Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin - St. Pat's day fight thread

[Gandalf]

Martinez is pulling away with this. Not a very exciting fight.

[Maravilla2012]

Martinez landed some hard shots in round 10

[fan johnny]

Wow what the hell was that they both look so sloppy some one is going to get KO'd

[Spicoli]

Dude. Man. Martinez just dropped the ceiling on him, great close. Love late tkos

[fan johnny]

Macklin is so freaking tired....

[fan johnny]

I missed most of it but it looks more like it must have been good fight till the middle rounds. After that it look like they were both running out of gas.

[Mars_ax]

I missed most of it but it looks more like it must have been good fight till the middle rounds. After that it look like they were both running out of gas.

It was close until Sergio took over in 8th round.

[Maravilla2012]

Martinez wins by stoppage. Yet he looked like a normal fighter, seemed more like an undercard fight more then a main event.

[Mars_ax]

Martinez wins by stoppage. Yet he looked like a normal fighter, seemed more like an undercard fight more then a main event.

I thought he looked great the last 4 rounds of the fight, including the close in the 11th. He did what champions do, took the fight over when he needed to.

[Memphis]

Martinez wins by stoppage. Yet he looked like a normal fighter, seemed more like an undercard fight more then a main event.

I thought he looked great the last 4 rounds of the fight, including the close in the 11th. He did what champions do, took the fight over when he needed to.

Agreed

He clearly underestimated him a bit, when it got serious he put his game face on and dispatched him in good style.

All of a sudden Martinez is shite now?

[Memphis]

Good finish by Martinez, his class won out. He was frustrating through the early rounds, I hate it when a fighter is more concerned with looking like they're winning a fight rather than getting on with winning it.

[Spicoli]

I really like Martinez...but honestly I feel he and Mayweather could be one of the biggest pose offs and snooze fests this year. Purely styles

Oh but I like Martinez in it

[Swice]

I thought the scorecards were on point for a change, except for Julie Lederman. Don't see how you have the fight even after a 10-7 round for Martinez. Not a great performance from Martinez, found a home for the left but not much else. Wasn't really putting any combinations together, just content to land one punch and dance around the ring. I think Macklin came in with a good gameplan which was to limit Martinez's opportunities and stay conservative. I think everybody thought the irishman was just going to stand in the center of the ring and trade, but it didn't happen it confused Martinez to a certain degree. It doesn't make for an exciting strategy, but if it wasn't for that fluke knockdown, which seemed to ignite Martinez, it just might have won him the championship.

[fan johnny]

I really like Martinez...but honestly I feel he and Mayweather could be one of the biggest pose offs and snooze fests this year. Purely styles

Oh but I like Martinez in it

I completely agree with that.

[ruthless rocco]

macklin didn't exposed any of martinez' weaknesses, martinez showed himself to be a very limited fighter. i think he'll be dominated soon.