Comments Thread For: Cotto, Top Rank Clarify 159 Catchweight For Martinez

[EAAE]

Now this is a mismatch imo

Not a mismatch, Sergio is the favorite but Cotto will pull this off.

[Dinamita 03]

Please keep those opinions to yourself. You are 0 for 100 in fight predictions and could possibly jinx Cotto lol

[JJRod]

Cotto could have let the weight issue go and just make the fight at 160.
This is just Cotto flexing his muscles. The fight is at 159, because Miguel Cotto said it will be at 159. Cotto is a boss.

[Pigeons]

Martinez is a very small middleweight. He could actually make the lightweight limit.

[radioraheem]

Martinez is a very small middleweight. He could actually make the lightweight limit.

Very small Middleweight?

http://www.boxingscene.com/photos-30-day-weight-check-cotto-1602-martinez-170--77642

Martinez tipped the scales at 170 lb., well within the allowed limit, while Cotto—making his middleweight debut–came in at 160.2 lb.

[Pigeons]

Very small Middleweight?

http://www.boxingscene.com/photos-30...nez-170--77642

Martinez is the smallest middleweight in the world. I think he walks around at 130 and eats a bunch of burritos during fight week to get to 160.

[DoktorSleepless]

Very small Middleweight?

http://www.boxingscene.com/photos-30...nez-170--77642

Martinez will lose a decent amount of body fat by fight night. For Chavez he was 174lb in the 30 day weigh in and came in at 167lb on fight night, so 170lb is pretty low for him. He'll probably be around 165lb for Cotto on fight night.

[hamada44]

Martinez is lucky cotto didnt say 157. Martinez is always the B side. Chavez, pavlik, williams and now.

[BafanaBafana]

Very small Middleweight?

http://www.boxingscene.com/photos-30...nez-170--77642

You realize that picture is of Garcia's Oxnard gym, Martinez is currently training in Miami (he never went to Oxnard during this training camp). That picture is actually from the Chavez Jr. training camp in 2012.

Here's what Martinez probably looked a month away from from the Cotto fight:

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[turnedup]

LMAO at the people point at 170lbs as if that means anything...Yes let's forget that this man couldn't even walk fast for an entire year and could do zero cardio for that time and was only cleared to do cardio work after the fight was signed. I see lots of people on here who are about to lose their bets on fight night. Martinez is not Cotto, Cotto had to move up in weight because he has always hated cardio work and dieting. So now Cotto's fighting closer to his walk around weight of 160 something but still wayyy too small, i've said it since he left 147 his success will be dramatically limited because of his height and reach.