By Lem Satterfield

According to adviser Sampson Lewkowicz, WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs) will likely make a return to the ring on March 12 against Germany's interim-champion, Sebastian Zbik (39-2, 27 KOs). Martinez would face Zbik before pursuing a fall HBO pay per view televised match against Puerto Rico's WBA junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto.

On Monday, however, Cotto's legal adviser, Gabriel Penagaricano, disclosed that his client would return to the ring on the same date as Martinez, March 12, against either unbeaten Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17 KOs) of Glendale, Calif., New Jersey's Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KOs), Mexico's Rigoburto Alvarez (26-2, 19 KOs), or, IBF junior middleweight king Cornelius Bundrage (30-4, 18 KOs).

There is no confirmation on whether or not HBO is planning to combine both fights on a televised doubleheader - or if one of the proposed bouts is going to take place outside of the cable giant's network. Martinez's promoter, Lou DiBella, insists that his boxer's next fight will be carried by HBO.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here .