Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez Stops Fandino in Seventh of Comeback Fight

[NachoMan]

Full Fight

Here it is:

[NachoMan]

Decent, but against a nobody. No idea how to qualify this performance. Appeared to still have power and speed. Took a couple flush shots, and walked right through them. His knee still appears very suspect.

Fights currently up on YouTube in its entirety. I assume Oscar de la Hoya ba Sergio Martinez fight will be announced shortly. Feels like a no brainer.

Just watched. Honestly, I thought he looked SPECTACULAR, all things considered. Yes, he fought a low C-level fighter, but this guy was a professional fighter nonetheless, as opposed to any kind of tough man type opponent. Fandino was mostly in sparring partner mode, but he did come at Sergio with some hard shots and landed flush a few times. Sergio wasn't fazed once. I was more and more impressed as the rounds wore on. Sergio showed phenomenal endurance for a 45 yr old man coming back from a bad knee injury and a 6 yr layoff. He controlled the fight, set the pace, and was the pressure fighter for most of it, despite fighting of the back foot the way he does. He controlled distance with good (though not necessarily fleet) footwork and his punches and combinations were fluid, well-timed and occasionally quite punishing.

I saw lots of flashes of the old Maravilla and something a LOT better than I was expecting. I was expecting something like an SRL vs Camacho type of showing. Again, keeping things in perspective, this guy was a sparring partner who couldn't apply the level of pressure to really test Sergio, but this was a wonderful showing IMO.

Sergio hasn't put the MW or SMW elite on notice, but, at the risk of being overly hyperbolic, I think he could possibly beat a Top 20 guy with another fight or two under his belt.

[El_Mero]

I’d rather see him get murked by canelo

Would fit the mold of a typical Saul opponent, old, former champ, many moons too late

[Chuckguy]

Would fit the mold of a typical Saul opponent, old, former champ, many moons too late

No comment lol

[factsarenice]

Did anyone watch? how’d he look?

He looked good, rusty but good. He completely out classed the guy.

[Da7thsign]

Sergio looked good, but it was against a guy that was completely out classed. His knee looked ok, power was still there and speedy punches, but his reflexes are just a hair slower now. I bet Oscar and Canelo are salivating at the thought of getting a match-up.

[jaded]

Just watched. Honestly, I thought he looked SPECTACULAR, all things considered. Yes, he fought a low C-level fighter, but this guy was a professional fighter nonetheless, as opposed to any kind of tough man type opponent. Fandino was mostly in sparring partner mode, but he did come at Sergio with some hard shots and landed flush a few times. Sergio wasn't fazed once. I was more and more impressed as the rounds wore on. Sergio showed phenomenal endurance for a 45 yr old man coming back from a bad knee injury and a 6 yr layoff. He controlled the fight, set the pace, and was the pressure fighter for most of it, despite fighting of the back foot the way he does. He controlled distance with good (though not necessarily fleet) footwork and his punches and combinations were fluid, well-timed and occasionally quite punishing.

I saw lots of flashes of the old Maravilla and something a LOT better than I was expecting. I was expecting something like an SRL vs Camacho type of showing. Again, keeping things in perspective, this guy was a sparring partner who couldn't apply the level of pressure to really test Sergio, but this was a wonderful showing IMO.

Sergio hasn't put the MW or SMW elite on notice, but, at the risk of being overly hyperbolic, I think he could possibly beat a Top 20 guy with another fight or two under his belt.

Good analysis.

[paulf]

As the very first Sergio Martinez fanboy in NSB, someone whose been cheering for him since the jump, I'm excited he's back.

For a 45 year old, he looked amazing! But all things considered... pretty good performance. Great jab. His 1-2 is still fast and has pop behind it. His defensive reflexes are still there to a degree, but every time he tried that "drop my hands to my waist and dare you to come in" thing he got tagged cleanly with power shots. And he tried it a lot.

He was also fighting a 15-7 guy that was in a peek-a-boo stance 90% of the first three rounds. Once the opponent opened up, he landed, and fight became he and Martinez just trading shots. Stamina was really good, took the shots well, but you get away with a lot fighting a soft-punching D-level opponent.

Saying that....May as well cash in and fight opponent-hungry Canelo, TBH. If he's going to do it, he may as well do it big.

[Kiowhatta]

Martinez is the same age as me, I work out 3-4 times a week sometimes more - and the difference between my reflex's, speed, power etc from 10 years ago are noticeable.

I have a torn meniscus (knee) torn shoulder blade muscle, rotator cuff wear, and a bulging disc in my lower back. Those injuries really do manifest more than before, and I have to walk the tightrope, so Sergio gets full kudos from me just for getting in the ring.

[Rockybigblower]

If we are to take the romance out of this story...what we saw was a crippled fighter who couldn't turn on his right leg. Out in the field he gets busted by Canelo. On the ropes he gets brutalized by Golovkin. He ate enough uppercuts for me to say that that is the way he is going out. One can only hope it's to a B-level opponent before he can garner enough false confidence that he calls out someone who puts him in the hospital. Nice of him to offer us some entertainment during the pandemic though. Thanks Serge.