“He’s powerful. He’s fast. He’s handsome. And now, we’re going to get paid handsomely,” mused promoter Lou DiBella of his marquee attraction, middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. In Las Vegas for the Marquez-Katsidis lightweight championship, DiBella held a press conference before the assembled media to share his plans for Martinez. “We’re not going to beg anyone for a fight. We’re not going to call anyone out. We’re going to expose Sergio Martinez on HBO as the star that he is. We’ll fight anybody.”

DiBella looped Martinez’ one punch knockout of Paul Williams and played it continuously on two large monitors he placed on the podium. Through manager Sampson Lewkowicz, Martinez humbly described the action. “He made a mistake and I threw the punch I had been working hard on in training.”

Though there are no specific plans for the middleweight champion, it is clear Martinez is ready and willing to fight all comers from 154-160 lbs.