By William Mackay: WBA president Jose Sulaiman laid down the law for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., saying that he’s got to defend his title against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez next or else the World Boxing Council will have to follow the rules and presumably strip Chavez Jr. of his paper title.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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Rubio filing protest to WBC to get loss to Chavez Jr. changed to ‘No Contest’
By Dan Ambrose: In perhaps what will likely be a fruitless endeavor, middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio is looking to get his recent February 4th 12 round decision loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. changed to a ‘No contest’ by the World Boxing Council.
Pavlik needs to twist Arum’s arm to get a Chavez Jr. fight
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) should be speaking up and putting his promoter Bob Arum under big time pressure to try and weasel a fight against fellow Top Rank fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s).
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. turns 26 today, will fight on June 2nd in Los Angeles likley against Margarito
By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) turned 26-years-old today, and his promoter Bob Arum is planning on bringing him back for his next fight on June 2nd at either the Staples Center or the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, according to Steve Kim at Maxboxing.com.
Suliaman hoping Chavez Jr. will decide to fight Sergio Martinez next
By Dan Ambrose: WBC president Jose Suliaman isn’t saying he’ll strip WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. if he fails to defend his World Boxing Council title next against his mandatory challenger Sergio Martinez but it sure sounds like Suliaman is hinting awfully hard that he might do exactly that in his press release he sent out today.
Andy Lee could be next for Chavez Jr. on June 2nd
By Jason Kim: It’s looking like #6 WBC ranked contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) could be up next for unbeaten WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) on June 2nd, according to Irish Boxing News.
A motivated and in shape Pavlik would destroy Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
By Byron Wallin: Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) has experiences a steep and tragic fall from grace in the boxing world over the past few years. People now are all too quick to write him off as a drunk and a bum. However, it was not so long ago that he dethroned Jermaine Taylor (who was undefeated at the time with two victories over the great Bernard Hopkins) to become the unified middleweight champion of the World.
Arum rules out letting Chavez Jr. fight Sergio Martinez for next two fights
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.
Pavlik: I know I can beat Chavez Jr.
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) got the opportunity to see the recent fight of fellow Top Rank fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) in his bout against previous Pavlik victim Marco Antonio Rubio and Pavlik came away completely unimpressed with what he saw of the young 25-year-old Chavez Jr.
Demetrius Andrade wants Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next
By Dan Ambrose: After easily dispatching an overmatched Angel Hernandez by a 2nd round two knockdown performance last Friday night, unbeaten junior middleweight contender Demetrius Andrade (16-0, 11 KO’s) used the opportunity to tell ESPN2 that he’d be willing to move up to middleweight to face WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) if he’d be open to fighting him.