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Source: Rick Reeno, Boxing Scene

-- WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez told BoxingScene.com that he doesn't blame Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, for refusing his catch-weight proposal for a Manny Pacquiao fight. Martinez was willing to fight Pacquiao at 155-pounds, which Arum rejected. Pacquiao holds the WBC title at 154-pounds, but he plans to return to the welterweight division in his next fight.

"I don't blame Bob Arum because he already had his taste with Kelly Pavlik, so I don't blame him," Martinez told BoxingScene.com.

Martinez will continue to push for fights with Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

"I want to be the number one [pound-for-pound fighter], and to be the number one, you have to fight with the number one and the number two," Martinez said.

Martinez's promoter, Lou DiBella, has an alternative target - WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto. Martinez would go down to 155 to face Cotto, which allows the Puerto Rican champion to keep his title regardless of the outcome.

"We'll fight him at 155 and then he'll still have [Julio Cesar] Chavez fight. If he wins he has two titles and if he loses he still has his belt. We think he's one of the few guys who's enough of a warrior to accept the challenge," DiBella said.