Forrest vs. Martinez is Next After Vernon's Injury

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BoxingScene.com received word from promoter Gary Shaw that WBC junior middleweight champion Vernon Forrest will go directly into a title defense against interim-champion/mandatory challenger Sergio Martinez, which is slated for a date in August on Showtime. [details]

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Martine is going to whoop that ass!!!!!

Martinez UD 117-111

[mathed]

It's about ****ing time, man! Martinez is gonna school that bum and hopefully send him to retirement. Well, I should not call him a bum but he is running scared and now he has to take his medicine. Martinez either UD 118-110 or by a knockout, with my preference on the latter option.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

good fight to find out the leading top dog at 154. Or should i say sacrificial lamb for the mandingo warrior james kirkland.

[MANGLER]

Good news.

[Spray_resistant]

Finally!!!! I think Martinez will get the UD, but it won't be very entertaining in the process.

[WESS]

yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!

My boy will kill this cat!

[Fox McCloud]

Terrific news.

This is also terrific news that Pavlik-Abraham is probably going to come off now.

[QUISQUEYA]

Finally!!!! I think Martinez will get the UD, but it won't be very entertaining in the process.

Vernon will be SO frustrated.