Sergio Martinez: La Maravilla A Look Back At The Early Years Of The Argentine Great.

To be fair, 80/20 sounded like a pretty **** deal for Mayweather when most of his recent opponents don't get anywhere close to 20% of the purse, but yeah, both Mayweather and Pacquiao ducked the **** out of Sergio.

 

I'm not sure that list is too long actually. Margarito was clearly ducked in favor of much bigger opportunities, Pacquiao and Mayweather both ducked and continue to duck each other, both clearly ducked Martinez, but after that it gets pretty subjective. Some people say he ducked younger versions of DLH and Mosley, Zoo, etc, but he called all of them out repeatedly and none of them wanted any at the time because he was a legit threat and not much of a draw at the time. Now that he's the #1 draw in the sport it seems everyone wants a piece.

 

Also, while I consider myself a fan of Sergio and was very impressed with what he was able to accomplish in the sport especially because he started so late, I'm not sure it's accurate to refer to him as a great. Very good, yes, but not great.

 

Maravilla is probably the least hated fighter of today. He deserves the respect!

 

Well deserved thread! My favorite fighter!

 

sergio was ducked by Mayweather clear duck mayweather said he would fight the winner of williams and martinez after marinez knocks him out he calls him out and said he would even go down to 154 to fight him floyd said he should of fight direll instead floyd had the chance to go up in weight and show what he was made of he passed..................

martinez was calling him out for years floyd wanted nothing to do with martinez

 

Prime Martinez was a beast. I would have loved to see him fight Lara and how those styles would have matched up. I believe that Maravilla would have given Roy and Calzaghe some work stamina wise. Athlete vs athlete.