If Chavez Jr. beats Rubio on Saturday, Cotto likely next opponent for him, says Arum
January 29th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez will have to wait a little while longer to get his shot against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) because he’s not in the plans for Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum, who says he’ll likely match Chavez Jr. up with Miguel Cotto next if Chavez Jr. can get by challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
That’s a very confusing statement. That sounds like some kind of cryptic doubletalk from Arum. If Martinez isn’t that good, then why the comment about Arum not being in the business of seeing Chavez Jr. get beat? There wouldn’t be an issue about all this if the WBC hadn’t mandated that Chavez Jr. fight Martinez next.
They were supposed to be fighting Martinez this Saturday but Chavez Jr. got special permission from the WBC to blow off the Martinez fight and take on Rubio instead. The WBC is saying that the right thing for Chavez Jr. to do would be to face Martinez after the Rubio fight, but they’re no longer ordering the fight.
This pretty much means that Chavez Jr. can fight Cotto or whoever he wants next, and Martinez has little choice but to wait for either Chavez Jr. get beaten by someone else or for Arum to change his mind about not wanting to match him against Martinez.
The Cotto fight makes sense for Arum because Cotto is one of his Top Rank fighters, as is Chavez Jr. Cotto-Chavez Jr. will make a lot of money and Arum will do well with this fight. Chavez Jr. might even win it if he blows up to 180lbs after the weigh-in. In a fight between a 180 pound Chavez Jr. and a 165 pound Cotto, I think I’d go with Chavez Jr. to win by size alone. Cotto is only 5’7”, while Chavez Jr. is 6’0”, and he’d dwarf Cotto in this fight both in height and in weight.
Rubio, 5’10”, could get in the way of Arum’s plans if he can overcome Chavez’s huge size advantage. Although Rubio is three inches taller than Cotto, he normally just a little over 160lbs and would be giving away close to 20 pounds against Chavez Jr.
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If Chavez doesn’t want to fight good fighters at least fight a good female like Jackie Nava|!!! No Arum will protect you. You are a disgrace to the sport.
Rubio can upset Cavaez.
@ Jasper Williams
There r no Mexicans heavyweights to fight Ali, Johnson or Tyson. Thats why they were champs but if Mexicans competed at heavyweight than they would be champs. MEXICO AS A WHOLE RULES THE SPORT OF BOXING EVERYONE KNOWS.
Martinez HAMMERS Chavez Jr. Cotto beats him closely.
chavez jr is no where near cotto in skill or power and he never fight a hard puncher to have his chin tested , miguel fight all good fighters and then fight steriod cheater and only just lose.
Pinche Cobarde!!!!!!! chavez le saco a maravilla a la brabota.
Chavez is a fk coward period.
boxer their is more of you in the sport but never rule sheet 1 famous mex that was not blow up frankie randall heavyweight jack johnson ray rrobinson ali tyson i could go on frazier
BOYCOTT TOP RANK PPV
Cotto to short, but sergio is in the wings!!
@ Jasper Williams
Actually Mexicans rule the sport of boxing SO WHAT MAKES U THINK THAT.
Chavez a joke!!
chavez jr when he will lose when he fight ablack fighter mex
Chavez Jr. vs Cotto would be a good fight. Even though Cotto has more skill, Chavez Jr. has a better chin and has a higher work rate and size. Chavez Jr wins ko in 8 rds.
I agree Boycott Top Rank PPV’s that’s the only way to get the fights the true boxing fans want
Chavez Jr es el mas grande cobarde del mundo. El no es un berdadero Mexicano. Ya pelea con Martinez cobarde.
Fight Martinez you coward!
Arum couldn’t make Cotto drain himself for the rematch Pacquiao nor to sign the contract. What makes him think He is pulling Cotto’s strings anymore.
If Cotto fights Floyd, the Chavez next fight will probably be against Margarito. One thing you can say about Arum is he is a damn smart promoter. He builds the fights in ways that makes the casual fan interested and his fighters benefit from the fame and fortune, while he rakes in the most money.
At the end, there is really nothing wrong with that, except that it doesn’t give the true boxing fans the best fights available.
i dont think arum will have chavez face cotto if cotto takes on floyd mayweather next. he will keep all his people away from cotto as he did mayweather and delahoya when they left him. so hopefully cotto takes on floyds loses then takes on alvarez in nov. then is smart and retires.
It’ll sell but it’s waste of cottos time hope cotto fights mjr or canelo
bob arum is ruining boxing stopping chavez getting a beating and stopping pacman getting a beating like the rest said dont buy top rank ppv or get bob arum to quit die would be better tho corrupt old git!
@bayou
Boycott all top rank ppv’s is right. If we dont buy the fights then they will hopefully get the message.
Oh. No Chavez would have to really fight against Cotto.
how long can chavez jr live on his daddys name !
boycott top rank ppv
chavez is a coward period
Chavez have to grow a pair of balls and fight martinez
It thought he had to fight martinez next?
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