Why does Sergio Martinez show a lot of respect to Mayweather but not to Pacquiao?

[ADP02]

Your only as good as your last fight, to some extent there is some truth to that because Pacquiao and his people wanted nothing to do with Mosley after his performance against Margarito, we can all sit here and say Mosley looked old, tired early (True) but Floyd wasn't looking to face that Shane. Same with Ortiz.

On the other hand Pacquiao knew exactly what to expect against Mosley, Margarito (Roach saying I saw your last two fights) and Marquez. Mayweather has shown the intention of looking for a challenge.

You said, "but Floyd wasn't looking to face that (OLD) Shane. Same with Ortiz."

What?

Floyd and his team know that people will do just like you say and feel just like you did but Floyd and his team know better.

You are short sited if you actually do what you stated. So you say, Floyd fought a guy who won in his last fight .... So what!

You may not have realized it but Floyd went into the Mosley fight knowing that Mosley was getting OLD and approaching 39. Making things worse, Mosley was also rusty as nails. Bad combination for a 39 year old out of prime fighter. You say that Floyd wasn't looking BUT Floyd admitted it himself before the fight that he is fighting an OLD Mosley and that he would take that into consideration when devising a game (fight) plan.


With Ortiz, Floyd knew that he had a raw fighter that still required polish and experience and was another fighter in a list of fighters that had very few fights at 147. Didn't you see Floyd laugh at Ortiz every chance he had .... he kept on saying, "Ortiz doesn't know what he is getting into". Where is the respect in Ortiz?

As impressive as you thought Ortiz was, he still was knocked down a couple of times in his last fight and I saw in his last few fights that he still was being hit whenever his opponents tried.

So Floyd's last fighter, according to Floyd himself was NOT ready!


Now, Floyd could have been wrong but that is what Floyd thought of his last 2 opponents. Now go back a bit more and it will be more obvious when he took on Marquez and Hatton who were better at lower divisions. So you bought into those opponents as well?

[pasawayako]

Because he knew that pac will completely destroy him in the ring while floyd will just scratch him at worst.

[mathed]

Cause Floyds style would give him hell...Mannys style would be a hell of a a lot easier for Martinez..Arum knows it,Roach knows it,anyone who knows any damn thing about boxing knows it

Martinez would beat both Pac and Mayweather. Martinez would eat Floyd alive with the straight left, he would punish Pac with the long jab.

[CarlosG815]

This is an honest question. Sergio has talked numerous times about Floyd and Manny but the tone is different when he addresses Floyd compared with Manny.

He is always respectful towards Floyd, compliments him and says that it would be an honor fighting him.

On the otherhand, when he talks about Manny, he downplays his latest victories and blatantly says that Manny is afraid of him.

Why do you guys think he does this?

Because he obviously knows boxing. Most people who know boxing have the same opinion. Floyd will always be a tougher fight than Pacquiao for any fighter.

[puga]

becuase he is jealous of pac, ( the love, the recognition, the respect)...and not of floyd.....

sergio being an overrated guy still does'nt get his name out of the boxing community becuase his resume is weak...

[Phil Ivey]

Cause a fight with Mayweather is more probable than a fight with Pacman. And obviously he respects Mayweather's skills more than Pacman.

[Toxic]

Mostlikely he will get a fight with PAC

Just like Marquez did.

look who PAC is going to fight now

Hype job

[Brother Jay]

I'll tell you why Martinez shows respect for Floyd and not Pacquiao.

Among most boxers and trainers, Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer of this generation. He is the epitome of the sweet science in all of its forms. He's technical, but he can also **** with the best of them. He's slick but direct. He's got heart but he fights smart.

Every single person wants to see how Mayweather will deal with Manny Pacquiao because no one since Morales has successfully been able to stop the locomotion of the Pacman.

Yet, few have ever said that Pacquiao is a better fighter than Mayweather. Most believe that Mayweather will win. The betting odds reflect that and they will on fight night. People just want to see HOW Floyd will manage to matador the bull. Its not so much "if" as "how". 42-0 shows that Mayweather comes to win.

That's why Martinez speaks of Floyd with respect. He knows that both men are paydays, but he also knows that one has built his career like a consummate champion, while the other has finagled a legacy using vacant belts and catchweights.

That's EXACTLY why.

[Deevel916]

It's because if a fight were to happen with 1 of the 2, a fight with Floyd would be more realistic and he doesnt want to *** his chances up by trashing Floyd. Floyd is the bigger of the 2 and Sergio's chances of having this fight take place at 154 would be much greater with Floyd than with Pac. Pac has to eat a live horse just to come in the ring at 146-147 on fight night.

[loui_ludwig]

Its because Sergio lost to Margarito while Pac spanked Marg. Here comes the.....................................