into the first round of a scheduled six rounder. Wynant never had a chance, as Junior jumped on him from the outset going upstairs and down until referee Jack Reiss topped the fight. Chavez had a quick night, giving him time to see his Dad fight, and improves to 19-0 with 14 KOs, while Wynant falls to 9-4-1.

    In one of the more anticipated fights of the night, a fight which many predicted would be the fight of the night, Jesus Chavez defeated Carlos Hernandez by a hard fought split decision in a WBC super featherweight eliminator. The fight lived up to it's billing and then some as both fighters slugged it out for twelve rounds in a fight that could have easily gone either way.

    The opening round was slow, with Famoso able to do a little more, and probably take the round. The action picked up in round two, as the fight went to closer quarters. Chavez was able to land more, and able to land the more effective shots. Chavez came out firing in round three, opening up with combos, and backing Hernandez up. The second half of the round went to close quarters again as both fighters stood toe to toe, landing clean shots. Hernandez was a little more accurate late in the round, but a very close round nevertheless. Once again, Chavez came out firing in round four, and opened the round with a bang. However, Hernandez settled down and began to counter Chavez effectively, but both were able to land big shots.

    Round five was more of the same, except that in this round, Hernandez seemed to be more aggressive. Both battled at close quarters, landing lefts and rights, but Famoso seemed to be a little more accurate, but again it was very close. ‘The Matador’ looked anything but a Matador in round six as he went right after Hernandez landing solid left and rights. Chavez was the more accurate this round, making the fight at this point fairly even. Round seven looked more like a Boxing match, as the fighters went from brawling inside to staying somewhat back and boxing. Chavez actually laid back and landed some pretty good jabs, and Hernandez stalked and was able to land some solid shots. The last 20 seconds went back to brawling as both mixed it up pretty good.

    Famoso came out firing to start round eight as Chavez slowed down just a tad. Hernandez landed some solid combos, but Jesus came back late in the round and landed a solid uppercut, another one of many close rounds. Famoso came out the aggressor to start the ninth round as he landed consecutive overhand rights to get the round started, and followed it with another to open the round strong. Chavez came back and landed a solid straight right, which sent blood flowing from Hernandez's nose. The tenth round, like most of the others was very close, Chavez came out a little more aggressive forcing the fight back into close quarters, and both landed their share of good shots. Round eleven was no different than the previous ten, Chavez came out firing and threw non stop punches for the first 90 seconds, and then it settled into a back and forth slugfest, with Famoso finishing strong.

    The final round might have been the best round of the fight, and that is saying a lot. Both guys came out guns a blazing, firing away, toe to toe. Famoso even seemed to stagger Chavez with a looping right, that later some contended was a knockdown saying Chavez's glove hit the canvas, but it didn't stop Chavez. Both fighters seemed to fight the last round as if they knew this fight was very close. Hernandez seemed to be a little more effective and land the bigger shots in the final round, but it was another round. Both men embraced at the bell, and received a huge ovation from the large Staples Center crowd. The fight went to the scorecards and Chavez won a split decision by the scores of 115-113,117-111 and 113-115. BRC scored the fight an even 114.

     After the fight, Famoso was very gracious even after a tough defeat. When asked why he didn't pout after hearing the result, Famoso said, “I don't want my people in El Salvador to see me throwing a tantrum, I don't want them to see a bad sportsman." Hernandez did express that he felt Chavez's glove touched the ground in the final round, and stated that he felt he should have at least gotten a draw. He also said that he would love a rematch if Chavez were open to it.

    Jesus Chavez stated after the fight that he felt this fight revived his career. When asked how he felt as the scores were read, Chavez replied, “I knew it was close, and I was concerned, but I thought I boxed a little better and was a little more elusive." When the idea of a rematch was brought up to Chavez he replied simply by saying, "Anytime.”

    IBF Bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez was successful in defense of this title against the tough, gritty Ricardo "Chapo" Vargas. It wasn't easy, but Marquez pounded away behind his jab to a unanimous decision victory.   

    The opening round was your typical feeling out round. Marquez was able to land a couple of sharp jabs, but there was little action either way. There was a bit more action in round two, as Marquez controlled the round. Marquez was able to keep the usually feisty Vargas away with his jab, and midway into the round landed a hard overhand right. Marquez capped the round with a potshot right, while they were in close. Round three was a close round, but Marquez was able to close it with a solid flurry. Vargas was still having problems getting in close on Marquez.

