Comments Thread For: DiBella Blows Up at Merchant Over Martinez-Bute, Ward

[UglyPug]

Dibella always tripping about something. I thought Martinez weighed 178 at the Williams 30 day weigh in and just last year had to starve to get to 154 and cut off a leg to get 150. What has changed since then? I think the Martinez camp realizes the window is closing fast and they need that big pay day; they wasted too much time fighting bums. Floyd schools Martinez at 150 or 154, but I don't see the fight happening.

http://www.f i g h t n e w s.com/Boxing/martinez-williams-pre-weigh-in-64433


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[RA-Box]

http://www.f i g h t n e w s.com/Boxing/martinez-williams-pre-weigh-in-64433


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Relax bud, that was almost 2 years ago. Sergio Weighed in at 157 for this fight. He's a Small Middleweight.

Will you admit that??

You're an obvious Hater man. I know you're trolling martinez threads.

[radioraheem]

http://www.f i g h t n e w s.com/Boxing/martinez-williams-pre-weigh-in-64433


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Paul Williams: “I don’t see Sergio’s weight making a difference,” said The Punisher. “He’s been doing this his entire career and he has been prevailing and performing. If he weighed in at 176 then he must have started the camp weighing 200lbs. Ultimately what matters, is that he comes in at 157 at the official weigh in. I had lunch 2 hours before I weighed-in to be sure I would be within weight guidelines (chuckling).”

Hahaha! I been sayin this forever now. I shake my head and laugh everytime knuckleheads on here wanna try and say Martinez is a natural 154 pounder. What a joke.

[radioraheem]

Relax bud, that was almost 2 years ago. Sergio Weighed in at 157 for this fight. He's a Small Middleweight.

Will you admit that??

You're an obvious Hater man. I know you're trolling martinez threads.

He's not a small MW! Paul Williams right there is quoted, chuckling, that Martinez must have started camp at like 200 lbs if he's ONLY 176 lbs for the 30-day weigh-in. And do you think suddenly Martinez would have SHRUNK in weight and size since then? Are you kidding yourself?

[I Love Jesus!]

Paul Williams: “I don’t see Sergio’s weight making a difference,” said The Punisher. “He’s been doing this his entire career and he has been prevailing and performing. If he weighed in at 176 then he must have started the camp weighing 200lbs. Ultimately what matters, is that he comes in at 157 at the official weigh in. I had lunch 2 hours before I weighed-in to be sure I would be within weight guidelines (chuckling).”

Hahaha! I been sayin this forever now. I shake my head and laugh everytime knuckleheads on here wanna try and say Martinez is a natural 154 pounder. What a joke.

your natural weight in boxing is the lightest weight you can make and still preform well.

[zuldo]

Chavez weights more than bute and ward.....

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Lou DiBella has fired back at HBO's veteran broadcaster Larry Merchant. In an earlier article on BoxingScene.com, Merchant told the website's Chris Robinson, that middleweight king Sergio Martinez should stop continuously chasing fights with boxers like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Floyd Mayweather Jr. - and instead to do something great by moving up to 168-pounds to challenge super middleweight champions Andre Ward and Lucian Bute.

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If the comment that Martinez began the week weighing 154 that's bad news for a possible Mayweather-Martinez fight, since Martinez wouldn't have much of a problem making 150....Mayweather won't have that big advantage that he always wants.

[TX_BOXNG]

I feel hes a natural 154-160, but i dont see why 168 would be out of the question for sergio, i think if pacman went up to fight for a 154lb title just like floyd n sergio can make 154 i dont see a problem with those fights, but dibella is frustrated cause martinez cant become a superstar, n hbo is protecting fighters like canelo n chavez jr

[NearHypnos]

If the fighters can make weight at the scales then this doesn't matter. You can't just criticize Lou as if he's the only liar in the sport. Bob Arum is literally and almost single handedly destroying the credibility of boxing yet Lou gets bashed for talking about weight? Margarito is bigger than Pac, Floyd AND Martinez (if I recall) yet Martinez is too big for them? Ward is big for his division...used to be a light heavy. Bute is big as well.

It doesn't matter if Pac walks around at 200 pounds, or Martinez at 200 but if the fighters themselves say they feel more comfortable at a certain weight, then there should be no discussion. We dont know how good they feel. Martinez come fight night and compared to almost all his opponents he seems smaller. He was biggest looking against Dzinziruk/Kelly but has since seemed to trim some muscle down, especially last night where he seemed thinner.

Personally, I think Lou is handling Martinez wrong. I dn't think Lou is completely wrong with what he said but there's a time and a place for everything and he's REALLY unprofessional at times. Martinez is doing his part, Lou isn't and he's mad that other promoters don't want to risk their fighters again him. That's what they do, build up the brand til you're a top commodity and the reward makes the risk worth it for a top earning fighter. Martinez and Macklin had a great atmosphere and there was a great crowd for Martinez but his "brand" is pretty much being made by word of mouth and results not because of Lou. Lou needs to bite the bullet and trust his fighter. Martinez said he'd be uncomfortable but would be willing to fight a 168 pounder with a name at a catch weight. Nobody expects him to fight Ward and Bute, everybody knows they are big but Lou doesn't let the idea stick around to cause interest. Let the commentators bring up Martinez when the 168 pounders fight, let other fans hear his name and look him up, see who this "p4p fighter Martinez" who's in talks to fight Ward and Bute is. Let him fught Direll, or Froch ir a winnable fight against a 168 pounder instead of chasing mr 180+ pounds in Chavez jr. Beating JR aint going to win him any new fans. Everybody who knows Chavez Jr kniws Martinez and knows Martinez is better. Martinez challenges everyone including Ward, everyone likes that..but then Lou cones out like an idiot and is like "**** this this and that this mother ****er this and dont listen to Martinez he aint fighting a 168 pounder, blah blah Chavez". He's having Martinez sit around waiting too much then it doesn't pan out and ends up having to take somebody else, like Macklin. Granted Macklin was considered by many among the top 3 middleweights, but Martinez didnt seem excited for it. He seemed bored all night like he was sparring, just scoring points all night and even when he knocked him down he just had this "ehh" expression and didn't seem to get excited.


Take a page out of Arum. If he doesn't get what he wants, next, move on. Keep your fighter busy.

[RSBonos]

Dibella is a hypocrite and anyone who has a clue can see through his sanctimonious diatribes about the ill's of boxing. This fool makes boxing and Martinez look bad.