By James Blears

The World Boxing Council is asking Sergio Martinez to decide if he’ll defend his WBC Super Welterweight title, or his Middleweight title, and he has until the end of Wednesday to decide.

Martinez won the WBC Middleweight belt by defeating Kelly Pavlik in Atlantic City on April 17th. WBC President Jose Sulaiman has said a defense against third ranked Paul Williams, who narrowly defeated Martinez prior to this, on December 5th 2009, also in Atlantic City, can’t be considered at this time. Because if Martinez stays at middleweight, he has a mandatory defense against WBC Interim Champion Sebastian Zbik from Germany.

WBC President Jose Sulaiman said to BoxingScene.com: “We gave Sergio a special amount of time, because there was no immediate official challenger, and Sergio has been 100% loyal to the WBC. He deserved his title opportunity, and now he’s got to decide if he’s going to fight for the middleweight or super welterweight championship. The Henry Armstrong era has long gone. We expect he’ll make the decision because he’s a good friend, and we’ve always supported him.”

One of Sergio Martinez’s future fight options could be Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, who’ll fight John Duddy on June 26th in San Antonio.

While Duddy is sixth ranked in the middleweight division, Julio Jr who’s currently fighting at middleweight, is ranked at number one in the Super Welterweight Division.

Don Jose says this fight will be a tough and excellent test for Julio Jr, commenting: “I think that this is a test, more for Julio than for Duddy. If Julio wins he’ll fight for either the middleweight or super welterweight championship, whichever is available.

“This is now the time for Julio to prove if he’s ready for a title challenge. I believe he’s going to be a world champion. He has tremendous opportunities and great ability as a boxer. With his new Trainer Freddie Roach, we going to see the real Chavez.”