Just A Few Quick Thoughts
By William Trillo
Am I the only one that chuckled when Super Middleweight Champ and Super Six Winner Andre Ward said Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was a fight he would consider in 2012?
That’s right.
As reported by Boxingscene.com while Ward was accepting his belt in Mexico he fielded a question about Jr. by stating, “In 2012 I hope to continue having big fights and beating the best. Among the opponents that I can have is Julio Cesar Chavez. I know about his career, and what would be better than fighting him in Mexico. I know he’s the world champion at middleweight, but there is not a big difference between his division and mine,” Ward said.
In fairness to both Ward and Boxingscene they did later report a note saying: Ward has stated that he was misquoted in the Mexican press. Ward told the Mexican media that he was “open” to a future fight with Chavez, but never said he was targeting Chavez or looking to fight him in Mexico.
That’s all well and good but if Ward was asked about Chavez Jr. as he claimed, his response should have been more along the lines of, “Look, Chavez Jr. is a middleweight champion but he is inferior competition for me and he doesn’t even appear on my radar!” He did not say that or anything close.
To even acknowledge a Chavez Jr. fight after completely dismissing a fight with Lucian Bute is disturbing to me…to say the least.
I don’t know who is advising Kelly Pavlik but the fact that he plans on getting ready for a fight in the spring, considering his recent trouble,(again), makes no sense at all. I wish there is someone who could talk some sense into this young man. And then I wish he would listen and take the advice.
The Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fiasco is beyond circus-like now and I just wish they would officially scrap the idea and move on. Whether you blame Manny or Floyd, Arum or Oscar, this has just gone to far now.
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In fairness to Ward, he was being interviewed by the Mexican press and I suspect he was trying to widen his fan base by being complimentary about the only Mexican fighter at or near his weight he could think of at the moment. In other words, it was just a bit of PR.
I was being as fair ro him as possible throughout my thoughts but I firmly stand by what I said in closing: That’s all well and good but if Ward was asked about Chavez Jr. as he claimed, his response should have been more along the lines of, “Look, Chavez Jr. is a middleweight champion but he is inferior competition for me and he doesn’t even appear on my radar!” He did not say that or anything close.
I would have taken something close.