By Jim Dower: Like someone that’s not satisfied with what they have on their own plate, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) is eying a future fight against unbeaten WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) in a fight that Chavez Jr sees as a huge fight that their Mexicans will enjoy seeing. The problem is Chavez Jr. still hasn’t even beaten WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s), who Chavez Jr. is scheduled to fight on June 4th.
Zbik is considered a paper champion by a lot of boxing fans and Chavez Jr. is considered by many fans to not deserve the #1 ranking by the WBC. Whatever the case, Chavez Jr. still has to beat the badly flawed Zbik, pick up the belt, and then look to fight Alvarez or one of the top contenders like #2 ranked contender David Lemieux. Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter for Alvarez, isn’t interested in putting Alvarez in with Chavez Jr. right now.
As such, Chavez Jr. wishing and hoping for a fight against Alvarez is a waste of time. Chavez Jr. will have to settle for defending his belt against Lemieux or perhaps Sergio Martinez. Chavez Jr. will likely choose to fight one of the weaker contenders rather than take on a dangerous opponent in his first defense because he doesn’t appear to be good enough to beat Lemieux and he’s clearly not in the same league as Martinez. Chavez Jr. could have a very short reign as a champion unless he can find a way to avoid Martinez and Lemieux for an extended amount of time.
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