Dibella sees Mayweather facing Sergio Martinez, but not Pacquiao
September 29th, 2011
By Chris Williams: Promoter Lou Dibella doesn’t think Manny Pacquiao will ever face WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez even if Martinez melts down to a strength-weakening 150 pound catchweight to fight the Filipino star.
In an interview at Ring.TV, Dibella said “Nobody at Top Rank is going to let Manny Pacquiao get near Sergio. That fight won’t happen, and I can see why given how small Manny is. Mayweather is probably Sergio’s best chance for a super fight, because he’s not that much smaller and I don’t believe he’s a coward.”
First let me address Dibella’s comments about Pacquiao and Mayweather’s size. Mayweather is little more than an inch taller. He’s 5’8, while Pacquiao is 5’6 1/2″. That’s only an inch and a half between Mayweather and Pacquiao. Martinez is only 5’10″, and is actually shorter than the 5’11″ Antonio Margarito, who Pacquiao defeated in a Top Rank in house fight last December.
If Martinez is considered too big for Pacquiao, then why on earth was Margarito not considered too big? The answer is obvious. Margarito is as slow as molasses and his punching power seems to have diminished since his fight with Shane Mosley in 2009. In contrast, Martinez is fast, powerful and can box. That pretty much takes him off the Pacquiao list, doesn’t it?
Mayweather definitely isn’t a coward, as we saw in his challenges of Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley and Victor Ortiz. Why didn’t Pacquiao fight Ortiz?
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Ebox. Do you even watch boxing Manny is so damn overrated it’s crazy! The Marqez fight s really tells the truth about this guy. Period!!! Give respect were it is due and for once forget that he is black, speaks a certain way or refuses to go with the grain. Pacman is a legend but Floyd’s boxing skills is golden. dEAL with it!
@DOC – Lolz!
Mayweather demand for Martinez #2: Martinez will train in Philippines.
Mayweather Jr. is #1. He is also willing to take RANDOM BLOOD TESTING! He is a true athlete.
Mayweather demand for Martinez: Fight Pacquiao first then I’ll fight you. Hahaha!
Chris William Boooooo!!!!
Floyd will fight Martinez? dream on!!!
why floyd chose martinez to fight him.i know many people around the world watching for the fight between two best fighter.to prove whose the best of them.i know pacman is tne fastest puncher and strong move to counter his opponent.therefore floyd refuse to fight the pilipino fighter,but someday floyd wll think to change his mind.pacman is waiting to fight him
Pacquiao beat Martinez at 150/154. Now the ? is can Money may do that? hummm!
this is a better fight for mayweather and when he wins pacquiao will retire because mayweather beat everybody pacgirl is scared to fight point blank pacquiao stop fighting them toprank bums you already beat and fight sombody who will put up a fight with you
I’m more excited on the list of demands Floyd will ask for this fight.
Of course I’ll fight Anybodyyyy!!!! Anybody!!!!! You hear??? Anybody but Pacquiao.
this would be a great fight floyd and the one punch wonder at 154 lbs winner takes all. floyd deserves his rep if he wins. marinez might never land a punch on the ghetto boy.
By the way, Martinez keeps on barking that the No. 1 pound for pound fighter will not fight him..what if the No. 1 fighter is a super middleweight or a light heavyweight, will he still have the courage to challenge the no. 1?
Manny is just being consistent. right after he fought Margarito, he declared that it would be his last fight above 147 lbs. Obviously, Margarito’s did hurt him. Boxing is not basketball that height will make a difference. They are categorized according to their weights and not their heights.
I’m not a Mayweather fan but you have to respect that he stepped up and fault Ortiz. It’s not his fault Ortiz tried to make it a street fight and got caught with his hands down.
MAYWEATHER VS MARTINEZ WOULD BE A GREAT FIGHT AND NO ONE WILL EVER QUESTION MAYWEATHER AGAIN.
PACQUIAO NEEDS TO ALSO STEP UP AND FIGHT SOME GOOD BOXERS OR HIS SO CALLED LEGACY WILL BE QUESTION.
ATrueBoxingFan says:
September 29, 2011 at 1:27 pm
@EBOX- How many people on Pac mans resume were after Floyd had beaten them. I can think of 3 off the to of my head. Mosley, De La Hoy, Hatton. And he dominated Marquez who Pac has to fight for a third time. We can’t argue with that can we?
PS. I am not a Floyd fan at all I think Andre Ward would destroy both of them. Just putting that out there.
ANDRE WARD IS SUPER-MIDDLE, YA TUBE…
Still LMFAO…………
You kidding me? Floyd vs. Martinez? Martinez will destroy Floyd. But we all know that’s not gonna happen because Floyd still don’t have the balls to fight fighters he knows that can beat him.
Floyd vs Martinez, haa haa haa, that is a big joke.
