The Boxing Tribune

Boxing's Independent Media

  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Best Of
  • Staff
  • Advertise With Us
  • Write for Us

Martinez vs. Winner of Chavez-Lee? Adamek-Chambers? Not so fast…

April 5, 2012 by Paul Magno 1 Comment

0
SHARES
ShareTweet

The temptation in the world of boxing journalism is to err on the side of a good headline. Writers and website owners will often take the slightest hint of a story, run with it, and cross their fingers that things don’t blow up in their face. Then, the third rate, SEO-juicing bloggers take these glorified rumors and use them as click-fodder for their own sites.

A perfect example of this happened earlier this week as scribes and editors struggled for content in a slow news period.

The news report of Sergio Martinez signing to face the winner of the June 16 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Andy Lee bout is nothing more than wishful thinking with a touch of coercion thrown in.

While Martinez would love a big money, high profile bout with Chavez Jr., the truth of the matter is that it’s still more of a message board dream fight than an actual reality. The bout is no closer to being made than it was a year ago when Jr. picked up the WBC belt from the boxing dumpster after it had been stripped from Martinez.

Sure, Martinez is committed to fighting the winner of Jr.-Lee, but he’s the only one committed to this arrangement. Neither Lee nor Chavez Jr. have signed any such deal. And while Andy Lee, a promotional stablemate of Martinez, might be a slam dunk to meet Martinez if he should defeat Chavez, Jr.’s promotional company, Top Rank, is noncommittal on any Martinez bout.

At the end of the day, the only story to come from this is that Martinez wants to fight the winner of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Andy Lee– something we already knew.

Another rumored bout that captured headlines this week was Tomasz Adamek vs. Eddie Chambers, a fight between two undersized heavyweights that would likely be a good, solid contest.

While this bout has a much better chance of happening than Chavez Jr.-Martinez, the fact of the matter is that neither fighter has signed a contract yet. To take this buzz and run with it as if it were a real story is a little on the optimistic side, especially considering Chambers’ history of pulling out of fights and the fact that both are coming off injuries.

So, really, with the Martinez-Chavez-Lee triangle and Adamek-Chambers stories, all we have is fan buzz with the hint of something more solid behind it. This, of course, doesn’t mean that these fights won’t get made. It just means that there’s nothing firm or official about them yet. As such, they are not news stories.

Now, when there are signed contracts and firm commitments from all parties involved, The Boxing Tribune will report on these bouts and reap the benefits of story-hungry fans looking for info. Until then, although it may cost us precious clicks, we prefer to report on things that are actually happening and save the rumors for social media sites and message boards.

“Like” us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for exclusives and other bonus material from Boxing’s Independent Media. You can also keep track of all the latest in boxing news and views by downloading our safe & free toolbar:

Get our toolbar!

Paul Magno on Email
Paul Magno
Paul Magno
Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion Tagged With: Andy Lee, Eddie Chambers, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Sergio Martinez, Tomasz Adamek

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Best of The Boxing Tribune

My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Part One)

My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Part One)

Lazarte, Club Once Unidos, and The Lifetime Ban; Magno’s Monday Rant

Lazarte, Club Once Unidos, and The Lifetime Ban; Magno’s Monday Rant

Kell Brook Loses In the Fourth Round To P4P King Terence Crawford

Kell Brook Loses In the Fourth Round To P4P King Terence Crawford

Canelo, Golden Boy Still Taking Steps Backwards With Chavez Fight

Canelo, Golden Boy Still Taking Steps Backwards With Chavez Fight

Augustus and Everything After; Magno’s Monday Rant

Augustus and Everything After; Magno’s Monday Rant

More of The Boxing Tribune's Best

Follow Us

Facebooktwitteryoutube

Alexa Traffic Rank

Sportsbook odds for all Boxing matches

Search

Recent

  • Tyson returns with impressive display as odds available for potential future opponents
  • Crawford maintains unbeaten record following landing short odds in victory over Kell Brook
  • Kell Brook Loses In the Fourth Round To P4P King Terence Crawford
  • Boxing To Look Forward To This Weekend
  • How to Make Money From Your Boxing Passion