Lou DiBella Talks About Sergio Martinez's Future Options
Our friend Corey Erdman talked to a hungover Lou DiBella yesterday about the possible coming options for the man who has arguably become the biggest fighter in his stable, middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez. Give it a listen.
DiBella says that they're "not immediately thinking about" a third fight with Paul Williams, as he assumes Paul will move down in weight and not look for a rubber match with Martinez. Lou also says that "nobody knows who the hell (Dmitry) Pirog is," and that they'd much rather fight Felix Sturm. But DiBella seems to really want a fight with Miguel Cotto, a natural welterweight who is now fighting at 154 pounds. The promoter says they'd move to a 155-pound catchweight to face Cotto, and also mentions Lucian Bute, sort of dismissing him now that Bute is signed with Showtime.
Corey also asked Lou about Andre Berto, and he says that if Shane Mosley is not available, he'd love to have Andre fight Manny Pacquiao, and takes a well-mannered swipe at a possible Pacquiao-Mosley fight. He also says Berto "would fight Canelo Alvarez in two seconds," but doesn't feel Golden Boy would go with it.
And finally, Lou weighed in on Celestino Caballero's options, saying he thinks there's no way Juan Manuel Lopez will fight Caballero, that he rules out Chris John because he doesn't think John will leave Indonesia to fight Caballero, and that he guesses that of the big names at 126, Yuriorkis Gamboa is the most likely to fight Caballero.
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Any way to move that audio module behind a link?
It’s freezing up my computer whenever it loads
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
And I suspect others might be having the same issue
Seems to be a problem on Chrome at least.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I like the Cotto idea at 155.
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neither do i… Martinez is a young 35 while Cotto is an old 30… I think Cotto should really cherry pick his opponents from now on… Martinez would probably destroy Cotto at this stage in his career.
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That’s about 10% of the problem. The other 90% of the problem is that Martinez is way too big for him. Cotto isn’t even big at 147. He doesn’t belong at 154 at all.
by taco pal on Nov 23, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Pirog
Thinking about it i just don’t see Pirog being seasoned enough for a shot,never mind that he’s not well known.
Look at the records of them both,and who did Pirog beat anyway?
An unproven prospect in Danny Jacobs who may well turn out to be not that good in the long run.
I vote for Sturm or,in the unlikely scenario,Mayweather.
He might not have much of another choice
Sturm makes the same money whether he fights great fighters or bums, since he has a guaranteed TV deal and sells out the stadiums either way. Unless he’s serious about improving his legacy, there isn’t much financial incentive for him to face better fighters. And as you mention, Mayweather is unlikely. After that Pirog looks pretty close to being the best of a lot of bad options.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Pirog may be the best if he's ready
I agree though there aren’t many great options out there. How about if one of the champions at 154 would step up in weight? Dzinziruk, Angulo, Cotto? Just throwing it out there.
Angulo already turned down a career-best payday AND a guarantee of another fight on HBO no matter what happened against Martinez (if the weight didn’t suit him, if he got embarrassed by a guy who can box, etc.)
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by Scott Christ on Nov 22, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions

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