Should be a good fight if it happens.
martinez and khan are the biggest money makers for floyd. A martinez fight would be like the delahoya fight. 2.4 million people paid because they thought floyd would lose. Martinez at 154 most people would think he is too big and too strong for floyd. It would make a lot of money floyd would win a decision and people would make excuses for why floyd won again. See what happens after martinez fights this weekend.
@EBOX- How many people on Pac mans resume were after Floyd had beaten them. I can think of 3 off the to of my head. Mosley, De La Hoy, Hatton. And he dominated Marquez who Pac has to fight for a third time. We can’t argue with that can we?
PS. I am not a Floyd fan at all I think Andre Ward would destroy both of them. Just putting that out there.
@ MEGABOTH
Your whole list was and still is losers. You wouldnt give him props if he beat them and just like the Klits, Hopkins, and few other future hall of famers. YOU HAVE TO WIN TO GET IN! Not like Pac LOSE IF YOU WANT HIM CHOOSE!
White rice…. Your use of ” scents” doesnt make sense…
Dmitry Pirog vs Sergio Martinez should be promoted by clueless Dibella.
well if mayweather is scared to fight martinez, why doesnt pacquiao fight him!oh i get it, pac only fights older slow top rank fighters.you can just tell a pacquaio fan,because the stuff they say, just doesnt make scents. pac can fight margarito who is bigger than martinez but cant fight martinez who is smaller.pacquiao will forever be remember as the biggest fake and steroid user in the history of boxing!
@ebox… Perception and reality……. Arum would only let floyd fight margarito if floyd gave him options on his next few fights…. He stopped negotiations for a cotto fight after one day said cotto was not ready for a fight like that and mosley refused to fight floyd twice when he was at his prime and undefeated. Twice arum has said all points agreed to for a manny fight then both times edmitted they lied. Now for the third time they say all points agreed to then ariza makes statement saying they are not taking any f…ing tests.
NOW THAT’S A FIGHT WORTH WATCHING!! Pacquiao will never agree to take the test to prove HE’S NOT CHEATING, because HE IS.
They both need defining fights to cement their legacy and Floyd is the only one who would beat Martinez.
MAYWEATHER vs MARTINEZ would be for the best P4P today and a fight I would pay to see. Everybody loves M & M’s.
Well said polo
I think Floyd fans..and groupies like Mr. Williams are delusional. Floyd was to puss to fight Margarito..so he left top rank. Why would he fight Sergio??? Cowards don’t grow hearts over night. He’ll just bring up excuses..which he is Legendary at. Pac always faces the best of the best…just check both of thier resumes…Pac got more A list boxers under his belt..where Floyd has a bunch of B-lister or Non listers..
Lou is killing Martinez’ career.
He needs a better promoter.
@doog…. Perception and reality are two different things. Reality is ortiz was #2 ranked welt in the world when floyd took him on. Mosley #3 p4p in world hatton #7 delahoya top ten p4p and marquez top 5 p4p in the world. Everyone manny has faced the last few years was someone coming off being destroyed by someone else in a big fight. He refuses to take on any top contenders coming off big wins. So he is not taking on all comers. Reality and perception two different things.
Personally I think Freddie bob knob arum and Alex gave pacquiao drugs to make him stronger , fast etc with out pacquiao knowing . Uve got to b not only blind but dumb as fcck if u can’t see what is going on here with this clowns.
How many people have used drugs in wild card gym.?.
Who talks more SHlT
Freddie
Amir
Pacquiao
Alex
Bob
Or worst of all pacs fans lool dumb az fcck
Peace u yellow belied ?ussy holes
Chris williams should keep his mouth shut…coz he soooooooooooooooooooooo non-sense! hahahah i saw your brain…lots of gelatin!
@pacquiao says:
September 29, 2011 at 7:43 am
pacquiao is a champion made by arum.
then who the hell are you? your are just nothing compared to Manny! hahahahaha
PAC man and her dumb azz fans I’ll fight all u bums but u gotta take random blood test
. On a real note . PAC man is the best hype job apart from Amir tkod in 57sec1st round khan
Chris Williams is a joker.
funny how Martinez throws one punch and becomes a legend and top rated. he could beat floyd though depends on what size he comes in at.
Floyd has about as many fights as SRL. If he goes up and challenges Sergio at 154 or 160 and wins he will be in my top 15. Arum is only going to do the in house thing with Manny. Hes been doing it for the last few years now. You cant fight Manny unless your broke, fight at a catch weight, and on Top Rank. Arum wont let anyone derail the money train. Too big for an up and comer, too small for a challenge.
@floyd loves bloated fighters did try n claim you were american the other day??? lol “did floyd took them?” Are you translating filipino to english on google translate?? Lol Nice try zdrx, when you get a visa outta that begging bowl give me a shout. By the way hows the stock market out there doing lol
riz says:
September 29, 2011 at 7:57 am
Im beginning to think that manny is a drug taking coward. I always grilled floyd for being scared, but looks like floyd takes on all challangers whereas manny dont!
