Latest Sergio Martinez training footage [VIDEO]

[WesleySnipes]

Wow people see an random working on the bodybag video with no information about how long he was in the gym at that moment and day + of a guy that wasnt moving his body right for almost a year + Sergio being on his first days in training and come to the conclusion that he lacks stamina and his legs are totally gone? How old are people on here? 13? Or are they just mentally ******ed? What do you expect...that he walks 100 miles, jump rope for 2 hours and sparring 30 rounds on the first day at the gym after that long layoff and that in full speed? Sergio is no super saiyan and thats no Dragonball guys...

[PRPOWERPUNCHES]

Too soon? It's been ten months. If he's not ready to train by now, he might not ever be. Martinez's left knee is, to my knowledge, fine. It's his right knee that has all the problems.

Yes and after two knee surgeries in a year on his left knee he still has problems just walking, so lets see what he does when he has to run for his life.

PRPP

[BUNGALOWS]

Wow people see an random working on the bodybag video with no information about how long he was in the gym at that moment and day + of a guy that wasnt moving his body right for almost a year + Sergio being on his first days in training and come to the conclusion that he lacks stamina and his legs are totally gone? How old are people on here? 13? Or are they just mentally ******ed? What do you expect...that he walks 100 miles, jump rope for 2 hours and sparring 30 rounds on the first day at the gym after that long layoff and that in full speed? Sergio is no super saiyan and thats no Dragonball guys...

You're a naive child if you think Sergio's stamina will be on point with such a long layoff, and ring rust.

Look at Derrick Rose after his ACL comeback. The guy was huffing and puffing after a few minutes back on the court. And he's been "walking 100 miles, jumping rope for 2 hours", and all the stuff you said, but in basketball workouts. For a year and a half!

It's not the same thing as actually being in the ring. Especially when the bright lights are shining, and you're not practicing anymore, but the guy in front of you wants to kill you, and pushing you harder than anyone in sparring could ever do.

Plus, there's the thing called nerves, and adrenaline dumps. When you're not used to walking out to the ring like you always do, and hearing the crowd cheering, it's a huge deal.

[arraamis]

You're a naive child if you think Sergio's stamina will be on point with such a long layoff, and ring rust.

Look at Derrick Rose after his ACL comeback. The guy was huffing and puffing after a few minutes back on the court. And he's been "walking 100 miles, jumping rope for 2 hours", and all the stuff you said, but in basketball workouts. For a year and a half!

It's not the same thing as actually being in the ring. Especially when the bright lights are shining, and you're not practicing anymore, but the guy in front of you wants to kill you, and pushing you harder than anyone in sparring could ever do.

Plus, there's the thing called nerves, and adrenaline dumps. When you're not used to walking out to the ring like you always do, and hearing the crowd cheering, it's a huge deal.

In agreement on the stamina point ....

But I really don't believe Sergio's stamina will come into play because of how Cotto fights. Cotto will charge in but he goes flat-footed when he wants to deliver his shots. Sergio will just have to move enough to keep Cotto from setting\planting his feet.

Another factor is size -- Sergio will be able to bump Cotto out of rhythm and move when he resets. Which will keep Cotto off-balance and in a state of constantly resetting to land his shots.

So, in regards to stamina, I see Sergio moving just enough to keep Cotto off-balance and throwing shots as he makes those subtle positional changes.

Only way I see Cotto making a fight out of this is if he applied ungodly pressure throughout the fight -- But as a consequence, he will no doubt take a lot of punishment from a retreating Sergio.

Either way, can't see Cotto having the use of both his eyes by the eighth ... and due to punishment sustained -- Closed out in the ninth.

[BUNGALOWS]

In agreement on the stamina point ....

But I really don't believe Sergio's stamina will come into play because of how Cotto fights. Cotto will charge in but he goes flat-footed when he wants to deliver his shots. Sergio will just have to move enough to keep Cotto from setting\planting his feet.

Another factor is size -- Sergio will be able to bump Cotto out of rhythm and move when he resets. Which will keep Cotto off-balance and in a state of constantly resetting to land his shots.

So, in regards to stamina, I see Sergio moving just enough to keep Cotto off-balance and throwing shots as he makes those subtle positional changes.

Only way I see Cotto making a fight out of this is if he applied ungodly pressure throughout the fight -- But as a consequence, he will no doubt take a lot of punishment from a retreating Sergio.

Either way, can't see Cotto having the use of both his eyes by the eighth ... and due to punishment sustained -- Closed out in the ninth.

Agree with everything. Sergio's stamina will be bad, but he won't have to worry about it against Cotto.

Good post.

[Nooblet]

Cotto takes a knee in RD 7

i would take a knee to make sweet sweet love to that woman in your avatar.

[TRTboy]

As I said before. The long lay off is going benefit Sergio and he is going to come in fresh. I give cotto major props for taking this fight but I see Martinez giving him a beating.

[Tay Roc]

Ricans are gonna be sad on this forum come june 7.

dey still gat danny doe!!

[pesticid]

I see it like this - Cotto is used to getting beat up bad and Martinez is used to giving beatings.

If Martinez's knee is not too bad Cotto will be beatdown again.

He got beat up by Pacman, Margarito, Clottey and then Floyd didn't exactly give him the biggest beatdown but let's not forget what wild Ricardo Torres did to him. Cotto should be thanking his start the ref didn't stop the fight. I haven't seen the entire Cloud fight so can't talk about it.

Point of the matter is that Cotto's best wins are a very close one over Paulie, a very close one over Mosley and a tko win over Zab. We're talking about his best wins against smalll guys.

Sergio beat up Paul Williams, Kelly Pavlik and big boy Chavez to name a few.

And Roach doesn't teach defense either. I think it's a slam dunk!

[LA_2_Vegas]

I had to lol at this post ... Cause Cotto is too flat-footed (other than bouncing up&down) so he doesn't have a chance of making Sergio really test the knee. Plus Cotto is a sucker for the uppercut, and once Sergio lands a good uppercut, that high guard is coming down ... Setting up the closer overhand KO for Sergio.

Side note: The Delvin Rodriguez fight didn't prepare Cotto for what he's gonna face with Sergio ... All that fight gave Cotto is a false sense of rejuvenation.

Sergio by stoppage in the ninth!!! :boobies:

I've been thinking about this fight like eveyone else and everytime i go down the line of reasoning you're headed... I get stuck at the question of whether or not Sergio has a good enough uppercut to exploit that weakness of Cotto's. I def agree it's been a weakness of his, I just haven't convinced myself that he throws that punch well enough as Zab or Pac, Marg, or even Trout. just one factor in the overall fight.. but I'd like to get some thoughts on it because I'm on the fence on that - anyone else who wants to chime in please go ahead