Sergio Martinez officially retired. I wish nothing but the best for you, Sergio!

I think Duran might have lost to Williams and Martinez at 160lbs

 

Those are two of the match-ups I was referring to. I also have always felt Cotto vs. Benitez is close to a pick 'em..

 

Duran was a beast below that weight.
160lbs, he was good, he just wasn't elite any-more.

Sergio had that movement and combo output to defeat Duran on points.
Williams has the height, reach and that jab to keep him off him.

If Duran was 3 inches taller, he'd have been elite at the bigger weights.

 

Was there ever a bad Martinez fight?

 

His swansong.

Shame he did that to himself and his fans.
Prime Sergio plays with Cotto.

 

Exactly, like Kellerman said, there was nothing wrong with his movement coming in, it was not until he got hit with a massive left hook from Cotto that we "saw something wrong with his knee" Another event with questionable timing is this retiring, one week after Cotto demolishes Geale Sergio finally retires. This tells me two things, that Sergio finally realized he cannot come back and beat Cotto, and that it is ok to retire because it's not as embarrassing anymore to have lost to Cotto the way he did.


Which means he was still thinking of coming back obviously, and that he was embarrassed because there wasn't much of an excuse to have lost to him the way he did...other than being 39. Sergio was faded no doubt, but like he himself said and I agree with, it had nothing to do with a any knee, there is still much credit to be given to Cotto in this bout. When it comes to an injured portion of your body, it doesn't have to be 100% for you to complete 100% of your task.

 

OP did you mean to quote Adele in your title?

Sergio really is sexy, huh? :hey

 

Well said.

 

Never. The man has never ducked a soul and was willing to go up and down in weight as the champion to beat the **** outta somebody.

 

Glad he got his big payday against Cotto, can't blame him but even the ragged Murray version would've stopped Miguel imo then sergio would've got smashed by Golovkin.

The left hook was completely separate from his knees being done but it's not as if Martinez hasn't been rattled by big punchers before, is it? His legs weren't there it's absolutely clear to see, he was still capable of fighting so you give Cotto credit for doing what needed to be done but that was a perfect example of a fighter who's body is ****ed.

Martinez is a gentleman, he knows most fans understand why he was swept aside, he doesn't make excuses.

 

Great champ.
Wish he had been 5 years younger so we could have seen him against GGG.

Best of luck to him

 

Duran would not lose to Williams. Williams would brawl and lose.

 

@ 147, 154, or 160?

Or all of the above?

 

Yeah, he was among the most "goodguy" sportsmen we have seen in a while, along with the equally sexy Kessler.

Not to get all phrenological, but maybe a scientific link between conventional sexiness and sportsmanship & philanthropic kindheartedness ought to be researched? :think