Martinez is currently on a 4 fight KO streak. Neither one of the two current HBO favorite pet fighters, Pacquiao and Chavez jr, are presently anywhere near Martinez in this regard. You'd think Merchant and Co could have mentioned this FACT on Saturday night seeing as they didn't miss an opportunity to critisize him - whether it was deserved or not. This BLATANT HBO bias is sickening. He's been KO'ing the HBO approved Tomato Cans - all the while waiting for Baby Chavez to grow a set - and HBO sees fit to critisize Martinez for taking out the trash? AND NOT ONE WORD FROM THE HBO COMMENTATORS RE WHY CHAVEZ, A 180LB MIDDLEWEIGHT, REFUSES TO GET IN THE RING WITH A GUY WHO'S NEVER WEIGHED IN @ 160. The ****'s getting re-goddamn-diculous. Lampley and Merchant need to be fired. Steward needs to go back to Germany and line up more 40 year old Cruiserweights for Wlado to defend against.
They definitely mentioned that he was on a KO streak, I think it was in about the 3rd round. Arum's to blame for Chavez' lackluster competition, at least mostly to blame, HBO just wants him to fight anyone with a pulse because they'll make money that way. It's Top Rank's responsibility to organize the fight, HBO just broadcasts them.