So How Big is Martinez inArgentina??

He's not big. Just a few newspapers mentioned his fight today.

 

Hes nowhere near as famous as the soccer players are.

 

Yeah, that doesn't help Sergio, Argentina is well known for their soccer, basketball, tennis etc , but Monzon was huge in Argentina, Sergio is barely known by the hardcore boxing fans in there as far as i know.

 

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"I run a couple of newspapers..."

 

I have no idea. :conf

 

On boxrec, it says Sergio's first 26 fights, all but one (KO loss to Margarito in Las Vegas) were all held in Argentina from 1997-2002. From 2002-2007 he fought most of his fights in Spain and the UK before fighting again in the United States the end of 2007 to the present. Seems to me Sergio really started to make a name for himself while in Spain. He currently is based in Oxnard, California.

I think in the same manner, the Philippines doesn't give as much attention to foreign raised or trained Filipino boxers. Nonito Donaire moved to the US at a younger age and speaks English better than most Filipinos and therefore many don't relate to him as Flipino but rather a Filipino-American.

 

According to himself, in a Ring article, he has the wrong type of personality to be a hit with Argentinians. You "almost have to be a son of a *****" to be accepted by them, like Maradonna, and he's the humble respectable type. The opposite of England really, all our most popular fighters have been the likeable everyman down to earth type, cocky guys don't go over well here.

 

Depends how big the sport is in Argentina! Compared to football, i think boxing is light years behind. So his fame might just be average there.

 

this same reason messi isn't as beloved as tevez,maradona.also sergio's personality isn't thhe wildman image they like

 

I'm not from Argentina but proibably the part of fame that is reserved for football(soccer) didnt allow any other to go for significant piece of cake:Leo Messi!!!!!!!AAAAAAOOOOOAAAAASon of God or God himself

Exceptions(maybe, i dont know i guess)

Manu Ginobli
in past Fangio Formula 1 driver
good tennis players like Nalbandian or del Potro

 

Argentina is more into there soccer players like the best player in the worls so they say... that MESSI guy...


but I'm sue boxing must come in second and they should Appreciate Maravilla and Maidana.

 

Don't forget rugby union.They're pretty damn good in that,too and have many players playing in the best leagues all over Europe.

 

Not that big, my man Manu Ginobli is still more popular LOL

 

same as here in the states...5'10