By Lem Satterfield

Promoters Gary Shaw and Lou DiBella have expressed interest in matching WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez against Alfredo Angulo. Martinez is willing to move down to 154-155 pounds to face Angulo. Both promoters face a big problem in making that fight because HBO is standing their ground on making a rematch between Martinez and Paul Williams.

Last December, Martinez and Williams traded knockdowns in the first round and fought hard for the entire twelve round contest. Williams won a close majority decision. HBO wants to make the rematch for October 2. Not the easiest rematch to make. Williams wants to move back down to the welterweight division, and to even consider a rematch with Martinez for the tentative October date - he wants more than 50% of the money. HBO is not giving Martinez any alternatives, only Williams.

"I understand why HBO wants a rematch of Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez. They're two of the most talented and two of the top 10, pound-for-pound fighters in the world. And I thought their last fight was the Fight of the Year. It was a war fought at such a high skill level. But at the same time, you've got two, pound-for-pound guys and it seems like the desire is to have them kill each other," DiBella said.

"Sergio Martinez just went from Paul Williams to Kelly Pavlik, and he looked spectacular in both fights. Why is he the odd man out, being forced to fight a guy that towers over him for the second time? How can he have to fight Paul Williams and Kelly Pavlik and then not be given the respect that he deserves? And by the way, you don't have any leverage when the network only gives you one choice of an opponent."

Dibella admits that a Williams rematch would not be his first choice, but he's willing to make the rematch if Williams returns to the middleweight division.

"Honestly, that wouldn't be my first choice. But like I said, I'm sitting here and I have to explain to my fighter why he has to fight that's going to be World War III after fighting World War I, and, World War II [against Paul Williams and Kelly Pavlik] in HBO fights," DiBella said. "If Paul Williams is going to happen, then it's going to have to happen at 160. That's Sergio's comfortable weight now, and that's where he's the linnear champion."

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.