Chavez vs Alvarez Would Be Good For 2011, Says Beltran

Mar 14, 2011 • 3:11 AM ET

By Jhonny Gonzalez

Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions, co-promoter of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., would like to see his boxer face Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in 2011. Alvarez is the WBC champion at 154-pounds. Chavez is going to fight Sebastian Zbik on June 4 for the WBC middleweight title. Beltran doesn't see the weight difference as a problem. Alvarez was unable to make his recent weight of 150-pounds for the bout with Matthew Hatton.

"We all saw that he can't get down to 150-pounds, so he shouldn't have any problems going up a few [pounds], around [a catch-weight of] 157. But hopefully they want the fight and don't try to back out. If it happens this year, it would be better," Beltran said.