Comments Thread For: Team Martinez: Moving Forward in March, Cotto Later On

[GRUSTLER]

Couldn't agree more. And what's up with him admiring his work. He'll land something good and stand there chin up in the air might take a slow step straight back he's never ready for someone to answer. Sure cotto did well against judah and mosley cuz those guys fight in bursts they have lapses in intensity

Two things beats Cotto PRESSURE and CONSISTENCY. Mosley could have beat Cotto but he was trying to out box Cotto and when he decided to pressure him it was too late in the fight for Shane. Zab Judah opened Cotto's mouth and had Cotto wobbly. Two good wins for Cotto but he was in trouble both times at certain points. Cotto was putting fighters out but once his competition started to get stepped up, he became less confident because his punch was being taken away. Cotto has always relied heavily on his punching power and once that was gone then he would get a lil discouraged and could never switch his fight game on impulse. Clearly Cotto was the better fighter than Margarito in the first fight but he could not adjust to the pressure. Happy that Cotto beat Margarito in the rematch but against guys like Mayweather and Martinez...... Dude would get beat up severly. I'm a lil hesistant about him rematching Pac because styles make fights and while JMM had success, Cotto might not. He just can't committ to a game plan and is too open. I think Pac beats him again.

[turbotime]

Give it up Sergio. Stop looking for these little guys who started at 130 and 140. How about moving up and fighting the Super 6 winner? Or Lemieux, Rubio, Chavez, Pirog, Sturm, etc? Lots of fights that don't have to do with fighters who are 5 foot 7.

[GRUSTLER]

Give it up Sergio. Stop looking for these little guys who started at 130 and 140. How about moving up and fighting the Super 6 winner? Or Lemieux, Rubio, Chavez, Pirog, Sturm, etc? Lots of fights that don't have to do with fighters who are 5 foot 7.

Yeah Sergio! Even though Bob Arum (Cotto's promoter) is looking to make a fight with Cotto and the guy you are supposed to fight(Chavez Jr), who is ducking you at middle weight and is way bigger than Cotto and probably even you because you spent longer at 154 then 160.

[Argentine]

Sorry but cotto refuse to fight martinez at 154lbs,when martinez was the champ,cotto is a paper champ at 154lb,martinez has the speed,distance,footwork,power,heart to retire cotto.

[Argentine]

I think there is a real possibility that Cotto can defeat Martinez. Martinez is a natural 154lb fighter, not a middleweight. Cotto has the hand speed that can make him very competitive against Martinez, Cotto has the body attack that can weaken Martinez. Most of all Cotto has a great jab (the best in boxing) which would give Martinez trouble. Martinez has the habit of fighting with his hands down by his side, he has made it a real bad habit, but he has been getting away with it because he has faced much slower fighters. Cotto would capitalize on this and it could be a fatal flaw for Martinez. He would not get away with keeping his hands down against someone as skilled as Cotto. Cotto would easily land jabs, right hands, left hooks. Plus Martinez will have trouble with Cotto's quick powerful jab. The way Martinez leans forward with his head and hands down, he has no way of getting out of the way of a fast hard jab. I definitely give Cotto the edge in this fight. I would not be surprised of a late rd ko.

Martinez is a good fighter, but his best wins have not been against the best boxers and they have been against fighters with real defensive problems. Williams has no defense, Pavlilk had numerous flaws that have been exposed over and over. Cintron of course we all know his flaws. And in Martinez's last fight he was hittable.

If he fights Cotto it will be the most difficult challenge of his career. It will not be a blow out and he will not out class Cotto. I think Cotto will be able to neutralize all of Martinez's strengths and he will capitalize on all of Martinez's bad habits.

Sorry but cotto refuse to fight martinez at 154lbs,when martinez was the champ,cotto is a paper champ at 154lb,martinez has the speed,distance,footwork,power,heart to retire cotto.
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[turbotime]

Yeah Sergio! Even though Bob Arum (Cotto's promoter) is looking to make a fight with Cotto and the guy you are supposed to fight(Chavez Jr), who is ducking you at middle weight and is way bigger than Cotto and probably even you because you spent longer at 154 then 160.

Are you justifying something based on what ARUM wants?

[GRUSTLER]

Are you justifying something based on what ARUM wants?

What Arum wants Arum gets. Top Rank fighters always say "Talk to my promoter" Bob got them on smash.

[Pacroid]

He did....it shoud be pretty clear at this point that Margs has been cheating a long, long time. He lost like 3 fights in his first 12 or something, then he goes on a winning streak spanning over 20 fights.....almost all KO's.

He lost maybe 2 decisions along the way but every win was by KO until he gets caught trying to cheat. After that, he loses 3 out of 4 fights........2 by KO....you don't think that's odd?

Anyways, Martinez would retire the dude for good.....because he is a man, a great boxer who earned what little fame he has the hard way- he didn't have some television network blowing hot air up the fans arses to build him up. He even got robbed twice and held his head high to prevail..............like a CHAMP does.

LMFAO

[IMDAZED]

Pirog is just another Euro bum, Martinez will gain nothing but more haters by beating him. Just like he got by beating Dzinzuruk, a fight fans were asking him to take, and HBO forced him to take. How many haters did he get after he blew out Williams and beat the brakes off of Pavlik? Lots of haters. Beating the less accomplished Pirog will not get him any new fans.

How about this, Barker vs Pirog? If Pirog can beat one of Martinez's "easy" leftovers, then maybe the fight can happen.

Well said. Pirog may be the goods. Lord knows, everyone I know seems to think so. I missed his amateur career and while I'm impressed with what he's done thus far, I'm not quite sure how that warrants the Sergio is ducking him talk. Barker-Pirog would be a nice matchup on a Martinez undercard. Someone pitch that to HBO

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Well said. Pirog may be the goods. Lord knows, everyone I know seems to think so. I missed his amateur career and while I'm impressed with what he's done thus far, I'm not quite sure how that warrants the Sergio is ducking him talk. Barker-Pirog would be a nice matchup on a Martinez undercard. Someone pitch that to HBO

Because hes the biggest threat to Sergio in his division?

If Sergio is not getting a money fight with Floyd, Pac (lol) or Cotto, then he should be fighting Pirog.