Comments Thread For: Team Pirog: DiBella Wants $5 Million For Martinez Bout

[-Kev-]

Don't forget guys Pirog has also offered to fight him in the US as well, the only thing with that is it would be funded by HBO, which would mean Martinez would get his normal $1.5 million he gets on HBO. So he can certainly fight Pirog in America on HBO and get his usual payday.

Of course, in DiBella's mind, why would he do that when he could get approximately $1.5 million fighting another DiBella fighter such as Macklin or Andy Lee and keep it in-house? that's the entire reason Pirog offered him a fight in Russia - a chance to make more money than fighting those guys.

Pirog won't get Martinez the name recognition he's looking for at age 37. It won't get him any more props than what he got for beating Dzinzuruk. Don't mention Barker, that was a gimme fight after fighting Williams twice, Pavlik, Dzinzuruk.

[Russian Crushin]

Pirog won't get Martinez the name recognition he's looking for at age 37. It won't get him any more props than what he got for beating Dzinzuruk. Don't mention Barker, that was a gimme fight after fighting Williams twice, Pavlik, Dzinzuruk.

Dzinzurik is a good win at best

[Dirk Diggler UK]

If Martinez is gonna fight in the US against another middleweight, what possible reason is there to fight Pirog over Macklin? Macklin is rated #3 in ring magazine and can probably attract an Irish crowd, while Pirog is rated #7 and can't attract anyone. Especially because Macklin joined Dibella (for a specific reason) and Macklin has also been calling out Martinez, not fighting Macklin is probably more of a duck than not fighting Pirog. You can say that Pirog is that best middleweight all you want, but it doesn't mean **** until he tests himself against a real top middleweight. Pirog has yet to do fight anyone.

Because Pirog is a champion and a bigger threat.

[LAFIRPO]

Why would Sergio get robbed in Russia

Why would Macklin get robbed against Sturm in Germany?

Why would Zbik lose his belt in a ver close against chavez in California? In Germany Zbik wins the decision.

Why would Caballero lose a horrible decision against Barros in Argentina?

Have you guessed yet?

Hometown advantage.

[DoktorSleepless]

Pirog is a champion

A meaningless paper champion.

bigger threat.

Zero evidence in his resume to back up this claim.

[ИATAS]

Pirog won't get Martinez the name recognition he's looking for at age 37. It won't get him any more props than what he got for beating Dzinzuruk. Don't mention Barker, that was a gimme fight after fighting Williams twice, Pavlik, Dzinzuruk.

No one in america knew who Dzinzuruk was and couldn't even pronounce his name correctly. Sure he was ranked high at 154 pounds but that certianly didn't give him any recognition and darren barker certainly didn't either.

Let me ask you - why are you against a pirog fight?

He's not going to get floyd.
He's not going to get pacquiao.
He's not going to get chavez jr.
He's not going to get Cotto.
He's unwilling to move up in weight.

So that leaves him Macklin, Andy Lee and maybe Rubio. Are you telling me those are better fights for Martinez to take? Will any of those guys give him recognition?

Is Macklin a star in the US? Nope.
Is Lee a star in the US? Nope.
Is Rubio a star in the US? Nope.

Do they have twitter, facebook and youtube accounts? Nope. Pirog does

Seriously though, Pirog at least has a belt and was on HBO and scored one of the best KO's in recent years. That's more than Mackin can say.

So, the ONLY reason he would fight the two irishmen is because they are dibella fighters. That's it. It's that simple. In house fighting. No different than Top Rank or Golden Boy which he was so critical about. Let's be real folks.

[LAFIRPO]

Because Pirog is a champion and a bigger threat.

Chavez is a champ, so is Sturm, who is rated number 2 in the world.

And again? Why is Pirog his biggest threat?

Oh yeah, he beat an untested American prospect named Danny Jacobs.

What else did he do?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Pirog won't get Martinez the name recognition he's looking for at age 37. It won't get him any more props than what he got for beating Dzinzuruk. Don't mention Barker, that was a gimme fight after fighting Williams twice, Pavlik, Dzinzuruk.

And who is he gonna fight thats gonna give him "name recognition"?

[johncods]

WTF? He won't get that kind of money even if he fights Pac or Mayweather.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

A meaningless paper champion.


Zero evidence in his resume to back up this claim.

Well its more his style and attributes that show he is a bigger threat.

And whos on Macklin's resume? He fought a good fight against Sturm but then again, his previous fights he looked terrible.