Zarate vs Martinez - Discussion

I watched Zarate-Torres tonight, and am uploading it right now. That's another epic fight. You seen that one?


Gonna bang on the Martinez fight right now and chuck up some observations for each round. You can tell me where i'm going wrong, wee man!

 

Round 1

It's slow like you said, but I love the way Zarate opens fights, boxing, lots of mving...he's like the Zulu's testing the Welsh guns, hehe. He comes a little square sometimes and tries to come to the front foot a bit, tempt his man to have a go, but Martinez only hsa one real go at him, Zarate smotheres the punches with his high, good guard. Notice how he lifts his right hand when he leads with the jab? How's that for technical excellence. But on the other hand he has the best lead uppercut in the history of the sport. That's not int he textbook, lead uppercut from the outside.

Marinez mostly gives ground in small incriments ans ships hooks and jabs. How often do you see a champion look that out of his depth?

Zarate round.

 

Hmmmm, hard to say, i've only seen this performance after all. He's got 4 title defences under his belt though, and won two of them by KO, but he was brutally extended by Borkhorser in the fight before this one, but I kind of like the way it reads. He was getting his ass handed to him and then switched to soutpaw to turn it around. Borkhorser almost had him out of there, he hit the deck in that fight. But I like his generalship in making the switch. Just jabbed his way to victory I guess.

Zarate ruined him like he ruined so many guys. Rodolfo went 2-3 after Carlos and retired.

The thing with Zarate is, to me, like Louis, it's often not about who he beat but how he beat them. Like I said to you earlier, this is how you win the title, just like this. Great performance.

 

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Round 2

Marinez copes well with teh Zarate feints I think, he doens't get sold to many times, and when he does, he plays it safe mostly, from memory He looks like a smart fighter. He also get sthe ragne of Zarate's jab and uppercut in this round, does ok with a jab to the body. But when Zarate starts to move him back, he gets clipepd a bit. Like his counter jab to the body shot Zarate throws though! He's got a good lef thand, and a good jab that he can use in conjuntion with hismobility which is a big deal to me.

Though Zarate is the boss, i'd actually score this one even.

 

Round 3

This is such a fun round. Zarate abandons the jab a little bit and Matrinez is winning the battle of the jabs, Zarate is looking to land bigger stuff now and Martinez is on the run. But when Martinez switches, as he did against Borkhorser, Zarate ships three hard punches in a row, two body shots and a hard left upstairs. He's hurt, as hurt as he would be for years. Martinez comes on strong, and Zarate actually gets clipped twice at the end of the round, though not as hard.

Martinez round, so they are 1-1-1.

 

Round 4

Zarate responds by boxing more cautiously again. He's like a man with a sledgehammer breaking rock in search of gold he knows is there - no hurry, it'll come. Turnign counter-puncher he hurts Marinez and Martinez hits the backfoot again. Zarate abandons the bigsfutt he had looked for early in 3 and starts throwing straight punches again. Smart boxing. Jabs to the ches and ehad, followed when he catches Martinez at the right angle. Rodolfo having his own successes, but still on the retreat once more.

By the end of the round, Zarate has re-established himself as boss. Zarate round.

 

Round 5

WAR ZARATE!!!1!

Comes out cautious, feinting with his feet, ditching jabs, but he gets into theat mid-range he excels at. Throws a combo which ends in a left hook that sends Martinez scurrying across the ring, alarmed. Zarate keeps right after him, balanced, guard in position. Martinez is momentarily dis-organised. Zarate lands a straight right. Rodolfo puts his head down and throws a right jab, winding up the left behind him. Zarate steps in and round and just bludgeons him with a left hook. Rodolfo is trembling, crrashes into the ropes, Zarate throws a hard right hand, and then a left hook, Rodolfo is trying to pull of that impossible trick of running backwards against a rangy opponent with a good jab and Zarate, whilst never appearing to rush, has him cornered. A double uppercut (body, head) and a right hand send him to the ropes and through the cavas - the coup de grace, a left uppercut, misses by so little that it ruffles Martinez's hair on the way past.

The Champion shows champion's heart to get straight up. He's been here before, but never against someone so concise. Zarate is all over him, but always from a balanced stance, he only throws punches he can land. Martinez seems to have entered that netherworld only champions re familiar with, staggering around byond all human help but refusing to go down, even fighting back, shipping pucnhes as hard as the ones that dropped him. Zarate doesn't seem the least concerned. LIke the guy who sells you your coffee in the morning, he's at work. He does get tagged though, by a genuinely gutsy fighter.

 

Round 6

This my favourite round of the fight. After the chaose that went before, you can't believe it. Zarate comes out and boxes - right back to the work that got him on top in the first place. Martinez, also amazing, comes out on the front foot, boxing southpaw,following Zarate around the ring. Zarate spins him and looks like he might upload but lets the moment pass. He seems content to look at his man once mmore, you wouldn't know it wasn't round one until you saw the lead left uppercut, splitting the guard, driving Rodolfo back. But all in all it's a surprisingly sedate round. Zarate switches between boxing and unloading two punch combo's, showing the champ respect when he fires back. This is the round that proves them both ring generals though, smart guys, who know their business.

Zarate is a puncher in pursuit of his 40th KO who has not fallen in love with his power, and I think this round above all others proves that. Zarate round.

 

Thanks Teeto

Round 7

Does Zarate start every round slowly? Feints, dipping his head, looking, shrugging of jas to the body and head. It must be horrible for Martinez to know that the first minute of the round is ceeded to him but that he can't make the neccessary impression. Zarate leads with a left uppercut, slides back onto the backfoot, and then from that backfoot executes the perfect wide-left, all torque through that left foot, fist to ankle, but Martinez is looking to protect his jaw and so he has to take it right behind his elbow, horrible punch. Sugar Ray Robinson used to throw these on the inside. Martinez keeps putting punches together, but Zarate is sitting down on his now, all left hand work until he lands a horrible lead uppercut. But he stps off, not interested in pressing yet. You can see why Marinez seems to be made of stone.

Zarate goes on his bike, leading with the right. THis doesn't realy work for him and Marinez starts to assert himself so Zarate stays in the trechnes for a bit, and they trade.

Zarate round.