Does anyone here agree with HBO forcing Sergio Martinez to cherrypick a 154lber?

he's not cherrypicking dzinziruk, he's got a good champ record at jmw and sergio was just a jmw himself recently. zbik and andy lee are unknown themselves so why should anyone be bothered? should've mentioned MW pirog but his undefeated record isnt something to boast about either.

Man,I don't know,Dzinziruk is an undefeated jr middleweight champ,that's a really good fight for Martinez.However it should have been at 154,that way he could call out both Manny & Floyd & force them to cower,or fight.What I can't stand about the sport period,is that some fighters can fight whomever they want & get praised for it,but guys like Martinez have to labor twice as hard for less.

Ah that's interesting...Well the man to your left is a smaller fighter than Maravilla and he's also taller. How people can pretend Dzinziurk is Martinez's best fight is a bit mind blowing. It's not even a tune up. Sergio Martinez will brutally rape the overrated(hilariously,on here)Dzinziruk. "Yea man Dzinziruk, the guy who beat cans and a shot Santos somehow is Maravilla's best fight" Have fun with this idea. Be sure to bookmark this thread:) do you even know when dzinziruk fought santos or seen the fight, to call him shot? dzinziruk also beat joel julio

martinez isn't even a big MW. he can still make 154 lbs. so dzinzurik/martinez is a good fight.

Ah that's interesting...Well the man to your left is a smaller fighter than Maravilla and he's also taller. How people can pretend Dzinziurk is Martinez's best fight is a bit mind blowing. It's not even a tune up. Sergio Martinez will brutally rape the overrated(hilariously,on here)Dzinziruk. "Yea man Dzinziruk, the guy who beat cans and a shot Santos somehow is Maravilla's best fight" Have fun with this idea. Be sure to bookmark this thread:) This is laughable. Martinez is not bigger than Paul Williams. Did you forget that Martinez only came up to 160 because Pavlik dropped out against Wiliams in the last couple of minutes. People who followed Williams-Martinez I (were you around for this?) thought the fight being at 160 was a joke since both were top rated at 154. Martinez made the jump effectively. Honestly, the weight is not that big of a joke. Who says Dzinziruk can't make the jump effectively?

I do, Dzhinzhurik will be the best fighter Martinez has faced in his career. No more facing overrated Americans. This is the same thing we said about the Klitchkos here in the states. When will they stop fighting tomatoe cans, washed up bums, retired fighters and overrated Europeans? And when they both did we all know what happened.. Wlad vs Lamont Brewster (A blown up light-heavyweight and an American.) Wlad learns just how nice the artwork is on the arena ceiling. Vitali vs Lennox (Vitalis plastic surgeon goes into retirement after a huge payday.) And lets not forget when Little Ricky fought Mayweather and met the same fate.

Not too bothered. Dzinzurik is a much better fight than Zbik or Andy Lee. Its not like its some super fight that they had to force him into though. They should be doing this with many other people before Sexy.

This. A friend of mine recently turned me on to sergei and he is the best possible challenge besides floyd and pac. i still think sergio wins but sergei isnt a scrub. If you think Sergei Dzinziurk is the worst option for Martinez, you don't know much about boxing to be honest. He has the best resume out of all the potential opponents and he's a bigger jr.middleweight (he's taller than Martinez is). He'd beat Lee and Zbik.

If you think Sergei Dzinziurk is the worst option for Martinez, you don't know much about boxing to be honest. He has the best resume out of all the potential opponents and he's a bigger jr.middleweight (he's taller than Martinez is). He'd beat Lee and Zbik. i agree, he is the best option, no one else of name wants to face Maravilla, and no other champs wanna step up either.... I dont see a problem with HBo forcing fights on champs as long as they do it to others, especially berto

If you think Sergei Dzinziurk is the worst option for Martinez, you don't know much about boxing to be honest. He has the best resume out of all the potential opponents and he's a bigger jr.middleweight (he's taller than Martinez is). He'd beat Lee and Zbik.Ah that's interesting...Well the man to your left is a smaller fighter than Maravilla and he's also taller. How people can pretend Dzinziurk is Martinez's best fight is a bit mind blowing. It's not even a tune up. Sergio Martinez will brutally rape the overrated(hilariously,on here)Dzinziruk. "Yea man Dzinziruk, the guy who beat cans and a shot Santos somehow is Maravilla's best fight" Have fun with this idea. Be sure to bookmark this thread:)

I think it sucks personally. I'm a big fan of Maravilla. He's the Middleweight king ffs! Why put him in there with a small virtually untested unheard of Junior Middleweight? Why not at least have him fight Zbik? A guy who's been just waiting his turn and is a natural Middleweight. Afterwards do a unification with Pirog? I would actually pay to see him fight on a ppv of HBO, if it were a credible middleweight fight. Meanwhile clownshoes like Andre Berto are kept in the pantry and they pay him whatever he wants.. Truly disgusting... If you think Sergei Dzinziurk is the worst option for Martinez, you don't know much about boxing to be honest. He has the best resume out of all the potential opponents and he's a bigger jr.middleweight (he's taller than Martinez is). He'd beat Lee and Zbik.

I'll just do your sis instead, how about that?Sis? That's the pet name I gave your mother!

**** yourself idiot. I'll just do your sis instead, how about that?

I do, Dzhinzhurik will be the best fighter Martinez has faced in his career. No more facing overrated Americans.**** yourself idiot.

I think they're giving him $1 million (dzinziruk)..... maybe they're just trying to put him in an easy fight and prolong his reign? That's all I can really think of. However, the $1 milliion Dzinziruk is getting is absurd, and will kill the 2011 boxing yearI agree. But hell Zbik is a "tuneup" in my opinion and the fight holds quite abit more meaning, is much more important with Zbik being the undefeated interim champion....Also the fight with Dzinzuruk runs the risk of Sergio being stripped...and for what? So Sergio can destroy a little guy that really has no chance in hell of winning? Why not..beat Zbik in a more entertaining, meaningful fight, then unify with Pirog, and try for a Mayweather megafight, which Sergio has a better chance of winning than most think. Also this would be an important fight for Mayweather legacy wise. In that respect how can Mayweather ignore Maravilla? Mayweather and Maravilla crossing styles is quite abit more intriguing than Mayweather owning and stopping Pacquiao..Let's stop bull****ting ourselves.

I do, Dzhinzhurik will be the best fighter Martinez has faced in his career. No more facing overrated Americans.

I think it sucks personally. I'm a big fan of Maravilla. He's the Middleweight king ffs! Why put him in there with a small virtually untested unheard of Junior Middleweight? Why not at least have him fight Zbik? A guy who's been just waiting his turn and is a natural Middleweight. Afterwards do a unification with Pirog? I would actually pay to see him fight on a ppv of HBO, if it were a credible middleweight fight. Meanwhile clownshoes like Andre Berto are kept in the pantry and they pay him whatever he wants.. Truly disgusting... I think they're giving him $1 million (dzinziruk)..... maybe they're just trying to put him in an easy fight and prolong his reign? That's all I can really think of. However, the $1 milliion Dzinziruk is getting is absurd, and will kill the 2011 boxing year