Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez Digs Down To Stop, Batter Matt Macklin

[b0ndsj0ns20]

Clearly people think the gameplan is to not try & pressure sergio but to box him & stay home & not punch or stay covered & just fight in spots. But He was never not in control of that fight from my view...hit macklin one shot at a time all the way thru...Can't see how anybody could have that fight close or even. Ledderman's dumb azz daughter had serg down 3 pts even after kd's...crazy. One man walks away battered the other walks away the way he walked in the ring & they said it was tied.... foh.

Well to be fair I had the fight very close for a while, but some of that was because of the sloppy knockdown on Martinez. I was still very impressed with Macklin. He's a quality fighter who would give everyone at MW trouble. He smashed Sturm and got robbed in that fight, so I am glad he got the shot in this fight he deserved.

[mistermartin]

Lol Macklin did well because he was not putting hard pressure, but smart pressure actually. If Macklin would've applied relentless pressure he would've been KOd a lot sooner.

Barker would have too...

[mistermartin]

Lederman is a blind fool and merchant is an idiot. How did anyone have Macklin winning more than 3 rounds of that fight? Are you kidding me? Just because Sergio maybe overlooked him a little but and it took him a few more rounds to settle in, he hit Macklin with jabs, lefts almost at will. Sure Macklin landed a few shots, but so? Also that was a leg sweep with a push punch, that was no knockdown cmon lol. Oh well, it is St. Patty's Day and everyone was hyping up the Irishmans performance, thats fine lol. This judging as of late is abhorrent too, I am getting sick of these terrible judges with ridiculous scores. Julie Lederman had it a draw, with 2 knockdowns by Sergio? Unreal.

YOu saw the same fight I did dogg...

[hillbilly]

Seriously WTF is wrong with u??

He can clearly see what every boxing expert out there sees: Chavez isn't very good. Chavez's handlers won't even match him against Andy Lee for christ's sakes. Why would they put him in against a guy who is head and shoulders better than Lee--Martinez? Martinez would kill him.

Martinez is fallible. He's a small middleweight. Match him against a real heavy handed middleweight with boxing skills and he'd struggle. Jermain Taylor in his prime would have likely taken him. Macklin is the Number 2 MW in the world. Most list him as 3 because of his "loss" to Sturm, but we all know better. I'd like to see Chavez fight Sturm, Pirog, Macklin, Barker, etc. He's fought nobody--NOBODY. And, he's still looked like crap. Zbik tattooed him. If he had Martinez's power (which isn't elite), he'd have killed him. Put it this way--HBO wouldn't buy the fight between Zbik and Martinez because Zbik was a no hoper with a boring style and no power. Then you saw Zbik give Chavez more than he could handle. What does that tell you about Zbik?

[hanzoh74]

Aside from drunks, 154lb goat-farmers and part-time janitors who has Martinez fought?

There is no blueprint on how to beat Chavez.

45 have tried and 45 have failed.

yeah just like FMJ who also have a padded resume........all in the name of ducking

[hillbilly]

YOu saw the same fight I did dogg...

i had macklin winning 3 rounds--including the bs knockdown (which he won because of the bs knockdown). I will add my name to this post as well.

[LAFIRPO]

He can clearly see what every boxing expert out there sees: Chavez isn't very good. Chavez's handlers won't even match him against Andy Lee for christ's sakes. Why would they put him in against a guy who is head and shoulders better than Lee--Martinez? Martinez would kill him.

Martinez is fallible. He's a small middleweight. Match him against a real heavy handed middleweight with boxing skills and he'd struggle. Jermain Taylor in his prime would have likely taken him. Macklin is the Number 2 MW in the world. Most list him as 3 because of his "loss" to Sturm, but we all know better. I'd like to see Chavez fight Sturm, Pirog, Macklin, Barker, etc. He's fought nobody--NOBODY. And, he's still looked like crap. Zbik tattooed him. If he had Martinez's power (which isn't elite), he'd have killed him. Put it this way--HBO wouldn't buy the fight between Zbik and Martinez because Zbik was a no hoper with a boring style and no power. Then you saw Zbik give Chavez more than he could handle. What does that tell you about Zbik?

you do realize that taylor was unimpressive against an even smaller southpaw with no power in cory spinks. some people say spinks even won that fight.

[hillbilly]

[QUOTE=WESS;11901891]I think it was before this fight was even made. Martinez said he offered Floyd 80% of the share.

Martinez's speed will give Floyd problems. I think this would be a great fight. Martinez also has way more pop than Floyd. You can knock out top 5 Middleweights without more power than Floyd who doesn't even knockout welterweights. Floyd's an awesome tactician though. He'd try to turn the fight into a boring, tactical match, counterpunching and hitting with the lead right. I think the fight will likely be an awesome chess match. I'd probably favor Martinez because of his size and power and the fact that he's pretty close in speed to Mayweather. I'd much rather see this fight than Pacquiao Mayweather. Pacquiao couldn't get in the ring with Martinez. Martinez would KO him.

[hillbilly]

you do realize that taylor was unimpressive against an even smaller southpaw with no power in cory spinks. some people say spinks even won that fight.

Spinks is a wholly different animal than Martinez. Spinks is a slick boxer and very sound technically. Martinez is RJJ Jr.-lite--no technique, pure athleticism. Completely different styles. I thought Spinks won that fight, too, but I don't think he's in any way comparable as a match with Martinez. I also think Taylor was already on the decline then. He was frozen up and afraid to throw punches throughout that fight, which was painful to watch.

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I was very impressed with Sergio. I think great fighters can adjust when things aren't going their way and still close the show. Martinez showed the true mark of a champion, faced with a little adversity he never took his eyes off the prize and stayed focus and switched to plan B.