Macklin: Sergio is The One Fighting in Germany This Time
NEW YORK — You couldn’t blame Matthew Macklin if he felt as though he had to knock out Sergio Martinez to win their middleweight title fight.
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Sergio Martinez vs Matthew Macklin: Pre-Fight Report Card
by Cliff Rold - But for the judges, we might view this fight as the two best Middleweights in the world squaring off at the legendary Madison Square Garden. Irish Matthew Macklin left his home in the U.K. to challenge German star Felix Sturm for the WBA 160 lb. belt in his last fight and looked to many observers to have deserved the decision. He didn’t get it and the fight was close enough to leave Macklin’s setbacks relevant enough to deny him the leading contender slot. That’s all paper garbage. On Saturday night, he is the leading contender because he will be the one in the ring. Standing across from him will be a capital “C” Champion in the best sense of the word. Martinez has been a formidable force since rising from Jr. Middleweight, thrashing Kelly Pavlik for the crown and adding knockout wins of world-class battlers Paul Williams and Sergiy Dzinziruk. At 37, he appears to be in his prime. 29-year olds likely to have the crowd on their side on St. Paddy’s Day in New York City can age a man.
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Sergio Martinez Motivated To Impress, Secure Big Fights
By Thomas Gerbasi - A stranger in a foreign country, fighting in the world’s greatest arena. An icon on the verge of stardom. A champion in the eyes of the world, but not particular sanctioning bodies. Sounds like the story of middleweight champion Sergio Martinez as he heads into Saturday night’s title fight against Matthew Macklin. And it is. But he’s not the first man from his homeland of Argentina to live it. Nearly 37 years ago, it was middleweight great Carlos Monzon doing the same thing in Madison Square Garden, making his debut in the Mecca of boxing against Tony Licata on June 30, 1975. At the time, anyone who knew anything about boxing knew that Monzon was the king of the 160-pound weight class. Well, everyone except the WBC, which stripped the Argentinean of his crown, leaving Colombia’s Rodrigo Valdez and Philadelphia’s Bennie Briscoe to battle for the vacant title in 1974. Valdez stopped “Bad Bennie” in seven rounds, and Monzon went about his business, knocking out Tony Mundine before making his lone United States appearance against Licata. He would stop his game foe in the tenth round, and eventually take care of matters with Valdez with two hard-fought 15 round decisions that capped his career. A month after the second win over Valdez in July of 1977, Monzon retired at the age of 35, leaving a fistic legacy few could hope to match.
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Photos/Weights: Sergio Martinez 157.6, Matt Macklin 158
By Jake Donovan - Sergio Martinez is set to defend the real middleweight championship, while Matthew Macklin has designs on capturing that very crown. Both fighters easily made weight for Saturday night’s main event at MSG’s The Theatre in New York City. Martinez (48-2-2, 27KO) showed up at a fit and trim 157.6 lb, no surprise as he had been reportedly walking around at roughly 165 lb. for the past several months. Macklin (28-3, 19KO) weighed in at 158 lb, his lightest since 2007 when he began campaigning full time at middleweight.
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Sergio Martinez: Macklin Gets Knocked Out Inside of Ten!
Argentina's Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27KOs) predicts a victory by knockout, planning to make it happen somewhere between the eight and tenth of Saturday's twelve round showdown with Irish middleweight Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19KOs) at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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Macklin's Trainer: How Can They Say Martinez is Great?
NEW YORK — Buddy McGirt has nothing against Sergio Martinez.
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Video: Sergio Martinez Discusses The Macklin Clash
Bill Emes catches up with middleweight king Sergio Martinez to discuss his fight with Matthew Macklin, moving on to Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao and more.
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Video: Matthew Macklin Vows Not To Take a Step Back
Bill Emes catches up with middleweight contender Matthew Macklin to discuss his big fight pound-for-pound boxer Sergio Martinez, the training and more.
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Video: Martinez vs Macklin Final NYC Press Conference
Bill Emes catches the final press conference for the middleweight clash between Sergio Martinez and Matthew Macklin. Hear from Martinez, Macklin, Edwin Rodriguez, Donovan George, Lou DiBella and more.
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Photos: Sergio Martinez, Matt Macklin High-Rise Face Off
Middleweight king Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez (48-2-2, 27KO's), and Ireland's Matthew "Mack the Knife" Macklin (28-3, 19KO's), went face to face at New York City's historic Empire State Building. This Saturday they collide in an HBO televised clash at The Theater in Madison Square Garden. In the televised co-feature, super middleweights Donovan George and Edwin Rodriguez will trade power shots. The card is promoted by DiBella Entertainment. Photos by Damien Acevedo.
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