By Dan Ambrose: Sampson Lewkowicz, the manager for WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s), says that former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) is still the leading candidate for the 37-year-old Martinez’s next fight in 2013 despite the wait that might be involved in getting to that fight. The 26-year-old Chavez Jr. is facing a suspension for testing positive for marijuana in his last fight agaisnt Martinez on September 15th.
Lewkowicz is kicking around the idea of trying to state the Chavez Jr-Martinez II fight in Argentina rather than the United States. Martinez comes from Argentina and has a a lot of fans there that he could potentially count on filling a stadium to see him fight Chavez Jr. again.