Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Martinez, Chavez trade barbs ahead of middleweight bout (Reuters)

Undefeated WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (L) of Mexico and Sergio Martinez of Argentina pose during a news conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada July 11, 2012. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus

(Reuters) - Argentina's Sergio Martinez is set to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this weekend in Las Vegas with one fighter promising punishment and the other warning his opponent to prepare for retirement. "I trained a long time dancing," Martinez said on Wednesday at the final pre-fight news conference. "That's all I need to break his face a thousand times. ... I will punish him a lot, and then I will knock him out. He will suffer a lot. ...




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