Chavez Jr-Martinez

By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Council (WBC) president Jose Sulaiman is interested in seeing former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) face the current WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s).

It’s unclear why it should matter to Sulaiman that Chavez Jr. and Martinez fight again considering Martinez’s lopsided 12 round unanimous decision over Chavez Jr. was pretty conclusive. There was no doubt about whom the better fighter was of the two and Chavez Jr. took a real beating in the fight.

Sulaiman said to the record.com.mx “Give it a try, Martinez.”

By Dan Ambrose: The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) gave former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. a hefty $900,000 fine for him testing positive for marijuana in September of last year for his fight with Sergio Martinez. According to fightnews.com, Chavez Jr. will be filing a lawsuit to sue the NSAC for the huge fine because it’s out of proportion from previous fines given out to other fighters.

Chavez Jr’s promoter Bob Arum pointed out that former world champion Fernando Vargas was fined $100,000 for testing positive for steroids, and yet Chavez Jr. is fined nine times that amount for testing positive for a non-performance enhancing drug. Marijuana doesn’t enhance an athletes’ performance, and it’s more likely to hurt their performance than anything.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s) isn’t going to make it easy for former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) to try and get revenge against him in a rematch. Martinez wants Chavez Jr. to first agree to have anti-doping tests in the lead up to their possible September rematch before Martinez will agree to fight him again. Chavez Jr. has been caught in the past with diuretics in his system before one of his fights.

Martinez said on his twitter “Jr. [Chavez Jr] shouldn’t talk about revenge. First, [there needs to be] anti-doping controls that he accepts, because there’s not the slightest option [the fight will take place without them.”

By Chris Williams: A rematch between WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s) and former WBC 160 lb champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) is possible for September 14th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to RingTV. Martinez’s adviser Sampson Lewkowicz says that Martinez and Chavez Jr. will possibly meet on September 14th, provided that both fighters win their next fights.

Martinez is planning on fighting in Argentina in the early part of next year against a top middleweight contender. It’s unclear who, if anyone, that Chavez Jr. will be fighting before then. Chavez Jr. could be facing a lengthy suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for testing positive for marijuana for his loss to Martinez last September.

By Dan Ambrose: IF former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) wants a rematch against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s) next year then Chavez Jr. is going to have to be ready to accept full blood and urine testing for performance enhancing drugs or for any banned drugs for that matter. Martinez, 37, was put off after learning about Chavez Jr. testing positive for their fight last September at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and he wants to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Martinez said to the Record.com.mx “Chavez fouled boxing and he has to clean it up now. Chavez was doped, was dropped, call it what you will. He soiled the World Boxing Council belt, and soiled the family name…He will have to show that he’s working on this..blood and urine testing when we fight.”

By Chris Williams: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s) isn’t worried in the slightest about facing former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) in a rematch next year after Chavez Jr’s completes his suspension for testing positive for marijuana. Martinez sees it as an easy fight, but he wants to make sure that he’s paid more for the rematch than he was the first time around now that he’s the champion.

Martinez told Boxinginsider.com “I believe I did enough damage with my fists. As I always said, Chavez only has his physical size.”