Sergio Martinez would beat both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather

WBC and WBO middleweight king Sergio Matinez pulverized previously undefeated WBO super welterweight titlist Seriy Dzindzirk en route to an eighth round TKO victory to successfully defend his belts last night at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. mercifully halted the shellacking after Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs) floored Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KOs) for the third time in the eighth, and fifth time overall.

"It is a dream of mine to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world," said Martinez, 35, an Argentinean who also dabbled professionally as a cyclist and soccer player and only began boxing at the late age of 20. "I'm obsessed with it. I want to fight the best fighters out there."

The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) deservedly named Martinez their 2010 “Fighter of the Year” in late-January for his dominance in the squared circle.

Martinez, who will be presented with the Sugar Ray Robinson trophy, is tentatively scheduled to receive his award May 6 in Las Vegas.

The Argentinean phenomenon was recognized because of the poundings he delivered to reputable prizefighters Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik and Paul “The Punisher” Williams last year.

In April, the 35-year-old Argentinean thoroughly outclassed the formidable Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs), earning a unanimous decision victory to capture his titles.

Approximately eight months later, Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO) triumphantly defended his crowns against Williams (39-2, 27 KOs), a former two-time WBO welterweight titlist, with a violent second-round knockout in their rematch November 20.

Williams, a southpaw who is rightfully billed as the most “avoided fighter in the world,” defeated Martinez by a controversial decision in their initial December 2009 bout.

Williams attempted to land a hook and instead walked directly into a devastating Martinez left hook that landed flush on “The Punisher’s” chin.

“I started to attack, and when I did, we knew he was going to make a mistake, because he always makes mistakes,” said Martinez.

“One of the best knockouts I’ve ever seen in a boxing match,” said Brad Sherwood, 30, a resident of South Boston who is employed at Gold’s Gym in Medford, Mass. “Vicious. How a boxing fight should end.”

Considering the dominant fashion in which Martinez brutalized the solid Dzindziruk, “Maravilla’s” future in the ring is now murkier than ever.

A trilogy between Martinez and Williams to decide the ultimate victor would be alluring to genuine fight fans.

However, Martinez, one of the rare fighters to enter his prime at such a late juncture in his career, may have more enticing options to ponder.

Legendary prizefighters Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao and “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather have been dangled as potential future opponents for Martinez.

“If you’re Pacquiao, would you go near him? You think Mayweather will fight him?” Martinez's promoter Lou DiBella asked rhetorically. “We’re going to have a problem making the next fight because that’s how good he is.”

DiBella, a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, continued, “Against Williams, that was one of the great knockout punches of another great fighter I’ve ever seen. That punch would have knocked anyone out.”

Martinez’s virtuoso performance against Dzindzirk may indeed ultimately prove to be counterproductive for the pugilist who is currently rated by Ring Magazine as the No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer in the world

DiBella will truly now “have a problem making the next fight” for Martinez “because that’s how good he is.”