Official: Martinez-Barker round-by-round discussion thread...

[madsweeney]

There goes my prediction of Floyd schooling, Martinez easily after Martinez knocked barker behind his block.

This just show that if Floyd stays on a defensive shell, that he better avoid any punchers from hitting hi. The arm

Naw, Martinez looked like ****. Barker was much of a punching bag once Martinez threw. kinda reminded me of a typical Clottey fight.


Hmm now that I mentioned it...Clottey/Martinez @154. I could see Clottey giving him ****, especially if he lets his right-cross go.

[Joseph Stalin]

Larry Merchant is drunk

[PACnPBFsuck]

Compubox said 90 punches landed on that eye/side of head

That's a lot of punches, I love the fact that we got people talking **** as if that was the first punch he took to the side of the head.

[Doctor_Tenma]

It's hard to look good against fighters who make that kind of approach, Barker's.

[Cash Cow]

Do you have Berker winning?



SMH.

No I didnt have him winning....but they didnt acknowledge anything tha barker was doing. he was landing clean shots, he was walking towards him blocking shots. Martinez did nothing impressive in this fight at all.

[DoktorSleepless]

Aside from the nosebleed, there wasn't a mark on Martinez' face. Barker's face was completely ****ed up though.

[Cash Cow]

WTF that was SUSPECT AS HELL

that was a shot to the back of the head.

[spyvsspy]

If Merchant was 50 years younger, he'd f-ck Sergio Martinez! Good win for Martinez, as Barker made it a difficult fight. In a way he exposed Martinez who seems to shine more against come forward fighters. Martinez hung in and pulled the W, BY KO!

[mathed]

Barker could've won the fight if he would've thrown some uppercuts.

Pirog should be the next fight period.

Look man, I'm a big pac fan too but you have really been on a roll tonight. There were like 3 rounds that I thought I could have truly given to Barker and I'm a Martinez nut hugger (admittedly).

Barker was really defensive and could not win regardless because he was not offensive enough.....if he opened up, he gets countered by the much stronger guy. He could not takethe heat and went down on a punch that would not have hurt him under most circumstances but his left eye was nearly shut.

What I learned from this is that Barker is an excellent boxer and he will make a name for himself due to this performance....wasn't the best performance from Martinez but it shows the talent of his opposition, Barker would beat Pirog.

[southpaw_07]

Well, Barker pulled an "Arthur Abraham", only difference is that he got KTFO.
I would like to see AA against Martinez now that Martinez was exposed against a guy with a tight guard, and AA can punch, if he can sneak in a punch or two , AA may be able to hurt Martinez