Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez To Sit Down With Pope Francis

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

New York, NY - Next Wednesday, Middleweight Champion and pound-for-pounder Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez will have the opportunity of a lifetime when he sits down one-on-one with Pope Francis. The meeting between the two Argentineans will take place at the Vatican, and will mark the first time a professional fighter has had a one-on-one closed session meeting with the Pope since Muhammad Ali.

Martinez, who intends to speak about his anti-bullying and domestic violence against women campaigns, is absolutely ecstatic about the meeting.

"In the past couple of months, I will have had two of my dreams as a Catholic come true, to visit the Basilica of our Lady Guadalupe in Mexico and to be received by the Pope. I will be asking the Pope for blessings and spiritual protection to all of those who enter the ring," said Martinez. [Click Here To Read More]

[ddangerous]

Cool to see how far Martinez has come.

[iNorton]

Good for Sergio. True respect comes from humble professionalism and decency.

[MrTambourineMan]

The Pope should ask God to heal all of Sergio's ailments.

[ИATAS]

Too many jokes...overload....brain shutting down!

[Canelo Phresh]

Thats awesome. Congratulations Maravilla.

[niceyboo3]

That's nothing, once I sat down with Jesus. I needed no freaking medium.

[Jloro]

Nice for the homie Maravilla.

[turnedup]

Sergio's PR people have really stepped it up in the last two years...at this rate he may have a future in some sort of public political position in either spain or argentina. Good for him, wayyyy overdue too.

[jaded]

Betcha His Holiness tries to sucker punch Martinez and twerk dances afterwards.