Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez scored a come from behind 11th round TKO over challenger Matthew Macklin before a sellout crown in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Martinez was knocked off balance in round seven and his glove hit the canvas so it was called a knockdown. To that point, Macklin was much more competitive than expected and Martinez did not look anything like the pound-for-pound # 3 fighter in the world. In fact, after seven rounds, Martinez was behind on all three scorecards by two, two and four points. The knockdown, however, seemed to wake up the champ and from that point on he dominated the fight.
Macklin was dropped twice in round eleven and was a bloody mess when he went to his corner at the conclusion of the round. Macklin wanted to continue but his trainer Buddy McGirt mercifully told referee Eddie Cotton to stop the fight before the beginning of the final round. After scoring the 11th round 10-7, two judges had Martinez ahead 105-101 but the normally reliable Julie Lederman somehow still had it even 103-103. Lederman and the entire HBO announcing team seemed to be overly impressed with Macklin who, despite exceeding expectations and giving a game effort throughout, was definitely not winning the bout.
Martinez wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. next and has offered to come down to 154 pounds and give Pretty Boy 80% of the money. If the risk-averse Mayweather refuses to face Manny Pacquiao, the odds are he will continue to avoid Martinez as well. The other big money option for Martinez is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who - unfortunately - is also in no hurry whatsoever to get in the ring with the true middleweight champion of the world.
Comments
Mayweather is adept at avoiding punches in the ring with his unsurpassed grasp of Angle fighting, but it comes nowhere CLOSE to his AVOIDING boxers who he knows or truly believes will beat him silly. There is absolutely no chance Floyd “THE AVOID” Mayweather, Jr., will ever fight Sergio Martinez, even thought Sergio is insanely giving him 80% of the gate. Even with this ridiculous windfall, Floyd will AVOID Martinez…in fact if Sergio just took training expenses Floyd the Avoid wouldn’t fight him. You see, Floyd the Avoid is the All-Time coward. He’s good at beating Boxers he’s much bigger than, and old fat security guards and of course women, but
Martinez, who’s and a much better athlete…LOL…Pacquiao will fight Floyd 3 times before the year is out before Floyd The Avoid would never get in the Squared Circle with the Argentinean. Floyd the Avoid won’t fight Martinez, but now that he saw a smaller Juan Manual Marquez give a tough fight (that he definitely lost!) to Pacquiao, The Avoid has suddenly grown a pair. However, his ridiculous demands of 60/40 split guarantee that the fight won’t happen. Hopefully Miguel Cotto, who I give a decent chance to winning, ends Mayweather’s undefeated record, so no one will care about this punk anymore.
Sorry but the 80-20 cut isn’t going to get MAYWETHER JR. TO TAKE THE B AIT BUT MARTINEZ CAN SHOW THAT JR. WONT TAKE ANY RISKS TO HIS PRETTY FACE BY OFFERING A WINNER TAKE ALL AND JR. AND STILLS REFUSES WELL…THERE’S THE PROOF THAT HE’S SCARED S….LESS.
Martinez for the second consecutive fight did not look a pound for pound top 3 against opponents he was widely expected to dominate. That said, the finish was ruthlessly efficient and the stoppage was merciful. If Mayweather doesn’t take the bait after these lacklustre performances, he really must have serious doubts about his ability to beat Martinez. I believe any impending mega fights with Manny and Sergio may well be scuppered by the determined well schooled Miguel Cotto. To all those who think Cotto has no chance remember he has only one genuine loss and that at (catchweight?) I believe.
I’ve got them 1 thru SEVEN: Pac,May,WARD, B-Hop, then SERGIO MARTINEZ, and then Lucian Bute; then Tim Bradley. Perhaps I am ‘leaning her’ a little bit for the ‘cross-over’ appeal; I have had this LIST -SET-as-it-is ever since Andre dominant performance in the finals of the “Super-Six”. Martinez is “allowed” to -slack- 1 -IT’S NO PROBLEM WHAT SO EVER- ‘Honestly’ -thinking to MYSELF, idea ‘hits me” that is INTEREST is what they wish to continue to “generate”, FINE, they made a ‘Offer’ hard-to-say-who-would-win (Good chance Floyd Mayweather), Serio aught to keep his window “Open”. Put a -challenge– to Nathan Cleverly and -there- take your deserved greater share in purse-money. You can figure out a ‘consulting fee’ for ME, once the ball be a rolling, O.k! But, take my —info NOW— contact me at my FACEBOOK FightGayMarriageUniteBoxing(pure_boxing11044@Live.com) –thanks, thanks Andrew Eisele– / -JOHN WILKINSON Ex amateur/Ex pro-