By Chris Williams: Whether the WBC blesses the fight or not, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) will likely be facing junior middleweight Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) rather than WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or the other name that’s been mentioned recently Andy Lee.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Julio Chavez Jr
Chavez Jr. still #5 in Ring ratings
By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. beat Marco Antonio Rubio by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night in the young 25-year-old Chavez Jr’s 2nd title defense of his World Boxing Council belt. Unfortunately, the win wasn’t impressive enough for Chavez Jr. to be pushed up in the Ring’s ratings.
Rafael: None of the fighters in title bouts on Chavez-Rubio fight card was drug tested after their fights
Chavez Jr. to fight Margarito or Andy Lee next
By Dan Ambrose: It looks as if a fight between former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and the current World Boxing Council middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) will have to wait a little longer, as the news out isn’t looking good for this fight as far it happening next.
Dibella: Chavez Jr. needs to stop hiding from Sergio Martinez
By Jason Kim: Lou Dibella, the promoter for WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s), expects WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and his promoter Bob Arum to immediately start negotiations with them after Martinez first takes care of Matthew Macklin on March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Sergio Martinez: Chavez Jr. is too heavy for Cotto and Margarito
By Allen Fox: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez gave his two cents about the prospects of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and junior middleweight contender Antonio Margarito stepping up in weight to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the near future, and Martinez said this on his twitter page: “181 pounds is too much for Cotto or Margarito, that did less than 154 in their last fights.”
Rubio: It’s obvious Chavez Jr. is afraid of Sergio Martinez; he’ll fight Margarito next
By Jason Kim: In an interview with Boxing Channel after Saturday’s night loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), the beaten Marco Antonio Rubio was asked if Chavez Jr. is afraid to fight his WBC ordered challenger former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Rubio answered “It’s obvious. Chavez Jr. will fight Antonio Margarito instead.”
Is Chavez Jr. as good as he’s going to get?
Arum needs to wait a lot longer before matching Chavez Jr. with Sergio Martinez
By Dan Ambrose: In appraising the progress that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made in the past year under the watchful eye of trainer Freddie Roach, I think Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum needs to wait a lot longer than the end of the year before he finally matched Chavez Jr. against the middleweight division’s best fighter Sergio Martinez.
Chavez Jr. vs. Margarito: A good fight for casual boxing fans
By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank will probably move ahead and match his fighters WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) up against each other next April or May in order to maximize profit for his guys. Chavez Jr. would have an even bigger weight advantage over Margarito than he did against Marco Antonio Rubio last Saturday night and that should be enough for Chavez Jr. to get a fairly easy win.