Everyone wants a piece of the Manny Pacquiao business. Even if that means pitching a fight that by size standards is kind of ridiculous. The winner of Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez tonight in Atlantic City (HBO 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) wants "Pac-Man" next.
Williams (39-1, 27 KOs) is 6-foot-2 with the same reach as Wladimir Klitschko while Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs) is a guy who walks around between fights at around 180 pounds. Pacquiao is 5-6 and maxes out at 150.
Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole says the two middleweights need to concentrate on building their own legacy between 154 and 160 pounds.
There's been plenty of backslapping going down in Atlantic City. The suits with HBO and promoters are in self-congratulatory mode over making this Williams-Martinez rematch.
"Ross (Greenburg) and Kery (Davis) weren't going to accept anything less than this fight," said Lou DiBella, Martinez's promoter and a former HBO Sports executive. "They got what they fought for and they got it for boxing fans."
That's where we are now in boxing. The networks make a fight that the fans want to see and we're supposed bow at their feet. Williams and Martinez are clearly the best in the weight range. Maybe they should fight a third and fourth time too.
Isn't this the way a business is supposed to be run? Why wouldn't you put forth the best product possible?
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