By Rick Reeno
As BoxingScene.com had reported earlier, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. withdrew from this Saturday's fight with Pawel Wolak, scheduled to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Nonito Donaire's bantamweight bout with former champion Wladimir Sidorenko has replaced Chavez-Wolak as the main event of Top Rank's "In Harm's Way" pay-per-view. Wolak will face Mexico's Jose Pinzon on the show.
Bob Arum, CEO for Top Rank, had planned for Chavez to fight Wolak this Saturday, and if he looked impressive, then Arum was planning to possibly match him against WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto in March.
Considering the recent developments, Arum states there is no shot for Cotto-Chavez to take place in March. He wants Chavez to have a few fights at 154 before he matches him against Cotto.
"I don't think that it would be prudent at this point to put him in with Miguel until he's fought a couple of fights, at least one or ideally two, at 154-pounds. That is accurate, we are not looking towards a Miguel fight until after that happens," Arum said.
One plan that Arum is still considering is a June doubleheader with Cotto facing Antonio Margarito in a rematch and Chavez appearing in the co-feature against former champion Yuri Foreman.
