Sergio Martinez tops Kelly Pavlik to win middleweight championship

And viva Bute as well. What agreat and very satisfying night of boxing. Just superb.

Wonderful stuff. I kept thinking “It’s either Kelly, under, or Sergio, over.” And I also had a bad fear that Sergio would get robbed even if he clearly won. Good fighting and good judging tonight.

Granted, I haven’t seen this fight (because I’m a moron), but it sounds like Sergio Martinez is becoming one of the most entertaining fighters in the world. Did not see that one coming.

Also, I did not hear the commentary tonight “en inglés”, but I would suspect that Manny probably had a good time ripping Pavlik’s coach to shreds. I am a little curious if this is the case.

Just got home , rang my bro who watched the fight so congrats to the Argentinean . Shit they can produce a good fighter. I should repeat 100 times having picked Pavlik , pick the mover over the stalker , especially if he is a southpaw and can fight . Martinez looks to be in great nick and my bro reckoned when he cut Pavlik the second time he took total command of the fight because Pavliks vision was impaired. Which is no excuse for Pavlik as the cut was caused by a punch not a butt. He also reckoned it was an excellent fight to watch. My bro also reckons Pav might be slightly over the hill JRok , face first fighters that have been in a lot of wars and now have plenty of money often lose that edge of viciousness and will that you need to fight like that . Its also harder to get up and do roadwork off silk sheets to quote the Marvelous one . Cheers blokes .

 Bute is looking like a really good fighter, what a bummer he’s not in the super six . There’s going to be a crow smorgasboard followed by a giant dish of humble pie for Pavs most vociferous online supporter hahaha . You’ve been very unsmug mate ;-)

I think if Floyd cruises past Shane, and the Pac negotations fizzle, that there’s a couple great fighters waiting for him at 154(Martinez and Williams). I realize it’ll never happen though. Pavlik needs to move up to 168 and Martinez needs to keep fighting at 154 and 160 can become a ghost town til Jacobs and Guerrero get some more experience.

can you determine how many people have clicked on the “cougar life” link from this site?

I’m just wondering what kind of play (no pun intended) they get from the old BLH.

Man is Martinez entertaining, Miranda look good and I thought it would be a longer match.

Had it Martinez by UD and Bute by 4th round knock out. Almost had them both. Anyway great win for Martinez. Pavlik losses again if he takes the rematch. It’s just a bad styles match up. He hit Martinez flush a couple of times. Martinez took them well.

Pavlik did adapt to Martinez in the middle rounds. Martinez felt the fight slipping away and just adapted back. In the process cutting him for the 2nd time. Like you said they were cuts caused by legit punches so they can’t really be used as an excuse.

I personally don’t have a problem with Loew and don’t think he’s the problem. I thought Loew gave him excellent advice when he told him to stop aiming at the head and let Martinez run into something. Cause Martinez was ducking in a lot. Pavlik just didn’t follow his orders. Not sure what was said, but I almost got the impression Pavlik wanted to quit when Loew told him “don’t say that”. But i don’t know. I do think Pavlik is in serious need of a world class cut man. Cuz the was some minor league work by a minor league cut man

To be a distinct lack of all things “OY” in another world….

I’ve just watched through this one and it seems like something really fantastic is going to have to come along in order to top this as FOTY. Also look at the fights which seemk to now be ahead, rematches with Pavlik and Williams, yes please!

The fight I would pay monster money for would be a rematch of Margo and Martinez. This time, I think the outcome might be different. It would be called “The Fight for True Redemption.”

Meanwhile, sportsman Pavlik (and he was a gracioius in defeat) now returns to the volcanic-like Youngstown cloud under which he must go back to the drawing board and make tough decisions. I’d say the first one should be to get a new cut man.

Sorry, mate. But don’t go to Youngstown. It could get ugly there.

I’m very disappointed with Pavlik. He seems to lack certain skills that mean disaster against boxers/movers like Martinez. Is it because he can’t adapt? I don’t think so; he was doing well in the middle rounds. Does he lose focus, or confidence? Maybe, he seems to break down or go into a shell when things aren’t going his way. I don’t know where he goes from here….NOT up to 168, please! He cannot deal with Bute, Ward or even Dirrell’s movement. Go up to 175? He didn’t look good at 170 against an old man.

He is kinf=d of in a bad place. I think he nees to stay at 160

Silly copyright. I’m itching to see it again so does anyone know where I could watch it?

i think it works either one. :)

He fought awesome. He actually deserved to win the fight by TKO. The fight should have been stopped after the 10th round, when it was very clear that Pavlik couldn’t see or throw punches anymore. Martinez deserved the stoppage. Pavlik made a big mistake in the 9th round. He must have thought he could take the round off since he’d won the previous 4 rounds and scored a knockdown. He literally walked to the center of the ring, with his hands down, and then got dotted with the left hand that blew up his eye. After that cut happened the fight was over. Good job by Martinez.

Pavlik was very gracious after the fight and freely admitted he had been taken apart by the better man. He showed real class and may have won over some fans in losing. The thing is, however, that I believe I heard him say something between rounds that implied he was thinking of quiting. I hope not because if quit is in his DNA, he is in for some bad times. I don;t see a rematch here—I see him moving up to Supermiddleweight where he has a decent shot of beating a few out there like Abraham and The Dane based on styles making fights, but he had better stay away from the likes of Ward, Dirrell, and especially Bute. He now needs to make serious decisons about his future. One more loss, and he is in dire straits career-wise. First thing I would do is get rid of my cut man. Second thing I’d do is work on my stance and ability to counter punch. Bottomline: Kelly Pavlik is no longer the next big thing in boxing. He still could be, but after Lockett, Old man Hopkins, Rubio, the terribly mismatched Espino, and now this loss to a super fighter whose uinusual style was no big secret coming in, Pavlik is badly in need of life support. That is all.

As for cuts and quitting, don’t forget the cut Hagler had when fighting Hearns. They would hve to shoot Hagler before a cut would make him quit.

Meanwhile, I have been on ESB for most of the morniung. Payback is a bitch.

Revenge is mine, sayeth the Lord.

But it IS fun getting back, isn’t it?

Very interested in what will be Martinez next move. Pavlik I think will take some time off while his cuts heal before enforcing his rematch. Williams has Cintron coming up. Will Martinez await the winner or take another fight in the mean time? Not only that, but where will he fight? He’s the man at Middleweight now. But he’s still in possession of the WBC Junior Middleweight title. There’s no doubt he can still make 154 without problems.

Me too.