Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez Promises More Power, New Moves in Comeback Bout

[Bunkerboy]

I'm just waiting for Wheelchair Boxing to come out.

*** it there should be a boxing class for guys over 70. Just picture some old dude getting his dentures knocked out of his mouth by another old dude?

They should be 15 rounders also.

Just Kidding this getting ****** all these old guys trying to come back.

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[Jim Tom]

Feeling fit and being fighting fit are very different things. Boxing is not a game and it tends to be very rough to those who overstay their welcome. This is a sport of inches where a little loss of timing can have brutal consequences.

I don’t know how good the guy Martinez is fighting but when you are old a bum can beat you. Mike Tyson was embarrassed by Danny Williams and others yet he looked like he was a fit man. Old men should stay away from contact sports. People will try to point that a few guys have fought and won at that age but that’s more of exceptions than the norm.

[LAchargers373]

He back for that canelo monies lol I would be too

[NaijaD]

As long as there is no cure for age and clinical age reversal, old farts like these need to retire. Mankind will never be able to reverse aging. Not in a 100 years or longer. And it's embarrassing when these old guys think the can do better than they did in their prime or do more of something.

Lol it puzzles me also, why does anyone think they can be better in any aspect of this sport at 45 than they were at 35. Even the successful old men like Foreman and Hopkin were shells of their former selves but their styles allowed them to beat younger champions with obvious flaws.

Like aging is real and it’s physically detrimental at his age. More worrying is that his style relied on speed and reflexes, he’ll look like a fool with his hands down by his side with almost no reaction time whatsoever. Hopefully he sticks to club level so we don’t have to see him get knocked silly by someone he would have toyed with a decade ago.

[Buggy bear]

I'll be supporting him and he nailed it btw - I've been preaching the exact same for years on her and it falls on deaf ears: the notion that you are old or over the hill in your 30s is antiquated and irresponsible. You see grandpabernard always clinging to this myth in all of his threads. We have made vast discoveries and revelations in sports science and nutrition, and humans are living longer in general. Competing into your 40s is a choice, you aren't some outlier.

People still swear you fall off a cliff after 31 and it's hilarious you can tell it's a bunch of desk jockeys who generally recite that nonsense.

Now all that said, damage in the ring and injuries play a huge roll, and Maravillas knees were jacked up, so this isn't just age and ring rust. But I'll be rooting for him. Cats out here think they are doing someone a favor by saying stuff like "don't come back and fight Mike". Imagine someone calling themselves your friend and then discouraging you from doing something you love. I'm all for fighters refusing to hang it up. I love that passion and that refusal to let time dictate the rules for you.

your right but this isn't masters athletics , swimming or cycling here , combat sports are completely different and the aging process is far more visible when you get whacked in a ring after a certain age . If age were just a number why do we not see Olympic champions over a certain age in events that require power , speed , hand /eye coordination and endurance ? Participating , competing and winning are all completely different en****** during every decade of our lives ..

[Buggy bear]

Feeling fit and being fighting fit are very different things. Boxing is not a game and it tends to be very rough to those who overstay their welcome. This is a sport of inches where a little loss of timing can have brutal consequences.

I don’t know how good the guy Martinez is fighting but when you are old a bum can beat you. Mike Tyson was embarrassed by Danny Williams and others yet he looked like he was a fit man. Old men should stay away from contact sports. People will try to point that a few guys have fought and won at that age but that’s more of exceptions than the norm.

. Well said , I agrer

[Tatabanya]

Everything is set for a Keith Thurman vs Sergio Martinez future matchup.

Which would give an entirely new meaning to the expression "going out on a limb".

[MusoMeanderings]

i think by new moves he means twitching on the canvas after getting ktfod

[juandabomb]

4 round fighter with no lateral movement.bad knees..sitting duck..even delvin Rodriguez,michael Jennings,yuri foreman,drained daniel geale,& sadam ali KO Martinez

[MulaKO]

Sergio makes it sound like a fughin low budget movie
Don’t care what anybody says but once your knees are done , that pretty much sums it up
New moves ?
Lmfao