Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez Talks Chavez-Zbik, Going To 168, More

[goosestopher]

Martinez vs Froch or Kessler would be awesome fights!

[-Kev-]

You know I don't get Sergio Martinez. What is there to grow out of at 36 years old? I mean at 40, Bernard Hopkins jumped not to 168, but to 175 and beat the best Light Heavyweight in the world in an upset unanimous decision win. Martinez is saying he's too small for SMW, and that he can make 160 easily, I believe him about making 160 easily because he doesn't even use the 160 limit in weigh ins. But it's about him being too small for SMW. Like if he thinks he's too small for 168, then what does he think about fighting Pac/May at 154-155? They're already not the biggest 147 pounders, the best yes, but not the biggest. So he's willing to fight them at a weight that they will be even smaller at, 154, where they each only fought once: Mayweather vs DLH for DLH's WBC title that Oscar won by stopping Mayorga, and Pac barely vs Margarito, 150 catchweight for the vacant WBC title.


Martinez needs to get his mind right, he can't just go around calling out welterweights but then when asked about moving up 1 weight class, he claims he's too small. If you're supposedly still a 154-160 pounder, then fight 154-160 pounders like you did with Williams, Dzinziruk, Cintron, and Pavlik. Don't ruin your killer lineup, keep adding those names like Angulo, Kirkland and when Strum wants to step up then he can get it too.

[jjbj2]

What is this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_-Z5Qe-QE&feature=player_embedded

To the people who speaks Tagalog, what is Manny saying? I am seeing this video in other boxing website and people are saying Pacquiao thinks he can go fight Martinez.

Is a fight between Pacquiao and Martinez possible? This video is confusing as hell since I don't understand what they are saying. I know Martinez called Pacquiao's name out loud and it seems Pacquiao might take the challenge. And ladies and gentlemen, if this happens I don't even know what the hell it will mean in boxing terms.

[dinkme]

Pac barely vs Margarito, 150 catchweight for the vacant WBC title.

Vacant LOL....

Who was that belt stripped from? Martinez? If Pac can win sergios belt, he should have to face him for it!

[Guerrero360]

Well I guess Sergio can take a page from Pac and get a fight with One of the peps at 168lbs and demand a catchweight at 163lbs for the SMW championship. Would that stop him from being a hypocrite to all the Pac fans? Also, I think he would be willing to fight Cotto at 154lbs since he just stated that MW and JMW are the weights he feels comfortable at.

[Guerrero360]

Calling out Pac and Floyd is all about money and name recongition. I think they are to small too, but the man can dream can't he? I think Margs is not on his mind, but I bet if you ask him about it he would be down for it.

[Spray_resistant]

there you have it...you did'nt think he deserved it then, but that did'nt stop sergio from calling him out....it's just surprising to me that he's not calling out margs now that he's in a position of taking it...the last time he did, margo was chasing a pac fight...sergio definately was a mw champion when he called him out, this was right before the pac vs margo fight....

But he is not, he is off of a brutal loss and not in the picture whether he deserved it then or not.

[mathed]

That is a true interview right there......a real champion

[bojangles1987]

You know I don't get Sergio Martinez. What is there to grow out of at 36 years old? I mean at 40, Bernard Hopkins jumped not to 168, but to 175 and beat the best Light Heavyweight in the world in an upset unanimous decision win. Martinez is saying he's too small for SMW, and that he can make 160 easily, I believe him about making 160 easily because he doesn't even use the 160 limit in weigh ins. But it's about him being too small for SMW. Like if he thinks he's too small for 168, then what does he think about fighting Pac/May at 154-155? They're already not the biggest 147 pounders, the best yes, but not the biggest. So he's willing to fight them at a weight that they will be even smaller at, 154, where they each only fought once: Mayweather vs DLH for DLH's WBC title that Oscar won by stopping Mayorga, and Pac barely vs Margarito, 150 catchweight for the vacant WBC title.


Martinez needs to get his mind right, he can't just go around calling out welterweights but then when asked about moving up 1 weight class, he claims he's too small. If you're supposedly still a 154-160 pounder, then fight 154-160 pounders like you did with Williams, Dzinziruk, Cintron, and Pavlik. Don't ruin your killer lineup, keep adding those names like Angulo, Kirkland and when Strum wants to step up then he can get it too.

Hopkins started his career at 175 though, and is way bigger than Sergio. I can understand Sergio not wanting to jump up right now, because he is still growing into a full fledged middleweight. Another couple fights at 160 and he'll be ready to move up.

I think Pacquiao and Mayweather are too small to be expected to fight Martinez as well though. Martinez has enough options at 154-160 that would prove him as the best without fighting those two.

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BoxingScene.com spoke to southpaw WBC "emeritus" middleweight champion Sergio Martinez for this Q&A one day after Saturday's eighth-round knockout of southpaw WBO junior middleweight belt holder, Sergiy Dzinziruk.

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Like I always said, Serg is a JMW who punches above his weight.

The " Serg needs to fight SMW " comments, were made by silly fan-boys trying to protect Manny and Floyd .