By Miguel Rivera
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is very angry with way his son is being treated by the World Boxing Council. Chavez Sr. is making a demand for the WBC to display equal treatment among their champions. Chavez didn't like the recent ruling by the WBC, which hit middleweight champion Julio Jr. with two back to back mandatory defenses. The sanctioning body ordered Julio Jr. to fight Sergio Martinez and then he has to face #1 ranked Marco Antonio Rubio by the end of June.
Julio Jr. is attempting to move ahead with a duel against Rubio on February 4th in Texas. If he makes the move with Rubio, the WBC is threatening to strip him of his title for not facing Martinez, who returns on March 17th.
Chavez Sr. points out how WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is allowed to make voluntary defense after voluntary defense, while boxers who won eliminators like Vanes Martirosyan, Alfredo Angulo, and James Kirkland were made to continuously wait without Alvarez every being ordered to fight any of them.
"I'd like to clarify a few things. First, I like the fight with Rubio for my son Julio, so he can silence [Rubio] once and for all. Second, I am upset with the WBC because they are threatening to strip him. And I'm very angry why other champions like Canelo are allowed to make optional defenses for as long as they want, while my son is being told to make two mandatory defenses. I think he should defend against Rubio and then we'll see what happens. There are others [with the WBC] who haven't made mandatory defenses in many years," Chavez Sr. told Sal Rodriguez.
