Though he had already appeared on various telecasts and pay-per-views, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was already 15-0 by the time he made his US network debut. The Sólo Boxeo card featured him against Leroy Newton (5-5-0) of Michigan City, Indiana. It was a complete success for Julio, who scored a first-round knockout and won the acclaim of the fans.

Newton started out by jabbing and moving, but it didn’t take long for Junior to catch up with him. Julio began to measure Newton and then cornerd him and landed landed a solid left hook to the midsection. Newton threw a few punches and managed to get out of the corner, but a pair of lefts by Junior backed Newton up further. Newton’s fast movemement was slowed by lefts to the body and rights to the head. Newton, while moving less due to the pressure put on him, managed to get a few counters in. A right by Junior, followed by two lefts to the body and a follow-up right put Newton down at 1:49. Newton was up at the count of four. Two more lefts and a right to the body put Newton down again, and referee Lou Moret stopped the fight at 2:11 of round one.

Also on the card, Hector Velazquez won a technical unanimous decision over Marcos Licona in round 6 of a scheduled 10-round featherweight bout. Antonio Diaz won a decision over Herman Galaviz in an 8-round welterweight bout.
notes

Referee: Dr. Lou Moret
Commentator: Ricardo Celis
Commentator: Bernardo Osuna
Promotor: Top Rank / Sycuan Promotions
Attendance: 3,314
Physician: Naresh Rao