**** Kirks ESB Championship 2012 ****

I am in Vilnius for work till tuesday morning and have not the time to follow anything let alone watch
Not shocked by the result but shocked that Macklin was leding on the cards before the stoppage
is Martinez a little bit past his prime or is he luring Chavez Jr into a fight
cannot wait till wednesday to watch he fight
greetings to all of you from the very cold Lithuania

 

Martinez was too passive. In the earlier rounds he barely did anything and when he did it was mostly single shots. When he connected he dropped his hands, stopped punching and Macklin landed his own shots.
I dont think Macklin was ahead but it was close.

 

I went to my bookie site and they have yet to update the Martinez - Macklin fight. You could still bet so i put a little something on over 9.5

 

Cash out quickly in case you get the money.

 

Very good victory by martinez.

I think he should round his career off with fights against chavez, sturm and then a superfight (floyd or ward)

Interesting that since beating kelly, he's knocked out every opponent (williams, dzindzuruk, lee, macklin) all of whom where ranked opponents at the time. 3 more defences should be enough to secure his legacy imo.

I think it's honestly great how a fighter who didn't even throw a punch in anger till age 20, a fighter who, for love nor money, couldn't get any promotional interest during his 20's, a fighter who was robbed in his first two fights against top level opponents (at age 30+) and a fighter who was seen as a cherry pick for kelly's latest defence, a fighter who has been through all that can still manage to secure a great legacy.

If he can get those 3 defences, I genuinely think I might struggle to think of more than 15 middleweights that would deserve to be ranked above him.

 

well played :-(

 

Yeah I'm well impressed with him. The guy's a great talent and I hope he can stick around for a couple more years making the money he deserves from the sport.

Outstanding is exactly what I'd call him :good

 

Dumb people they are.

19.03.2012 03:00
Thats the payout date they have :rofl.
I really hope i get the money.

 

lost my 2 bets :-( well it's only 25$

Good jub Badbot and Malden :good

 

I think I warned you on Rodriguez Vs Don George.
What was the other bet?

 

I had Martinez-Macklin level going into the 11th, I just though he was too lazy in the early rounds and let Macklin pip then on workrate alone as I felt they were about equal with clean shots landing.

1-Even
2-Martinez
3-Martinez
4-Macklin
5-Macklin
6-Macklin
7-Even 9-9
8-Macklin
9-Martinez
10-Martinez
11-Martinez 10-7

A lot of the early rounds were close though so I can see why people picked Martinez, I guess its a style thing whereby from 3-7 you pretty much liked one guys work more and they won pretty much every round in that block.

 

I had a feeling that George will do an upset , i try this from time to time , didn't work this time

I had Martinez UD or Macklin UD/KO over Goodbot who had Martinez by KO