Why Is Sergio Martinez Calling Out Little Guys?

[chiguy91]

if that's the case then why can't he call out froch, abraham, ward, johnson, etc and ask for a catchweight?

because not every fighter can make their body move up and down weight classes. half of the fighters on the ring magazine's p4p list are one division world titleholders. martinez at 37 years old is a relatively small middleweight, him going up and trying to step on the scales at 165+ would probably take away his ability to fight good while facing top guys at 168 who rehydrate probably another 5-15 lbs.

if he goes down to 150lbs then he's just another weight drained that pacquiao or floyd fought right? no win win situation for those little guys am i right?

yeah, i'm not saying i want to see the fight happen, i'm just saying martinez is capable of doing it. those two are p4p the best in the world and obviously bring in the biggest payday a fighter can get, i'm pretty sure if any fighter can find a way to make them be seen as possible opponents, they'd try and do that.

by the way isn't pirog on his division? why duckin?

you're a complete idiot. there's no ducking, pacquiao/arum avoiding mayweather, now that's a duck. dibella is the only talking shit about pirog and the only reason he is because while pirog is looking good against no names, his name doesn't carry any weight to further improving martinez' name, career, or bank account. he got a vacant title against an unproven jacobs on an american network, and has his then not done anything to make himself a big name or even a top dog in the division. proksa has faced sebastian slyvester and his name was known. matthew macklin gave sturm hell and his name was known. while pirog has a title, he hasn't done anything with it. hopefully he does fight on showtime or hbo in 2012 and build a name for himself and hopefully him and martinez can make a fairly big fight at MW happen since nothing like that is possible atm.

[Spray_resistant]

if that's the case then why can't he call out froch, abraham, ward, johnson, etc and ask for a catchweight?

if he goes down to 150lbs then he's just another weight drained that pacquiao or floyd fought right? no win win situation for those little guys am i right?

by the way isn't pirog on his division? why duckin?

What a joke like Pirog has done anything other than beat 1 untested prospect like himself and 18 Russian turnip farmers.

[-Johannes-]

Why do people think Sergio is a big guy? He's the one smallest MWs in the division.

Because most people claiming this don't know what the **** they're talking about. Just like the TS.

[TheMelvern]

Hes already fighting bigger guys he only rehydrated to 164 last fight. Ortiz weighed 164 on fight night against Mayweather.

[lefthook2daliva]

Sergio Martinez knocked Paul Williams out cold. COOL! remember when Pwill was fighting at 147 and thoughts of him being the destroyer of them little guys and will never be beaten? then wabam he fought a guy his size and got KTFO! so this puto Sergio keeps calling out them little cats but he's around 160lbs right? or i may be wrong but whatever. why wont he fight them big guys his size? i mean after PWILL what did he do next?

I'm gonna' give Sergio the benefit of the doubt and answer that he's trying to make sure his plush retirement is in the bag and that after he properly feathers his nest he'll start fighting guys nearer his size in both directions not just one.

[puga]

becuase he wants to hold on to his 15 minute fame, thats why.....

[mathed]

Because that's where the money is at.

I know.

He is calling out Chavez jr too but that guy is almost twice Martinez's size, lol

[Larry the boss]

lol..who has he fought smaller than him???didnt he say hed fight manny and floyd at 154 or 150??if anything he'd be at the disadvantage..............lol at people scared ****tless on Martinez

[El_Forklift]

He is a natural 154 yet he is so good to go to 160. 168 is pushing it and he deserves a paydat atleast. Plus Pac and floyd should not have a problem fighting in 154

[BoxingFollower]

Because those little guys fought at 154 or won a 154 title. If Pacquiao was willing to fight SLOW,Margarito at 154 well he should have no problem fighting Sergio. Mayweather neither