Sergio Martinez Retires

[walrus]

Always enjoyed his fights. I hope he has a long fruitful retirement. In interviews I’ve seen he is still coherent, good on him

[GAME]

I heard he was making a comeback. It was mentioned a month ago but it's all gone quiet since.

i can't imagine both knees have fully healed and if they haven't it would be a huge mistake to get ko'd by Chavez for a quick payday

[J_Undisputed]

As was stated above, movement was too much of his game. He has an old mans knees and a young mans style. After a few rounds, he'd be a sitting duck for big 160 pounders and weight bullies.

These type of injuries only get worse as you get older due to all the parts of the joint. He's had the surgery and that's good but between boxing, soccer and cycling, His meniscus (cartilage disc between the bones) in his knees are probably wearing thin. I used to refer to my knees as left and right, I refer to them as bad and worse due to ligament tears I never got the surgery for. ACL in the left knee (same injury Sergio has in right) and MCL in the right. Bad and Worse refers to the difficulty getting them back into place after they've slipped out (left one can be forced straight and popped back in but it hurts like hell because it pinches the meniscus... the other has to be hyperflexed behind me, aligned and then released into place and sometimes takes a few tries to get the alignment right). They stay put if I use a brace when doing anything athletic (but remember roach played the NYSAC on that... though brace may no longer be an issue if hes had the surgery and rehab)


Sergio is a weatherman now... He knows when the rains coming.

[Alpha]

I can't believe there isn't more outrage about a 43 year old Martinez, who was beyond shot, returning. Although Chavez Jr isn't great, size and youth, as well as overall wellbeing will play a big roll.

Supposed to be at 168, on Nov-17, promoted by Hearn on DAZN.

[palmerq]

Chavez jr got really fat this year. Martinez really might be safe here, if he's lived well and rehabbed his knees well he'll probably still have too much for Chavez jr. I'd watch it if it's on dazn or an other channel I get but I wouldn't try so hard to watch this.

[Gandalf]

I had no idea he was coming back until you brought it up. I looked into it and apparently said he would only come back to fight names like Mayweather or Manny too. That sounds so unlike him as he comes across as a reasonably grounded sort, but that to me is nutty talk. He is 43, has bad legs, hasn't fough in years, but wouldn't mind a fight with Manny? That's kind of mental. At what weight would that be and what makes him think he can fight 12 tough rounds being a much older man? Even Chavez is asking too much considering Chavez will no doubt be 180 plus come fight night. Surely he doesn't need the money. It cannot end well and it is a shame as he has already had a great late career though hampered by injuries towards the end. As was mentioned his style is a young mans one. It relied on movement and lacked fundamentals. It worked because he had speed, ouput and that power too. Very strange to me.

[Alpha]

I had no idea he was coming back until you brought it up. I looked into it and apparently said he would only come back to fight names like Mayweather or Manny too. That sounds so unlike him as he comes across as a reasonably grounded sort, but that to me is nutty talk. He is 43, has bad legs, hasn't fough in years, but wouldn't mind a fight with Manny? That's kind of mental. At what weight would that be and what makes him think he can fight 12 tough rounds being a much older man? Even Chavez is asking too much considering Chavez will no doubt be 180 plus come fight night. Surely he doesn't need the money. It cannot end well and it is a shame as he has already had a great late career though hampered by injuries towards the end. As was mentioned his style is a young mans one. It relied on movement and lacked fundamentals. It worked because he had speed, ouput and that power too. Very strange to me.

I think you're right about the nutty talk. At his age I think that's bs. Those knees will never be 100% again unfortunately.

From what I can gather Chavez Jr was saying he would like to face Sergio Mora, or for Martinez to give him a rematch, to avenge his loss. Martinez apparently responded to the request, and suggested it be in Nov. That's not far away. Somehow I just don't see this happening that soon, if ever. But with boxing I'm never surprised.

[powerpuncher]

I doubt that Jr can get down to 168