Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez at 166-pounds at Seven-Day Weigh-in

[COVID-19]

Martinez is gonna dominate Williams to win by points.

[King Ju-Ju]

i dont respect williams 4 demanding for a 158 weight limit. thats bull****.

[IMDAZED]

i dont respect williams 4 demanding for a 158 weight limit. thats bull****.

It doesn't look like it matters much at this point. Martinez has his work cut out for him even if he had to make 160. Nevertheless, I'm just not feeling these catchweights. It seems every fighter with a major player at his side can get away with it. Floyd with Marquez, Manny and now this. I likened this one to the Pacquiao-Cotto bout where I thought the two pounds didn't matter too much. But it looks like it might.

[FloydTBE]

williams by UD, new MW champ

[JDezi4]

Catchweights r ALWAYS BS. But other than the catchweight, what can be said. The rematch is happening. Suck it up cry-babies.

[PR Boxer]

Sergio Martinez knows what he's doing, he has always said that he loses weight easily so he always has to eat more because of how easily he makes the weight. He knows his body well and has said this has been his best training camp by far, I trust him and so should everyone that is rooting for him.

[Bushbaby]

A meaningful championship fight!!Champion against challenger ahhhhh,can't wait!!

[ScottDBA]

What is everyone so concerned about? I don't post on the non stop boxing section much, and just stick to the training forum, but do you guys really not know how fighters make weight?

For their first fight Martinez weighed in at 159, and then rehydrated overnight to......166. He's the exact same size now as he was then! For the Pavlik fight he went from 159.5 to 167 which isn't a significant difference.

[boxer2k5]

whatever happen to mr i can fight from 147 to 160. what a clown i hope sergio knocks him out. i would have never agreed to defend my title below the limit even if i could make it easy

[BennyST]

Being 8lbs out with a week to go is fairly common, though I'm a bit surprised that Martinez is that heavy because of him not having been at 160 that long and the fact that he uses a lot of movement, so extra lbs are not as much of an advantage for him as they are for some of the other guys out there.

Yeah, for a MW fighter that's not so much at all. However, for a career JMW who's only just moved to 160 that's not so good. Especially as his style revolves around quickness, the legs and stamina needed for such a style.

He'll need it all the more against the freak stamina of Williams too. I have a feeling his Pavlik success and the recognition he finally got has maybe made him a little lax. It always happens. You stick to the same routine you always have but the same fire and passion has gone just that little bit from your training because you have achieved what you set out to do and so weight etc just comes off a little slower and things are just that little bit harder.

Hmmm, interesting. Something I'm finding more and more weird with today's game is the pettiness of fighters and managers. These guys fought at 160 and Williams won. he's already fought him at the MW limit and beat him. Now this for the lineal MW title and he refuses to do it at the MW limit? What the hell is with that? It's pathetic and looks like he doesn't want it somehow and needs all the little advantages he can get. ****....You know, this type of thing is going to become more and more a part of boxing to the point that every name fighter will be be getting their way on all the ****** little negotiating points that gives them the slightest advantage.

More and more titles in more and more divisions will keep getting won and yet they'll always mean less and less.