Wolak's Manager Rips Chavez Jr: "He's Afraid, No Heart"
By Lem Satterfield
Ivan Edwards, manager of junior middleweight Pawel Wolak, is furious with the recent withdrawal of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The fight was scheduled to take place this Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. According to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, Chavez withdrew after waking up on Tuesday with a "a 103-degree fever." Chavez (40-0-1, 30 KOs) had twice been scheduled to face Wolak (27-1, 17 KOs), and both times the contest never came off.
Edwards is not convinced that Chavez is ill. He believes the 24-year-old Mexican fighter is running scared.
"To me, it's obvious that Chavez is afraid of Wolak. He's pulled out of fights with us twice, which is ridiculous," said Edwards. "I mean, he's waisted our time. He obviously doesn't have the heart to fight Wolak."
Top Rank is trying to save Wolak's participation on the card. They offered him an undercard fight with Jose Pinzon (18-1-1, 12 KOs) of Mexico. Edwards and Wolak are still debating on whether to take the fight.
"We're debating right now. We're considering it. We have not decided yet. Wolak is ready for Chavez, and he's been preparing for Chavez, and we've been thinking Chavez. We studied Chavez's style, you know, his pace and his technique," said Edwards. "Pinzon is a totally different style. So I'll talk to Wolak. We'll have to sit down and think about it, and, I mean, really give it some thought, it's as simple as that."
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
