Sergio Martinez Retires

[erics44]

sergio martinez is a good guy and has had a good career

most over rated fighter of recent times tho

[Dark Lord Al]

sergio martinez is a good guy and has had a good career

most over rated fighter of recent times tho

I don't see why ?

[erics44]

sergio martinez is a good guy and has had a good career

most over rated fighter of recent times tho

I don't see why ?

he was rated lb4lb number 2 or 3 after winning 2 out of 4 fights, then went on to beat a number of fringe contendors

dont get me wrong hes a great fighter and has looked good in the latter years

but hes was never in the top 2 or 3 fighters in the world

[X]

A class act, and the genuine best middleweight in the world for a while. Interesting awkward style, big punch and fun to watch.

Success came late for him, so he knew what it was like to struggle and always appreciated it

He was HUGE in Argentina, voted Argentinian sports personality of the year many times (and Leo Messi is Argentinian)

Thanks for the memories and have a happy retirement champ

[Beanz]

A class act, and the genuine best middleweight in the world for a while. Interesting awkward style, big punch and fun to watch.

Success came late for him, so he knew what it was like to struggle and always appreciated it

He was HUGE in Argentina, voted Argentinian sports personality of the year many times (and Leo Messi is Argentinian)

Thanks for the memories and have a happy retirement champ

Couldn't sum it up any better. Classy guy, and his willingness to make a stand against domestic violence was an important cherry on top. Well done champ, you climbed that mountain, and nobody can take that away, however shot your knees get.

[Fenster]

He took the first fight with The Secret on a weeks notice and had a full time job at the time. They then brought him back over to bash Williams up again.

Like Winky he made his name duffing up Brits before going to the States.

[SlimTrae]

sergio martinez is a good guy and has had a good career

most over rated fighter of recent times tho

I don't see why ?

he was rated lb4lb number 2 or 3 after winning 2 out of 4 fights, then went on to beat a number of fringe contendors

dont get me wrong hes a great fighter and has looked good in the latter years

but hes was never in the top 2 or 3 fighters in the world

I call it the(HBO) factor. They always hype their fighters on the mythical title P4P, whereas Showtime usually ranks fights by their weight class.

Not sure why he couldn't out work margarito, not like he got busted up.
Good win against Pavlik, he busted Kelly up pretty good.

I will wait two years before saying he has retired. Lennox and Calzaghe are the exception to the rule.

Last note: yeah he is a humble guy, but he don't really need to be a class act for me to give him props. I love looking back on a fighter's career when they've done wild shit like Riddick Bowe punching Larry Donald at the podium. Morales and Barerra slugging at the podium, Ali and Frazier wrestling in front of Cossell, Larry Holmes jumping off someone's car like superman....and kicking Trevor Berbick.

None of those guys beat their women, kept getting arrested...They werent criminals which is what I ask of a fighter. Be a class act in the ring...but it's okay to be an extrovert. It's ok to be a badass if it's you and not an act.
Anyhow, good fighter, really flashy, didn't cherry pick, had nice power, but average resume.

[chris6878]

I thought the cotto fight was his retirement. After the fight was there any doubt that his knees were shot

[SugarBoxing]

I think if he started boxing maybe 5 years earlier, not at 20?, he could have developed into a phenomenal fighter. He had charisma and skills to be a great champion.

[Gandalf]

Good decision. He is old and his legs are gone. Martinez has had a very good career and that final fight means very little.