A fight between the Mexican Heavyweight Champion Felix Chavez and American underdog boxer Damian Anderson took place on August 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California for the Heavyweight Championship. The fight was regarded as a Cinderella story as Anderson was an unknown boxer who recently just got out of prison. Anderson was a childhood friend of the former Heavyweight Champion Adonis Creed and was a champion from California Golden Gloves back during his youth. Chavez was originally intended to fight Viktor Drago but Drago was injured in a dispute and one of Adonis's wife Bianca's party. With Creed insist, a fight was held between Chavez and Anderson. The fight was compared to the original Superfight of Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in the New Years Day of 1976 due to another underdog boxer having a shot at the title.
The fight was controversial due to Anderson reportedly cheating by punching him in the arm and kneeing him in the thighs. After three rounds, Anderson bloodily knocked out Chavez and won the belt. Chavez was taken to a hospital for recovery before he dies.
Background[]
At Bianca Creed's party at her record label, Drago is attacked by an unknown assailant. which casted doubt on his ability to participate in his upcoming fight. Adonis decided to nominate Dame as Drago's replacement. Many were skeptical about Anderson and wondered if he could actually live up to the chance. Showtime resented an interview with each of the boxers before the fight and gave info on both of their lives in order to hype up the fight. Adonis offered both words of encouragement to both fighters before the fight began.
The Fight[]
The fight started off to Chavez's advantage as he was able to jab some throws at Anderson. Damian immediately took note and quickly ducked Chavez punches. Chavez is able to push Anderson against the ropes but Damian quickly able to get out of the stronghold. Anderson illegally knees Chavez's knee as the first bell rings. At the beginning of the second fight, Chavez quickly regains composure and lands some serious blows on Anderson. Damian responds by punching Chavez under his right arm before backing him to a corner and elbowing him across the cheek much to Adonis and Duke displeasure. The referee had to deduct two points from the board. During the rest of the second round, Chavez furiously pounds against Anderson so hard that it knocked one of Anderson's tooth out. Creed rushed to Chavez side and asked him if he was OK to continue the fight to which the champion replied that he was good enough to carry on. The third round began with Anderson unleashing blows across Chavez as he punched him in his rib cage. The fight started to become more brutal as Anderson was able to punch Felix's arm one more time before delivering a devastating Technical KO that knocked Chavez out.
Aftermath[]
To everyone's shock, Anderson had defeated the champion and won the title and the belt. Chavez was critically injured from the duel and was force to be taken to a hospital where he would be treated for his injuries. Adonis was very disturbed by Anderson's ruthlessness. They would later get into a fight at a beach and later on have a boxing match to settle the score.