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With the exception of Berto's crap fight, their schedule hasn't been too bad. The last two HBO cards have produced FOTY candidates and their matchups in 2011 (Bradley-Alexander/Montiel Donaire) have been solid.
Based off the solid match making, it'd be such a waste of money for HBO to pay for Martinez vs. Zbik or Lee. HBO said they wouldn't pay for anymore crap fights for Berto and it should be the same standard for Martinez. Honestly who wants to see Martinez vs. an automatic win?
I'd rather Martinez fight one of these guys:
-Dimitri Pirog (I know he's not a draw, but it makes sense. A good unification fight and I'd much rather see this then him fight lee. Also maybe the WBC would strip him, but Martinez still has the ring title so who cares about the WBC)
-Felix Sturm (I doubt Sturm ever steps up, but this is probably the best fight out there for Martinez in the middleweight division)
-Miguel Cotto (It makes no sense for Cotto-Margarito II to happen first. Even if Cotto loses, he'll still be a draw and have his 154 title. Margarito Cotto II is always a fight that has appeal and Cotto should fight Martinez first. Also it should be on regular HBO, that fight on PPV would be terrible)
-Alfredo Angulo (This might be the most realistic. They were close to this fight before when Angulo priced himself out. Angulo is a bit of a draw because the HBO audience is familiar with him. It's pretty much do or die for Angulo because HBO is pissed with him. Angulo also has problems making 154 and so him going up to 160 or even a catchweight of 157 would be fine)
Also since I'm on the topic of HBO, this is the schedule I prefer to see for them:
January 29: Bradley Alexander
February 19: Montiel-Donaire/Soto Karass Jones II
February 26: Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye
March 5: Juan Manuel Marquez vs Robert Guerrero*/Saul Alvarez vs Matthew Hatton
March 12: Sergio Martinez vs Alfredo Angulo/Sergei Dzinziruk vs Kermit Cintron
* = Will probably be Erik Morales. I'd prefer to see him fight Guerrero though
Based off the solid match making, it'd be such a waste of money for HBO to pay for Martinez vs. Zbik or Lee. HBO said they wouldn't pay for anymore crap fights for Berto and it should be the same standard for Martinez. Honestly who wants to see Martinez vs. an automatic win?
I'd rather Martinez fight one of these guys:
-Dimitri Pirog (I know he's not a draw, but it makes sense. A good unification fight and I'd much rather see this then him fight lee. Also maybe the WBC would strip him, but Martinez still has the ring title so who cares about the WBC)
-Felix Sturm (I doubt Sturm ever steps up, but this is probably the best fight out there for Martinez in the middleweight division)
-Miguel Cotto (It makes no sense for Cotto-Margarito II to happen first. Even if Cotto loses, he'll still be a draw and have his 154 title. Margarito Cotto II is always a fight that has appeal and Cotto should fight Martinez first. Also it should be on regular HBO, that fight on PPV would be terrible)
-Alfredo Angulo (This might be the most realistic. They were close to this fight before when Angulo priced himself out. Angulo is a bit of a draw because the HBO audience is familiar with him. It's pretty much do or die for Angulo because HBO is pissed with him. Angulo also has problems making 154 and so him going up to 160 or even a catchweight of 157 would be fine)
Also since I'm on the topic of HBO, this is the schedule I prefer to see for them:
January 29: Bradley Alexander
February 19: Montiel-Donaire/Soto Karass Jones II
February 26: Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye
March 5: Juan Manuel Marquez vs Robert Guerrero*/Saul Alvarez vs Matthew Hatton
March 12: Sergio Martinez vs Alfredo Angulo/Sergei Dzinziruk vs Kermit Cintron
* = Will probably be Erik Morales. I'd prefer to see him fight Guerrero though
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