Official Pavlik VS. Martinez Poll--April 17th

C'mon King... Not every branch. Just most of them.

 

The 3 fights that brought Martinez to real prominence were Bunema, Cintron, and Williams. Bunema was way past his best, and McKart beat this guy when he was prime.

Cintron wasn't nearly agressive enough, doesn't have much heart, doesn't think on his feet very well, and can't cut the ring off to save his own life.

Williams has all the defensive skills of Carl Froch! Paul doesn't know how to cut the ring off. He isn't very strong at 160, and he does not have true middleweight power.

I don't think Sergio has ever faced a fighter like KP. In the words of Nazim Richardson; "An ass whoopin' don't mean **** to this kid." Kelly will keep comin', and he'll land the right hand, the jab, and the long left hook from outside with surprising regularity.

If Sergio wants to win rounds, he has to get close enough to hit Pavlik. He likes to rush in and fire quick combos, but he usually leads with his face. On the inside he'll get hit with short over hand rights, left uppercuts, and bodyshots from both sides. Martinez will start slowing down after 4-6 rounds, and he'll do what he always does when he is tired and hurt: He'll start backing up in straight lines with his hands out of position, and KP will close the show somewhere in the middle rounds.

Pavlik fought 98 amatuer fights, and 37 pro fights. This ain't the first time he faced an unorthodox brawler with fast hands and feet. At the end of the day two things will be clear. 1) Pavlik can box a hell of a lot better than most people give him credit for. 2) Sergio Martinez is not a middleweight.

 

So why isn't Pav fighting a middleweight?

 

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Martinez will get jobbed.

 

So if Pavlic is going to walk through Martines, a junior middleweight, so easily then why does Pavlic deserve any sort of credit? :huh

He needs to step his game up and fight some actual fighters in his own division that aren't cab drivers. He almost did but broke out with a yeast infection TWICE and backed out against Williams.

 

Pavlik Freak is gonna be very upset at this one.

 

Have you seen the Ring Top Ten latelyatsch

 

This is a terrible fight for Martinez.
Kelly is just too big and has very good stamina also punches much harder than PW.
However out of the 2 i think Martinez has a better chance at beating PAvlik than PW does.
Martinez might be able to actually outbox Kelly. If he can land on Kelly and hurt him early that would be key since that might slow down Kelly and make him a little more cautios.

I would have rather seen Martinez-PW 2.

 

Pavlik is the draw!!!

Just don't let little things like he could only sell 3,000 tickets in his home town make you think any different!!! atsch

Bob Arum banned the bars from showing the fight cos no one bought a ticket!

 

Sergio was always "the go to guy" in case either man dropped out.

 

I know. That fool would probably lick the sweat out of Pavlic's stinky gloves after a sparring session knowing damn well Pavlic is prone to hand infections.:barf

 

That about sums it up. Pavlik has the big reach advantage, same way as Williams. Pavlik has a good sense of moving back out of the arc of his opponents punch and counter him with a long hook of his own, so it will be a battle between that, and Martinez ability to throw quick hooks. If Pavlik hasn't eroded considerably, it will be a tough night for Martinez.

 

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