This article provided to Doghouse Boxing by Ring Talk.com. The way the Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. match (set for September 15) is being promoted on their recent press tour is a classic example of what is so wrong with boxing. Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KOs) is the “real” World middleweight (160 lbs) champion, Chavez the anointed WBC titleholder, this only because the World Boxing Council took away the title from Martinez, gave it to Chavez (46-0-1, 32 KOs) and declared Martinez, “Champion Emeritus.”

To the casual sports fan, they don’t have any idea what in the hell this means. You might add the majority of boxing fans to that the pool of the confused as it was Martinez who beat the man Kelly Pavlik, who beat the man Jermain Taylor to become the recognized World champion.

If you look at the picture I have provided for you here of Chavez and Martinez taken recently in New York City, you’ll see that Chavez is holding the recognized .... CONTINUE READING - READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT RING TALK NOW: Boxing Is "A Bridge Over Troubled Water" Ring Talk

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