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oh really? how about challengers by the names of PWill, cotto, clottey and margarito? did floyd took them? NOPE! and now he’s avoiding pac and maravilla
@starky
way to go,man!! your comment is the most honest and non bias..thats right,pacman and money are two of a kind.the best fighters in the world! one hero type and the other one the anti-hero but no doubt both are the best fighter ever..so stop the comparisson..lets wait till it happens…these guys are responsible why boxing is still alive…DIG THAT!
Dibella should work harder. Waiting for a jackpot for his fighter who can’t draw flies is not the job of a promoter.
I think you all use the word ‘destroy’ too much on here. Floyd and Manny are too amazing gifted boxers, why can’t you all accept that? Instead of arguing who’s better why don’t you just wait until it happens? Everyone of you just want to be the one that said ‘I told you so’. Anyway back to the point Martinez at a weight drained 150 pound would easily balloon right back up to 160 after weigh-in giving him an un-fair advantage over pacquiao. I can see why Roach and Arum wouldn’t take that fight. as for Floyd fighting Martinez I can’t see that happening either, Floyd’s going to look at the sales of the Barker fight and rule that out straight away. Although if they were too fight there would be one fighter ‘destroying’ the other, you’d have to fancy Floyd on points either that or an over the top left by Martinez it could go either way.
Ortiz will get a comeback fight against a ‘no-hoper’ who he will KO. Arum will then deem Ortiz worthy to fight Pacquiao. Pacquiao vs. Ortiz May 2012.
Floyd ain’t goin to fight Sergio LOL…. To risky for Floyd … And you know this… chris
Martinez will fight anyone smaller than him for money. Of course Lou will call out Floyd since Arum will not listen to his crying of a Pacquiao fight. Di Bella is a loser and he is looking for a big payday so he has to call out these 2 PPV attraction in boxing. I do not see Floyd paying attention to a Martinez call out though. There is a reason why Floyd has the pefect record and i know it is not his skills. He can be beat by certain boxers and he ain’t fighting any of them for sure.
as if it is true…
Many people felt that Mayweather was preparing for Pacquiao by fighting Ortiz, but there were also many who believed Mayweather was fighting Ortiz to prepare for Martinez. In fact it makes more sense I hindsight, that it’s the later because Ortiz is actually closer to Martinez in size and style. It’s been reported recently that he would agree to come down to 150 to fight Pacquiao, I wonder if he would make the same concession for Mayweather. Would love to see that fight.
floyd will beat martinez and manny, thats why manny dont take the tests, hes a whimp
Im beginning to think that manny is a drug taking coward. I always grilled floyd for being scared, but looks like floyd takes on all challangers whereas manny dont!
pacquiao is a champion made by arum.
Martinez would destroy Mayweather. 150, 154, or 160 Martinez would expose him and take him down.
mayweather would never agree to fight martinez..martinez would box circles around him and rip his head off
Martinez would Punish that Fraud Maycowered
After Floyd beats sergio there will be more excuses as to why he’s not one of the greatest fighters to ever lace up a pair of gloves. If sergio drops weight to fight Floyd, he will lose!
YEAH… only Floydiots appreciates a CWilliams article.
good article!!! don`t worry with the pactards, keep them coming Chris!!
Time will tell, soon people will know who the real coward is. Floyd should not waste his time with people who love talking too much.
You have to be crazy if u think many will fight a live fighter who hasn’t just been defeated or coming off a lengthy layoff. we all know wat time it is if he fight floyd so he won’t go up and fight martinez unless he tries to get martinez to come dwn to 144 or somethin. Mayweather might actually take the fight at the right weight as he doesn’t need any help to win his fights, and if there is ever a questionable decision, he rematches the fighter ie castillo
I won’t be surprised if Floyd faces Martinez. And I’m sure there will be no catchweight either. And I’m sure Martinez has no problem taking the random drug test… in the US!
I dont think Mayweather can fight Martinez,Martinez is fast and big puncher Mayweather can fight Martinez if he can buy Martinez like Ortiz but Martinez is so expensive he cant buy it for$2M
pacquaio doesnt need to fight him because ortiz is not on his level… ortiz was beaten by maidana and was beaten by khan… as the news says pacquaio still has the edge on khan…
Oh don’t worry chris, pacquiao will step forward for the annual mayweather leftovers banquet meal. Ortiz is next lol
Donaire needs to go up in weight fast — I want to see Donaire, Mayweather, and Pacquiao fight each other before they retire.
Sergio Martinez needs to look up and fight Ward, Bute, Froch, etc. He doesn’t belong in welterweight. He could also try to avenge his loss to Margarito at 154 or 160.
lol did he mentioned Marquez????? of course his not scared considering Marquez size.. hahaha