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| Sergio Martinez: Chavez Will Vacate, Hand Me His Belt
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By Rick Reeno Despite the mandates from the WBC, Diamond champion Sergio Martinez and his adviser, Sampson Lewkowicz, do not expect a 2012 showdown with full middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0, 30KOs). The Mexican champion will defend his title on November 19th against Peter Manfredo Jr. at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. WBC President Jose Sulaiman has ordered the winner of Chavez-Manfredo to face Martinez by March of 2012. "We don't expect this fight to happen. We are going to wait for Chavez to vacate his title, and then Martinez becomes champion and we'll schedule a date for his first defense in early 2012," Lewkowicz told BoxingScene.com. If the fight doesn't happen, there won't be any hard feelings from Martinez. "I will be ringside in Houston. If he wins, I will enter the ring and he can hand me his belt. We'll shake hands and then he can walk away like a man. But, if he doesn't hand it over, then we're going to have a date in early 2012 to settle things in the ring. A true champion follows the mandates of the sanctioning body and faces his mandatories. If he doesn't want to face his mandatories, he should give up the title," Martinez said. Tags: Sergio Martinez  , Peter Manfredo Jr. , Chavez-Manfredo , Chavez vs Manfredo |
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comment by GRUSTLER, on 10-08-2011 |
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[QUOTE=Fighting Pride]Chavez-Alvarez is being discussed for next year. That green Mexican/WBC belt will make the fight bigger. No way that fat little turd Sulaiman is stripping Chavez. Martinez better wake up and stop dreaming. If he wanted that belt he should've defended it in the first place ag... |
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comment by Fighting Pride, on 10-07-2011 |
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Chavez-Alvarez is being discussed for next year. That green Mexican/WBC belt will make the fight bigger. No way that fat little turd Sulaiman is stripping Chavez. Martinez better wake up and stop dreaming. If he wanted that belt he should've defended it in the first place against his mandatory, a... |
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comment by rey guey, on 10-07-2011 |
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the "green belt" is worthless
Alvarez fought Hatton for the 154 strap in a farce
Bradley was stripped so Morales could fight a taxi driver Cano for the 140 strap
Martinez was stripped so Chavez could beat a featherfisted Zbik at 160
the WBC is a joke and strip Chavez because it doesn't ... |
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comment by QUELOQUE, on 10-06-2011 |
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[QUOTE=Iceta Lives]Just like you handed Pirog your belt. Lol. But Sergio is still the lineal champ.[/QUOTE]
Sergio didn't hand the title to Pirog... He got stripped a couple weeks after winning the titles supposedly because he held titles at 160 and 154 and didn't make his decision fast enou... |
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comment by Iceta Lives, on 10-06-2011 |
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Just like you handed Pirog your belt. Lol. But Sergio is still the lineal champ. |
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