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Sergio Martinez !!!
IT HAPPENED !
Martinez outboxed Pavlik and cut him to ribbons.
What an excellent performance.
If you would have told me a few years ago that there was a guy out there I had never heard of who would go on to beat Cintron, Williams and Pavlik I wouldn't have beleived it.
But Martinez is definately THE MAN.
Fuck yeah !
Spoilers bro ? ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
But yea good performance and good news for the Martinez fans.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ddleweight.jpg
Here's the current official Saddoboxing Middleweight rankings.
We still need to vote on how far to drop Pavlik
Definitely, Martinez is a force, probably the best performance by a fighter so far this year.
A new superstar of boxing could be in the making, and he looks a little like me.
Only bad thing is he's 35 and he relies so much on his speed and athlethicism I'm guessing that his best years were spent in obscurity and he can't have to much time left...but then again he didn't start till 20...
great win for martinez. i'm a big fan of his but also of pavlik. i think pavlik screwed himself for coming in too heavy and it showed in his lackluster performance. he looked as slow as when he lost to bernard hopkins in the 170 catchweight fight. rehydrating 18 lbs. from 160 to 178 tells me that he was having problems making weight. hope they fight again because it was an entertaining fight.
Lets hope not.Quote:
Originally Posted by armin
I think Martinez has a few good title defences in him.
He's a super athlete.
Meanwhile... elsewhere, Roy Jones Jr. is hatching his plot to steal Martinez's body and once again begin his quest for domination of the boxing world...;D
Hats off to Martinez. He really turned it on down the stretch. It looked as if Pavlik was edging his way back into it, but Martinez just ramped it on up. Martinez is a little like Calzaghe in that he has only really made his name internationally whilst well into his 30's. Like I say I thought Pavlik had found the formula, but Martinez turned that on it's head. The cuts clearly didn't help Pavlik, but that's boxing.
We might well see a rematch because of the rematch clause. I've a feeling Pavlik might still be very dangerous. But Martinez has shown, a bit like Hopkins did, that Pavlik is limited against a fighter who uses the ring. I thought Pavlik would land more and cause more damage, but Pavlik struggled. The first 4 rounds showed a serious disparity between the two. I had always wanted to see Calzaghe/Pavlik because I thought Calzaghe would school him something rotten, this went half way to showing that. There is no doubt that Martinez has grown into middleweight very well. He might as well stay there to see out his career.
Normally that would be a problem. But Martinez keeps himself in outstanding shape. And apart from the Margarito and Williams fights he hasn't really to my knowledge token much punishment in the ringQuote:
Originally Posted by armin
Not if B-hop has anything to do with it! ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by J_Undisputed
Great performance from Martinez props to him I under estimated him at middlewieght.
Props to him, especially as there wasn't many peoples believing he could do it, he showed grit and determination, Personally I was believing that he would be able to beat Pavlik with movement and speed, that's what happened, a bit upset as it might cut the Pavlik-Bute bout with HBO but who knows...
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Originally Posted by Hulk
He didnt beat Williams or Cintron :confused:
Shit that puts a spanner in the works for 2 of Australia's top MW's... Apparently Daniel Geale had a shot lined up against Pavlik and Mundine apparently has been chasing a shot at Pavlik for about a yr now 2!
Do u guys think I guess due to Martniez's relative obscurity from prime time boxing exposure in America, either of these 2 Aussies will get a shot at him? I mean they are both ranked quite highly respectively in the MW division?