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by David P. Greisman - Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. shouldn’t need to be reintroduced to a boxing audience, not when one of them has been the true middleweight champion for nearly two and a half years and is considered one of the best boxers in the sport, and not when the other is the son of one of the greatest fighters in history and is himself one of the most popular fighters of today.
Yet such a reintroduction does need to happen, not just for the regular boxing fans who should already be quite familiar with them, but also for those casual fans being asked to buy into them as stars who are worth their while, both literally and figuratively.
Martinez and Chavez aren’t just headlining a pay-per-view on a Mexican Independence Day weekend where $60 shows have become tradition. They’re also taking part in an audition for potential ascension.
Martinez, after all, has now been champion for nearly as long as the man before him, Kelly Pavlik, and slightly longer than Pavlik’s predecessor, Jermain Taylor. Yet he is struggling for true transcendence much in the way that both Pavlik and Taylor did.
Chavez, meanwhile, has gone from being bolstered by his famed father to being held back by heredity. While he will never be Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. — and while he will always be Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. — he is finally getting the opportunity to make a name for himself. [Click Here To Read More]
Yet such a reintroduction does need to happen, not just for the regular boxing fans who should already be quite familiar with them, but also for those casual fans being asked to buy into them as stars who are worth their while, both literally and figuratively.
Martinez and Chavez aren’t just headlining a pay-per-view on a Mexican Independence Day weekend where $60 shows have become tradition. They’re also taking part in an audition for potential ascension.
Martinez, after all, has now been champion for nearly as long as the man before him, Kelly Pavlik, and slightly longer than Pavlik’s predecessor, Jermain Taylor. Yet he is struggling for true transcendence much in the way that both Pavlik and Taylor did.
Chavez, meanwhile, has gone from being bolstered by his famed father to being held back by heredity. While he will never be Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. — and while he will always be Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. — he is finally getting the opportunity to make a name for himself. [Click Here To Read More]
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