By Dan Ambrose: HBO is interested in buying the June 4th proposed fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s), according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Although the fight isn’t a definite thing for that date, HBO might help it become a reality by showing that they’re interested in airing the fight. Zbik also could face WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm next, as Sturm said that they are currently negotiating a fight with Zbik for Germany.

Either one of these fights are less than interesting, because Zbik had the WBC belted handed to him by the World Boxing Council after they stripped champion Sergio Martinez, a fighter that is considered by many to be the best fighter in the middleweight division.

Sturm and Zbik would be a decent fight for German consumption but it would be hard to for boxing fans outside of Germany to watch what would likely be a boring jab-fest because two pure boxers.

Sturm was a good fighter at one time, but he never tested himself against the best and he appears to be losing his skills judging by how he had to struggle to beat Ronald Hearns last weekend.

As far as Chavez Jr. vs. Zbik goes, HBO must be looking at the ratings that Chavez Jr. brought in for his last fight against Billy Lyell. The fight did really good ratings, but both Chavez and Lyell looked horrible. Chavez Jr. won the fight but was less than impressive.

Chavez Jr. is currently ranked #1 by the WBC, meaning that Zbik is going to have to fight him sooner or later. Chavez Jr. doesn’t appear to be as good as a lot of other fighters in the middleweight division. However, the WBC opted to rank him at the top spot despite his lack of experience against top level opposition. Still, HBO made a good decision because fans of Chavez Jr’s father, Julio Cesar Chavez, will likely tune in to watch Chavez Jr. fight, even though he appears to be a rather mediocre fighter.