Brook/Hatton & Martinez/Macklin RbR!!! *NO SPOILERS!*

i thought it was martinez up by 4 on two scorecards??????

 

no had Martinez up 4 points

 

Decent performance by Macklin all things considered. Sergio is just class once he figures his opponents out. I feel Macklin had the right game plan, he would just have been knocked out quicker if he fought a pure pressure fighter style.

 

None of the judges had Macklin up but Julie Lederman had it level going into the 11th, which would've been a 10-7 round had Macklin come out for the 12th.

 

Newbon said " Two judges had him leading Martinez by 4 points and the other judge had it level"

 

Newbon is an idiot.

 

what is it joe bugner once said about the frazier fight.

i knew if i took too many chances i'd get a beating. :yep

 

Thought Macklin's corner did the right thing.

 

I thought Macklin had a very good gameplan. He just wasn't good enough to maintain it and his defensive reflexes were not good enough to avoid Martinez power shots as he tired mentally more than anything, because what he was doing requires a lot of thinking and anticipating. He fought a intelligent fight early and hit Martinez perhaps more than anyone has for quite a while. He was doing all the things you need to do against a southpaw in those rounds and giving himself a good chance. He was feinting, not overcommitting, timing right hands to body and sometimes even head and keeping his lead foot on the outside.

As Martinez stepped up the gears and adjusted he just couldn't keep up in the exchanges as Martinez' speed is just so superior. If he pressed the fight early he would've got stopped sooner and taken much more punishment too. He surprised me. I didn't think he had that in him to be honest, i was expecting him to be taken out early as he bushrushed Martinez. He also surprised Martinez himself as Sergio admitted in the interview with HBO. He was expecting Macklin to come head first at him and he had to adjust once Macklin started playing chess with him.

 

Tho i belive someone said eariler he was stoned, more like senile i would have thought

 

105-101 Martinez
105-101 Martinez
103-103

AFTER the 11th.

 

The scorecards were poor enough alright though, I wouldnt have given Macklin any more than 3 rounds.

 

Oh right my bad.

Fair enough. Can't really disagree here. Maybe I'm just trying to be critical for no reason again

 

Great effort by Macklin, couldn't have asked for more really.

Top night of boxing on Sky tonight :good

 

Newbon having a bit of a mare, he cant even pronounce Morales's name now the silly old buzzard.