Should Martinez retire Now

[The Smash]

I'm so demoralized right now. I have never, ever, seen a performance like that from Cotto before. I hate to say it but Sergio should think about hanging them up, he looked slow and off-balance. Props to Cotto..............I'll say this with 10000% honesty. I have no doubt that the Cotto from tonight destroys Mayweather. That performance was so precise from beginning to end, no fading, no signs of being hurt, hurting the much larger opponent. That display was scary.....one of the best I think I have ever seen.

Cotto looked good. But he didn't look any better than Chavez did September 2012, when he whooped Martinez's ass and was robbed.

Today was exactly what Martinez for his constant cherry picking of British janitors and European goatfarmers. He got in the ring with a real fighter and was beaten from pillar to post, exposed as the washed-up,sad excuse of a boxer he always was.

[badass316]

Cotto looked good. But he didn't look any better than Chavez did September 2012, when he whooped Martinez's ass and was robbed.

Today was exactly what Martinez for his constant cherry picking of British janitors and European goatfarmers. He got in the ring with a real fighter and was beaten from pillar to post, exposed as the washed-up,sad excuse of a boxer he always was.

Chavez won one f'n round in that fight. GTFO with that BS.

[chiguy91]

yeah, as a serious supporter of his, it was clear to see he was done as a top fighter after that first round finished. i think i should be respectable to cotto and give him his props for actually throwing the shots that wobbled and dropped martinez, but at the end of the night, i really think any top 5 154/160 lber would've defeated martinez tonight. he is physically done as a fighter. i don't want to sound "butthurt", but that's really what it looked like. hopefully he hangs them up after tonight. enjoy the money and fame he's achieved from this career. sucks to see him go out like this, but it was a good run. i really enjoyed supporting him and watching him fight.

[JaguaresMx]

Of course.

He is why we have the term shot fighter.

[GoldenGloveLove]

If he doesn't retire now he's going to take years off his life. He's got money. He should go enjoy the fact that he came to boxing late and became a rich, famous HOF champion in his late thirties out of almost nowhere. Dude's had an amazing career but it is DONE.

[champion4ever]

Yes he is finished. His timing and hand to eye coordination is gone. Also, he lacked the energy to move his hands enough and not to mention his lost of reflexes and stamina. He looked very old and rusty in there tonight. He threw fewer punches tonight and landed even fewer of them when Cotto is not the hard to find and hit. There's no need for him to risk further damage and permanent injury to his body by prolonging his career. It's time for him to retire.

[mathed]

Cotto was slowing down, you failed to notice it, luckily for him landing the big shots easily and preventing Martinez from getting off helped him that much more. Cotto defended well, got low, turned Martinez as I expected.

Cotto was super precise on offense and on defense like I have never seen.
The people watching at my house were like Cotto is a monster.

[ßringer]

Another L for mathed.

[baCCaT]

anyone got a ballpark figure of how much sergio got tonight? is it a retirable pay?
cause i think its time for him to enjoy life outside boxing.

or retire then do pron flicks.

fine performance there by cotto. thanks for winning me a good sum o'moolah !

[Uklad]

Feel bad for Martinez really, he was shot and should retire.