By Lem Satterfield

HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg is not going to back away from the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez rematch without a fight. HBO is psuhing to stage the rematch on October 2. Last December, Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez in a "Fight of The Year" contender.

Making the rematch has been tough. Williams (39-2, 27KOs) is planning to move down to welterweight, which is two weight divisions below Martinez (45-2-2, 24KOs), who is the WBC middleweight champion. Martinez is willing to take the rematch, while Williams has other plans at 147-pounds.

"I understand that HBO wants to see Sergio Martinez fight Paul Williams again. It was a great fight and a Fight of the Year candidate, and I can see why that's the fight that they want. It's their prerogative, but you know, you can't force a deal. You've seen that with Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao," said Lou DiBella, promoter of Martinez.

BoxingScene.com posted a statement from Martinez on Monday, where the middleweight champ said he was willing to move down to 154-pounds to fight Alfredo Angulo. DiBella has already received a call from an interested Gary Shaw, who promotes Angulo.

"Sergio has fought some very big fights lately, and I don't want to see him get penalized [for being so good,]" said DiBella. "I've heard from Gary Shaw, today, and he's willing to consider a fight with Sergio against Alfredo. Personally, I think that Martinez against Angulo is a great promotion. A young stud challenging a more established fighter is a definite crowd-pleaser of a fight."

Regardless, HBO won't consider any alternative opponents for Williams or Martinez, until the rematch is a dead issue without any possibility of taking place.

"There has been a lot of speculation and energy [on the part of HBO] put toward the rematch of Williams and Martinez," said Greenburg. "So I think that we're going to stick with that until we hear that it can't be made and then move on from there. So really, it's premature to start talking about Martinez-Angulo."

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 .