Im tired of People saying Martinez was shot after Cotto beat him!!!

Lol.... I cant help the blind see something that should be self evident to anyone who should know the sport.

Do you comprehend the fact that martinez has to wait for more appointments with dr's to even find out if he will ever fight again right now? This is the same body taken into the cotto fight. Done to get the highest available payday sergio would see in his career.


How can I explain that a fighter who depended almost entirely on his athleticism to win vs top tier opponents, drops in ability and efficiency as a fighter when said athleticism has diminished significantly due to age, surgeries and constant serious injuries.

And if you think shot is just the oversimplified cliche of 'cant pull the trigger' instead of the myriad of other actual factors that play into a heavily declining fighter then it also makes sense you dont get how and why martinez is indeed done. Different fighters become shot for different reasons. Some yes because their reactions and ability to 'pull the trigger' is gone, others because their punch resistance erodes, others due to injuries, and in most aging fighters a jumbled mix of reasons. This is self evident.


A 40 year old fighter whos body is so worn out he probably wont fight again and i need to explain evidence that hes shot.

 

I'm not the only one who's made that comparison, try Emanuel Steward and Jim Lampley right in front of Roy Jones Jr. And that comparison is accurate, is he as good as Roy I didn't say that, but they fought in a similar fashion that relied heavily on their athleticism and when their natural ability began to falter, they became more susceptible to taking punishment, because they could no longer move the way they wanted to, its pretty easy to understand.

 

People are gonna believe what they want to believe despite evidence and common sense. Worst discussion ive been in on here in a long time and i have myself to blame for getting sucked into it goodnight all :good


I do wonder what the spin will be when martinez is forced to retire due to his knee or comes back and looks like **** vs an average fighter. Will be interesting to hear the bull**** that gets tossed around then about how he was still totally fine against cotto lol.


In other good news, mab, morales, vasquez and castillo are also not shot and should be winning another title any year now :good keep up the optimism gang, im liking it.

 

I hear you man it was his biggest possible opportunity coming at the worst time of his career but he had to take it. And who knows maybe sergio felt he could win regardless. Idk....

But at near 40 and knowing your time is almost up i think most people would still take the fight.