    Round four was another close round, Vargas was able to finally get inside and get some work done. Towards the end of the round it appeared that Marquez was going to try and flurry and steal the round again, but Vargas was able to land a great left hook which stumbled Marquez back into the ropes. Vargas might have ended up stealing the round for himself. In round five, the fight kicked into gear, Marquez got back to using his jab, and again it kept Vargas off him. Towards the latter part of the round while in close, Marquez landed a straight right followed up with a left hook, which stunned Vargas. Vargas wobbled backwards and looked in trouble, but fought back landing a good right cross of his own followed up by a flurry of low body shots.

    In round six, Marquez used his reach to peck away at Vargas. However, this time Vargas finished with a bang, landing a solid right cross followed up with a flurry to the body to close the round. Marquez got back to keeping Vargas away in round seven, staying behind his jab against the smaller Vargas, and controlling the round. The eighth round was a great round for Marquez as again he made Vargas eat his jab throughout the round. Towards the end of the stanza, Marquez landed a solid 6-punch flurry to Vargas’ head to cap a solid round.

   Chapo was able to do some good work in round nine, he was able to get in, and land a decent shot and get out. Towards the end of the round, Marquez picked up the pack a little, but it was a close round. Round ten was probably the most exciting round of the fight. About midway into the round, Marquez landed a solid four-punch combo, which opened up a cut on Vargas' right eye, and from that point on the action picked up. Marquez appeared to have Vargas hurt again as he forced him against the ropes. Marquez pounded away, but Vargas showed some resistance and was able to survive the round, barely. The action continued into round eleven as Vargas seemed to fight with a little more urgency, stalking Marquez. Vargas landed decent overhand rights, but Marquez was able to counter. Marquez might have taken the round with a solid flurry towards the end of the round.

    The final round was all Marquez as he stunned Vargas midway into the round with an overhand right which sent Vargas stumbling backwards. Later on Marquez landed another stellar, overhand right, which this time sent Vargas down. Vargas beat the count, and Marquez tried desperately to finish Vargas and earn the KO, but Vargas showed guts and was able to finish the fight despite a furious flurry by the champion. The fight went to the scorecards and Marquez won a unanimous decision by the scores of 118-109,116-111 and 116-111. BRC scored the fight 117-110 in favor of Marquez.

   Unbeaten middleweight prospect Jesus Gonzalez cruised to a shutout decision victory over journeyman Dewey Welliver of Spokane, Washington in an eight round middleweight bout. Gonzalez frustrated Welliver, who had trouble mounting any offense during the fight. Gonzalez was able to control the first half of the fight behind straight lefts, and in the second half of the fight, he started to mix it up. Gonzalez rocked Welliver in the opening round with a couple of solid straight lefts. Later on in the sixth and eighth rounds Gonzalez stunned Welliver with right uppercuts, but Welliver hung in and tried to mount an offensive. Gonzalez improves to 17-0 with the win, while Welliver falls to 16-16-1. 

    2004 US Olympian Vanes Martirosyan destroyed Jovanni Rubio in a scheduled four round super welterweight bout. Martirosyan jumped on Rubio from the outset, digging hooks into the body with little resistance from Rubio. Rubio seemed very flustered giving away 7 inches in height to the 6' tall Martirosyan. Martirosyan pounded away at Rubio until referee David Mendoza stopped the fight at 2:35 of the first round. Martirosyan improves to 2-0 with 1KO, while Rubio falls to 6-6.   

    With a world title shot looming on the ‘Million Dollar  Lady’ undercard in July, Brian Viloria knocked out journeyman Ruben Contreras at 55 seconds of the sixth round, when Contreras turned away and decided he didn't want to continue. This win sets up a shot at the WBC flyweight title against Eric Ortiz in July. Viloria improves to 17-0 with 11 KOs, while Contreras falls to 9-17-3.     

    In a six round heavyweight bout, Albert Sosnowski of Warsaw, Poland defeated ring veteran Orlin Norris by a six round majority decision. Sosnowski improves to 37-1, while Norris falls to 57-9-1.

    This wrapped up an eight-bout card from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The card was a co-promotion of Top Rank and Sycuan ringside promotions.