Roman Martinez out of Ray Beltran fight; Usmanee replaces him on Pacquiao-Bradley PPV

Roman Martinez out of Ray Beltran fight; Usmanee replaces him on Pacquiao-Bradley PPV

ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported Saturday that former junior lightweight titlist Roman Martinez will be unable to face Ray Beltran on Saturday’s pay-per-view headlined by the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.

Top Rank‘s Carl Moretti told Rafael that Martinez has been feeling ill and now former title challenger Arash Usmanee will take his place against Beltran. The fight remains on the PPV portion of the card.

-Mark E. Ortega / @MarkEOrtega

-Managing editor at www.BehindTheGloves.com