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

[Mars_ax]

I haven't seen the fight, but Martinez is almost always a slow starter. I've seen him talk about how he doesn't watch film and that he likes to get a feel for his opponent during the early rounds. It'll bite him in the ass someday, but it hasn't yet.

After a somewhat bogus KD by Macklin in the 7th round, Macklin was likely ahead on points, to Sergio's credit, he knew he was falling behind on the cards, and started turning it up a notch from the 8th round on. But yeah, playing catch up and/or getting to the point where you need a KO to win, might come back to bite him on the ass.

I do have to say that Martinez looked really good the last 4 rounds of the fight, and it was an impressive finish for him.

No stream for the fight?

[CFH]

I haven't seen the fight, but Martinez is almost always a slow starter. I've seen him talk about how he doesn't watch film and that he likes to get a feel for his opponent during the early rounds. It'll bite him in the ass someday, but it hasn't yet.

After a somewhat bogus KD by Macklin in the 7th round, Macklin was likely ahead on points, to Sergio's credit, he knew he was falling behind on the cards, and started turning it up a notch from the 8th round on. But yeah, playing catch up and/or getting to the point where you need a KO to win, might come back to bite him on the ass.

I do have to say that Martinez looked really good the last 4 rounds of the fight, and it was an impressive finish for him.

No stream for the fight?

I was out. It was a fight I really wanted to see because I thought their styles would make for a good scrap, but I haven't been watching much boxing at all lately.