With the WBC giving it's newly crowned middleweight champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., it's blessing to take a voluntary defense of his title before squaring off against WBC Diamond Champion Sergio Martinez, there is one top ten middleweight contender who is eyeing the opportunity to overturn the apple cart.

WBC #11 ranked middleweight, and two time WBC USNBC champion David Medina (23-2, 11 ko's) feels he is up tot he task of fighting Chavez and has no qualms about taking the fight to him in Mexico.

"Jose Sulaiman allowed Chavez to take on a voluntary defense of his title, and if Chavez wants to put on a fight in Mexico we think David Medina is the natural choice," commented Medina's promoter Zef Ramierez of Zeferino Entertainment, "he's an exciting fighter and he's Mexican to boot."

But team Medina also feel that besides being an opprtunity to step onto the world stage , that this is a golden opportunity to win the title.

"I have a lot of respect for Chavez," added Ramirez, "but let's face it, he was protected. And quite frankly, if a hard punching middleweight hits Chavez with the shots Sebastian Zbik hit him with he'd get knocked out. I think David's got the power to do just that, and I know Chavez will be looking past him."

Ramirez advised that team Chavez wants to fight David Medina in Culiacan, Mexico in September, but also recognized that a previous fight with Medina fell through in the past.

"I don't want to disrespect anyone," added Ramirez, "but unless you are willing to fight #1 contender Marco Antonio Rubio, then there is no natural opponents for his fans in Culiacan. They want to see a war between their champion and another Latino warrior. David Medina is just that, a Mexican American warrior who will give fans a fight to remember."

Although the normally soft spoken Medina refused to criticize the champion, he also was not convinced that Chavez has the makings of a great champion either, and is eager to take the belt off his waist.

"He's not his father," Medina recently said about Chavez after his last fight, a sixth round knock out over Mexican brawler Juan Astorga.