Provided that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr beats Billy Lyell on Saturday, my question is: will new WBC champ Sebastian Zbik face him or will he hide behind Universum and spend a while beating up bums?
I believe so. I read that it is already in the works and they had a date. Can't remember if it was on the scene or b-talk. But yeah, it's gonna happen. ****ing joke
If the fight does happen I think its good. It will start to give the Middleweight division some respectability again. The sooner the three German champions are dethroned, the better becuase we will see the top fights again and none of these easy defences for record preservation purposes.
http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/chavez-jr-seeks-zbik-in-2011-72325 I remember reading a post from a guy who lives in Mexico... they all know Chavez Jr isn't champ material. They acknowledge the fact that the only way for him to win a MW belt is to fight Zbik, and they recognize the ties between the Chavez family and Jose Sulaiman. Zbik is no fool, he wants to unify with either Sylvester or Sturm so the belt stays in Germany... aaaaand waiting in a corner is David Lemieux, who should win the WBC title eliminator (vs Rubio) in April. In all likeliness, everyone will when Zbik announces who he'll fight next.
