Arum rules out letting Chavez Jr. fight Sergio Martinez for next two fights
February 12th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: The WBC may be saying that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will have to defend his title against Sergio Martinez next, but Chavez Jr’s promoter Bob Arum doesn’t appear to be listening to any of that, as he wants Chavez Jr. to be back in the ring on June 2nd at the Staples Center in Los Anges, following by a fight on September 15th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Martinez isn’t in Arum’s plans for Chavez Jr. for either of those fights unfortunately.
Martinez turns 37 on February 21st, and you have to wonder when Arum is planning on making the Chavez-Martinez fight because Martinez isn’t getting any younger, and Chavez Jr. doesn’t appear to be gaining new fans with his mediocre performances against listless opposition. Chavez Jr. may lose his WBC title on the scales because he’s been really having to struggle to make the weight.
In his last three fights, Chavez Jr. has come into the fight weighing over 180 or close to 180, which effectively gives him a huge weight advantage against his opponents. If he doesn’t lose his title on the scales, Chavez Jr. could also wind up getting beaten by one of the opponents Arum is matching him again. We then could see another case of Arum messing up a big fight by letting it marinate too long.
Andy Lee and Antonio Margarito are being mentioned for Chavez Jr’s next fight on June 2nd. The WBC has already said no to Margarito, but that still doesn’t mean a whole lot. If Arum wants Margarito, then he’ll likely get him. The WBC should be stripping Chavez Jr. of his title if he fails to fight Martinez next, but it’s highly unlikely that they’ll do that.
37 Responses to “Arum rules out letting Chavez Jr. fight Sergio Martinez for next two fights”
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No me and arum will not allowe martinez to turn chavez jr my grndson into a pulp, mejor lets just keep on leting him fight boxers with low ko and old fighters and you idiots can pay to see him stay undefeated till he gets to 120-0-97ko’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and make us millions, thank you guys for being stupid.
Chavez jr es una mierda y me averguenzo de que sea mexicano, pinche vato joto maricon hijo de perra.
Chavez jr es una Mierda una vasca y me abuerguenso de que se mexicano el pinche vato joto maricon hijo de perra sacaton.
Para todos los mexicanos que lean esto lo pongo en español, muy triste que su campeon haga gala de apellido nomas y no le crezcan las bolas para pelear con sergio, ensucia el nombre de su padre
is Bob afraid to lose his cash cow?Or are they aware of Jr,s weaknesses ,c,mon how many fights under his belt with maybe two former contenders who he just barely beat.
Arum is going to wait for Sergio to turn 38.
Hopefully this strategy bites him in the backside.
Then Chavez should not be Champion…strip him of his belt…boxing is going to hell with Arum around…all he wants to do is milk the fans of their hard earn money…and if the WBC goes along with this then they are as corrupt as Arum
lol so if people can see arum is doing his best to protect chavez from any dangerous fight how come they cant see hes doin it for pacquiao… im just saying
Whilst ever bob arum remains involved in boxing, the sport will never blossom
Forget about Martinez, this guy should be fighting Chad Dawson, with the weights he’s been coming in at.
Great!
Let’s see if Pirog – Martinez gets done now.
Afraid, thats all. Nothing to do with money. Face it anyone who knows boxing even remotely knows that Chavez cannot beat Martinez. Nothing wrong with that ! May go 4-5 rounds but my guess is 2. Paul Williams, those guys are more suited for Chavez.
Bob Arum is a cancer & should be in jail for fixing fights & corruption.
why not arum just turn jr to film acting and be his manager…in order for his baby not to be hurt and still have his money flowing in..this is boxing for world sake, its so disappointing watching carefully matched fight just to ensure the safety of the career of the other…boxing match should be thrilling and exciting, but it turn to be boring and very predictable nowadays because of promoters like grand pa…
Chavez is not mexican…. he is not a real chavez he is not a champion he only es a fake!! and everybody knows it!!
Someone throw a shoe at him like bush boxing killer
i really hope Arum dies QUICK
boycott top rank
so there was more money in rubio than martinez? gtfo of here
arum gona die anyway. dude is like 120. what does he need all this greedy dirty money for? dirty jeu
arum is a coward. his fighters are cowards incluing pu-c pacquiao
WOW! Have we the people, boxing fans and blue collar workers made Arum that arrogant and pompous, that he can blatantly and directly state that he essentially, wants MORE OF OUR MONEY before he makes a fight! I, as a hardcore boxing fan, personally feel insulted. We the boxing fans deserve more, considering that we have already fattened his pockets. Selfishness rules his world; he does not even attempt to consider the consensus of the fans or at least, try to make an effort to show an appreciation for all we have contributed to this sport. I will never again order his fights.
Did Klitsckho ever call out a cruiserweight champion or any champion calling out a lower division champion?
Outside of hard core boxing fans not to many people know who Martinez is other then him calling out Mayweather , Pacman , and Chavez jr. Out!
But all 3 are afraid of him!
What’s this about nobody knowing who Martinez is? Many of my friends know him and they’re casual boxing fans. And with Martinez being the official #3 p4p and lineal middleweight champion (recognized w/THE RING belt) any fight with Martinez against a priced fighter sells almost by itself. Arum is just bs’ing us because he doesn’t want to much any of his fighters against Martinez again (ex. Pavlik).
Chavez not a true champ. Boring boxer. And that coming from someone born in Mexico!
No surprise arum is killing boxing but the fans aren’t fooled
Erum is stupid there isn,t another fighter in the 160 to bring more money on the table than martinez and margarito has lost alot of fanbase cause of hes handwrap scandel alot of people actually do know who SERGIO MARTINEZ is am from LA and i know alot of people who know who he is
Pacquiao uses peds.
arum is killing boxing… floyd pac ,donaire rigondeaux ,gamboa lopez , chavez martinez. it is a shame. he is taking the fan as stupid.
Somebody tell me what is the point of the WBC existing if they mandate a fight and the promoter says “no”. They still are not likely to strip him of his belt. Just like they did nothing when he skipped the drug testing. The WBC just exists to collect their fees. Promoters control boxing.
@Aki Bola: Agreed!
Arum has just admitted that JCC Jr. is not a worthy champion. Fair enough, and JCC Jr. should be stripped of his belts. Then if and when he is ready to fight at the top level, he can win them back.
Martinez will k.o. Chavez paper champion jr
Why doesn’t this site ever post my comments?
It’s Martinez fault!! This is what you get, when you don’t take on the best through out your career. You become 37 years old with two marketable wins and desperate for big fights with father time right behind you!! Although Chavez junior seems to be on that same path, fortunate for him his last name alone sells fights. Both fighters are. Extremely overrated!
he needs to fight a couple more times against worthy opposition before taking on Martinez. but, Martinez a’int getting any younger so the fight needs to happen soon.