Manny Pacquiao is going to be on the sidelines for a while. Boxing has a chance to build some stars through the middle of 2011. Sergio Martinez is one of those guys. It's hard to believe that the middleweight champ with 45 wins isn't already a household name, but that's where we are right now in boxing.
HBO does a nice job of profiling Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs) and his background athletically as he preps for his showdown against Paul Williams. They'll square off this weekend in Atlantic City in a rematch of their Dec. 2009 fight. Williams won the first meeting but the scoring was bizarre (119-110, 114-114, 113-115).
The winner of this fight should scream from the mountain top that if "Pac-Man" really wants to be recognized as the true junior middleweight champ, he needs to step in the ring. Both fighters can easily make 154 pounds.
It's important to note that Pacquiao won the WBC 154 title without allowing Margarito to come into the ring at 154. No doubt Pacquiao would have won the fight but on principle, Margarito shouldn't have been forced to cut down to 150.
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