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Williams to Floyd, Manny: 'Fight me'

HBO executive Kery Davis billed Saturday's super welterweight title fight between Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez as a great matchup between "two guys no one wants to fight.''

Considering the matchup only came about because middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik pulled out of two dates with Williams, the facts certainly support Davis' claim. Pavlik unquestionably had a serious staph infection...

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