Despite earlier reports that Sergio Martinez would be returning to the boxing ring following a demoralizing loss to Miguel Cotto in June, Sampson Lewkowicz now says that Martinez will see a specialist on September 16, and then make up his mind, adding that Martinez is "depressed" following the loss.
"He is at peace. But he is very depressed because he wants to come back and be his old self, added Lewkowicz. "After the fight, he felt very bad. As always, I was in the hospital with him after the fight, and he felt terrible because he felt it wasn't him who fought (Cotto) on that night, but rather his shadow. But anyone can have an off night, and we hope he'll have a chance to vindicate himself."
Martinez, 39, will see Dr. Allen Answorth in New York. Answorth is one of the physicians for the New York Knicks, and is one of the leading orthopedic surgeons in the world, treating sports injuries of the knee, elbow, and shoulder.
Given his age and injury history, and the way he looked against Cotto, Martinez may well be done as a top-level fighter. He had a lot of on-paper advantages against Cotto, but was trucked by a smaller man, and while Cotto is certainly an excellent fighter, it was a troubling performance for Sergio after 14 months out of the ring.