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

[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.

[fightscorecollector]

How did you all have teh score at the time of stoppage

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[Mars_ax]

How did you all have teh score at the time of stoppage

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The official scorecards at the time of the stoppage were:

judge: Carlos Ortiz Jr. 105-101 | judge: Don Trella 105-101 | judge: Julie Lederman 103-103


I thought 105-101 sounded about right, but Julie Lederman must have had her head up her ass or was swayed by the Irish crowd while she was scoring the fight, no way was that 103-103.

[CFH]

Just watched the last two rounds.

I don't understand why McGirt stopped it so quickly. Macklin was clearly hurt, but why wouldn't McGirt give him the full minute to see if he could recover? From everything I have read, it wasn't like Macklin was getting blown out. McGirt stopped it almost as soon as the round ended.

[Fenster]

McGirt was saving him from getting knocked unconcious. It was blatantly obvious how badly he slowed down and tired and anyone that knows his history could see that.

Macklin said afterwards - "with hindsight Billy Graham (one of his previous trainers) should have stopped him going out for the 11th round against Jamie Moore" (he was sparked face first unconcious)

He knew he was finished and didn't protest in the slightest.

[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.

[Gandalf]

Mayweather against Martinez would definitely be boring. You would have 20 punches a round combined. Tedious.