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I don't think HBO has any problems with Martinez. Hell, they have gone to bat for him many times. They have routinely put him on HBO as their main event. They had that fighter's life episode on him. They have routinely praised him and when he was robbed in the Cintron fight they stood up for him as said he was robbed. Its just that so many boxing fans on this site cannot stand criticism of their favorite fighters. I bet many so-called boxing fans on this site grew up in the era when they played little league baseball and everyone received a trophy and there were no losers, everyone was a winner! People who cannot accept perfectly reasonable criticism are immature and that's all HBO was doing tonight offering perfectly reasonable criticism. The HBO announce team can't win, either their too tough with their commentary or they are too nice with it. I found myself agreeing with some of what they said. When Larry said Martinez should be throwing combinations instead of just one punch, he was correct. I found myself saying that Martinez was admiring his work, landing one good left hand and then standing back and admiring his work instead of following up with combinations. Plus Macklin gave a hell of an effort and I had him pretty close on the score cards until the 8th rd when Martinez started to work much more and thus he took over the fight. I gave Macklin rds. 4, 5, 7 (7th was a 10-8) and he possibly won one more close rd which was an early rd. You add that up and it was a close fight. So people whining that HBO was too harsh, stop being babies and go to your room and hold that meaningless trophy you were given in Little League even though you finished in last place, in order to find comfort and security.
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