By Jason Kim: According to the record.com.mx, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. believes his son WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) will be ready to finally face Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) on September 15th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chavez Jr. says that Chavez Jr. will take another optional title defense on June 16th in El Paso, Texas, against a still to be determined opponent. After that fight, then Martinez will come next.

Chavez Sr. doesn’t see any point in there being Olympic style drug testing for performance enhancing for a Chavez-Martinez bout despite Martinez wanting the testing. Chavez told the Record that testing like that should be done in the Olympics, not in professional boxing. It remains to be seen if Martinez will be satisfied with no testing for performance enhancing drugs because he seems to REALLY want them for the Chavez Jr. for some reason.

Chavez Jr. has been able to make 160 for his fights but has been rehydrating up to 180lbs on the night of his fights, giving him a pretty big weight advantage. How Martinez will be able to deal with that weight advantage is the big question. He doesn’t come in much more than 160 and fighting someone 15 pounds heavier could be a step too far for Martinez. He’s never fought anyone that heavy and it could be like he’s facing a cruiserweight, albeit one without true cruiserweight power. Chavez Jr. isn’t a huge puncher and tends to win by landing a mass accumulation of shots.

I don’t buy it for a second that Chavez Jr. will be allowed to fight Martinez. He might want to and his father might want him to as well, but I can’t see his promoter Bob Arum letting his money fighter get sacrificed against Martinez. It will be too easy for Martinez because he’s too fast and too strong for Chavez Jr.