After Watching Martinez vs Pavlik and Williams Sergio Isnt All That

[jeg77]

Yea he got in that ass with the skills he does posses, im not trying to attack him but he is not a well polished boxer yet.

He started boxing at 20 Pavlik and PWill both fought as kids so that right there shows you the type of athlete Martinez is hes a natural.

[Bushbaby]

His punches are sloppy and lazy. He trys to move with slickness he dosent have. He walks forward with his combinations instead of sitting on them or using his legs. He comes in head first and reaches with his punches. Honestly he fights like a really athletic amateur fighter. You can easily tell he started boxing in his twenties. Lacks alot of traditional boxing techniques that will come and bite him in the ass. Still a fan though.

Funny u say so because it's quite obvious that the 2 (so called better pfp fighters)won't come near him!!But before the size excuse rolls in,I'll go ahead & squash it real quick with facts:both Manny & Floyd have won jr middleweight titles,so there's no logical reason that can be given as to why either couldn't face him!!But at least Floyd is on hiatus,while team Pacman won't defend their title against him,instead they chose grandpa Mosley,(no direspect to Mosley of course),if team Pacman offered me 50g's I'd fight him tomorrow!!

[G-DOGS]

Williams who has a face first style beat him.

lol, no he didn't.

[King Ju-Ju]

dude is nice, might not be pretty 2 but he wouldnt do what he is doing if he wasnt a good fighter.

[Khalid X]

Williams who has a face first style beat him.

Really? The fight I saw was Martinez brutally knocking Williams the fvkk out and possible ruining his career.

[infamous larryx]

not sure what you were watching

[deejd]

And btw.

Pavlik+Williams+Cintron >>> Better than Mayweather's entire resume.

Terrible post.

[deejd]

I'd love to see a Martinez-Williams rubber match myself......

I wouldn't... especially because after the fight, Williams said he'd fight Martinez again, the same way.

After seeing Williams get the nod in the first fight I was hoping he'd abandon his usual tactic and actually consider learning how to box and sit down on a punch or two.

[warp1432]

What makes Sergio Martinez a great fighter and that will let him fight a couple years down the line is his ability to adapt. If you look at his fights he's very talented obviously. What people have already mentioned is that he has great skills. His speed, athleticism was definitely able to prevail vs people such as Pavlik and Williams.

However what also happened in those fights he's able to adapt. In the Williams rematch, he worked on his overhand left that put Williams out. In the first fight, Martinez had a lot of sucess with the right hook, not the left hand. It was a change of pace that won him the rematch.

Also midfight he makes adjustments. Yes he cut Pavlik, but he was able to take away the jab by moving to throw off Pavlik. In the Williams fight he was clearly gassing, but he toughed it out and fought. I thought Williams won their fight just by an edge (115-114), but Martinez definitely showed skill.

This being all said, he has weaknesses. He has the bad tendency of getting smacked with a huge shot and then fighting right back after, but that's a fun style for the fans. I also think a long tall jabber like Pavlik can control his speed, but he adapts in every fight.

He's still the third best fighter in the sport right now.

[DoktorSleepless]

And that almost got him stopped if thats the case as Pavlik had him hurt and even put him on the canvas...

That was in a no way a knock down. Martinez tripped over Pavlik's foot in addition to Pavlik holding his head down.