Sergio "great" or "myth"??

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Somewhere in between

I've always been a huge fan of Sergio and his style. However, it does have gaping flaws against the right kind of boxer.

People like to make excuses about injuries and wet canvases and ****** **** for why he lost to Murray in his last fight. However, it was mostly Murray's style which ***ed Sergio up. It also happened with Barker and Macklin to an extent. Murray just perfected it.

If you fight super defensively and force Sergio to take the lead, he looks lost at times. A bit like Donaire did when he fought Rigo or to a lesser extent, Narvaez. Or Pacquaio when he fought Mosley. These kinds of fighters with great speed and athleticism thrive on come forward fighters. That's why I actually think Golovkin's style will suit him more. If you don't give Sergio much to hit, he becomes predictable and you can time him up the middle the way Murray did.

[por_pramuk]

From the first time I saw Martinez fight, I never thought he was "great". I always had this lingering thought of "he's just good enough to be recognized, but not good enough to be considered top 3 p4p". Then again, I don't follow much boxing, but I do agree he's been overrated a bit.

[soul_survivor]

From the first time I saw Martinez fight, I never thought he was "great". I always had this lingering thought of "he's just good enough to be recognized, but not good enough to be considered top 3 p4p". Then again, I don't follow much boxing, but I do agree he's been overrated a bit.

you don't follow boxing and you can rank a p4p number 3? you opinion is invalid.

Martinez is a top p4p fighter, one of the best 2 or 3 on the planet and has been for a while. This is a guy who was a comfortable 154 pounder, moved up to middleweight, should have won the first fight with williams instead he had to settle for a rematch and took the punisher's soul. one of the best and most important KOs of recent times.

Wins over Pavlik, Barker, Macklin, and Murray, most of which have been emphatic and of course thr absolute schooling of junior make him the best mw since hopkins, in fact, in terms of impressive title defences against legit opponents he is on par with hopkins, the only thing holding hopkins afloat in terms of being a middleweight is the length of his reign and his KO of tito.

Martinez is not great...yet, who knows, recovery from injury, unifying belts against the likes of GGG or Quillin and you can't deny he is one of the best middleweights ever. but only time will tell.

[JoeKidd]

Myth. Circles the ring with his hands down like a chimp and hopes to eventually surprise you when he jumps in. Seasoned pros won't fall for that. Reputation built on the Williams KO.