Sergioe Martinez on Dealing With Injuries, Constant Pain

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  1. Jacory Harris

    Jacory Harris I'm a gorilla I'm a dawg! Full Member

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    Question: Fighting with injuries (knee, elbow, wrist), how hard is it to prepare when your body hurts for any fight?

    Sergioe Martinez: It is not easy to prepare for a fight when you have some of the ailments that I have when preparing for a World Championship fight. I struggle with joint pains, knee pain, and shoulder pain. Without my physical therapist, Dr. Raquel Bordons, I would not be able to train today, and probably would’ve had to retire due to my injuries.

    Because I train 6 days a week for an average of 8 hours a day, I am always in constant pain. There are some days when I am so sore that I cannot even walk but I push myself because I know that I have to push myself to be the best fighter in the world. I know that I have to put in more hours than your average fighter because I didn’t grow up a boxer. I started very late in this sport, so that is why I have to train so many hours and put in a lot of work in order to perform at the level that is expected of me and for me to come out victorious.
     
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  2. YCGS

    YCGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Didn't you just try to correct someone else for spelling? LOL. Perhaps there is a new fighter named Sergioe that I have never heard of...
     
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  3. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  4. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    He is a bit vague about his current state of health. He appears to have been carrying these injuries for some time but we do not get a clear picture of how he feels right now today.
    The Cotto fight will tell us more obviously.
     
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  5. STB

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    True warrior
     
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  6. janeschicken

    janeschicken hard work! deadicayshin! Full Member

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    Adding the "e" is an old ESB meme:

    Cotto(e)
    Berto(e)
    Margarito(e)

    Never really found it particularly funny, but there you have it.
     
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  7. Capitan

    Capitan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    True Whiner!!!


    Why even bring this subject up while training for one of the biggest paydays of your career?

    Sounds like mentally he's trying to soften his landing!!!
     
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  8. VictorS.

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    I think I was reading another article and from what he was describing, it sounded like he had microfracture surgery on his knee which I know from watching professional basketball, is a difficult injury to recovery from. Obviously, boxing doesn't nearly put the strain on your knees that jumping and cutting in basketball does. But never the less, the knees still play a huge part in leverage and power and of course movement. Hopefully Martinez has recovered because he was a fun boxer to watch at his peak.
     
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