Sergio Martinez wants Mayweather, Cotto and Chavez Jr but has to settle for Barker
July 21st, 2011
By Eric Thomas: WBC middleweight Diamond champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) will be defending his obscure Diamond title on October 1st against No.3 ranked World Boxing Council contender Darren Barker )23-0, 14 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Martinez is quickly finding out what Paul Williams previously experienced and that’s the top guys don’t really want to fight you if you’re too good or look formidable in any way. Pacquiao, Cotto and Mayweather have shown no interest in fighting the hard hitting Martinez and that’s not likely to change until perhaps Martinez starts to shown signs of slipping the way that Shane Mosley did recently as he turned 39.
Martinez performances against Kelly Pavlik, Sergiy Dzinziruk and Paul Williams have made him into something of a monster in the eyes of many boxing fans, and that hasn’t helped Martinez any. Sometimes it doesn’t pay off to be too good, because other fighters won’t want to risk fighting you and losing badly. But what makes Martinez even more of risk is his power. He’s knocking guys out now and is showing Julian Jackson type power now that he’s sitting down on his punches more.
Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has no interest in matching Pacquiao with Martinez, and that’s the best fight Martinez could hope for. Even Cotto isn’t interested in facing Martinez. What this all means is that Martinez has to settle for guys like Barker and probably Marco Antonio Rubio instead of facing the other guys. It’s too because Martinez has worked hard to get to where he’s at and yet he’s still not able to get the top fighters to take him on.
There is a chance that Martinez can land a fight against Chavez Jr in the next year, but that’s not the same thing as fighting big stars like Mayweather, Cotto and Pacquiao. Even a fight against Chavez Jr might not happen if his promoter doesn’t bless it, and it’s difficult to seeing Arum agreeing to letting Chavez Jr face a puncher like Martinez.
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Martinez beat Willaims and suddenly he is the baddest guy in boxing. Give us a break will ya? Martinez needs to stfu and fight challengers in his division and not call on small guys to meet him at middleweight. He hasn’t proved anything by beating a lanky, overrated Paul Williams. Floyd would have beaten Williams. Martinez and his manager needs to do a better job when getting interviewed so they don’t get backlash from boxing fans that know their their true colors.
Puhleeezzzzeee! I am tired of hearing how the Great Martinez wants smaller guys. Why can’t he clean out the midleweights and then do like Pacman and Floydiva and move up a notch. He has recently been showing some power and to quote Floydiva and family, he must be on PEDS because any boxer not trained by a Mayweather must be on PEDS.
Of course I am joking about PEDS but Martinez cannot draw so he needs to beat a name. But the other way is to create his own name by consistently hammering good opposition. His wins are not good enough as I do not feel beating Pavlik who has not looked good since Hopkins and blown ups Willaims & Zbik neither of whom look good, makes him a draw.
I feel Martinez could beat both Manny and Floydiva because he is a good much bigger man. Manny & probably Floydva too, have maxed at 147. If he really wants he must come down or meet at 1/2 the weight. He needs them not the other way.But if that happens one team will claim drained and the other bloated.
when i see martinez actually DROP DOWN TO THERE WEIGHT CLASS then i’ll take this article seriously, i mean come on, am i the only person in the world who knows martinez is a light middle / super middle weight??? is he prepaired to go down to welterweight??
martinez beat williams and a washed up pavlik who wasnt any good anyway and so martinez is great i dont think so who the f**k is williams anyway. nobody barker may not win this fight but he will go the distance and it will be closer then all you american t**ts think it will be. because the bottom line is barker would batter pavlik and he would probably do the same to that chinny w**k*r williams you americans need to pull your heads out from each others a***s and smell the coffee because your all bigging martinez up to much before he has really done anything. beating a little mexican who is named after a pizza and two american hype jobs like pavlik and williams doesnt make him great.
Martinez is the best thing to happen to boxing. I was tired of all these overated fighters. Martinez is the true P4P King!!
Anonymous, Pavlik, Cintron, Margarito (maybe with loaded gloves / and you still learn in defeat) and Paul Williams. In that list are two of the former “most avoided fighters”. Plus he just fought a solid, undefeated fight in Dzinziruk and Adrian Stone. And if you don’t believe Martinez belongs in the top of the P4P list, I’ll argue you don’t know boxing.
To others. As for Barker, I give all the credit in the world for fighting Martinez. I just don’t think he’s proven himself to fight at Martinez’s level. If he had fought a few and beaten at least one in the Top 10 at 160 then I’d say he was ready. But much like the heavyweight division, seems you can side-step the Top 10 fighters and still get a title shot. And that ain’t right.
@ BigPoppaPump
Martinez lost to Margacheto 11 years ago. And in my opion the reff shouldn’t have stop the fight. Margacheto lost to williams and Martinez KO’d him out!
Why is Floyd Mayweather Jr. a coward? He is fighting the number 2 welterweight. A true welterweight. After this fight he wants to fight the number 1. This does not sound cowardly to me at all! Some are just desperate for an argument they say any thing with out even thinking….
floydiots – new specie discovered by this site, worthless, dumb and belonging to the lowest form of animal
martinez was brutally murdered by margarito who was demolished by pac, and when sergio landed that lucky punch at paul williams’, martinez suddenly became the man!
lucky indeed!
ALL I CAN SAY IS – “UPSET”
Lol @ Sergio Martinez wasting his time calling out Mayweather: like Mayweather would ever fight a threat to his “0″.
superpactard……….who could you be talking about? hmmmm yer g a y lover floyd?
people saying fighters are afraid to face martinez are dumb st@pid! Froch, Ward, Dirrel and Abraham are just waiting for him. even PWill still wants to fight sergio. pacquiao even said he will face sergio at 150lbs considering the weight difference between the two.
only one boxer is afraid of sergio. after saying he wants the winner of PWill-sergio bout, this nigg@h went into silent mode and was never heard talking about maravilla anymore after sergio demolished PWill with a devastating left…you know who am talking to. clue: he is the BEST DUCKER in boxing and was even called COWARD by ESPN and Larry Merchant.
Martinez just moved up in weight, why would he do it again? Not even Roberto Duran moved up in weight that fast. Everybody is just scared to face him. And Barker, he is a true Champ I wish them both the best of luck.
Best fights for Martinez might be at Super Middleweight, as somebody pointed out, his record isnt the greatest out there but, he has beaten Williams, Cintron and Pavlik, arguably the best in the Middleweight division, a third fight with Williams would be interesting, but the super fights for him are with the likes of Froch, Ward, Dirrel. Maybe even wait for a shot at Abraham who is stepping back down after his failure in the super 6 tournament.
umm I like Darren Barker but lets be honest why isnt martinnez fighting strum or any of the other belt holders??? And its well gy him calling out Pacman, go up a wieght and fight one of the big Super middlewieghts like Froch, Kessler or ward. Serg is a puy. Over rated.
Martinez beat Williams and suddenly he is the man to beat. Martinez and his manager are the 2 biggest joke in boxing today next to Mayweather! Their own pathetic fans will make sure they’re on the news!!!!!
Manny gonna get his a** whoop…..busta
manny already stated that he will fight sergio at 150 lbs considering the difference in their weights.
i just wonder what part of this statement is not clear to floydiots tsk tsk tsk….poor floydiots, they are really so dumb they don’t understand a thing about boxing.
When everyone on your division is scared then you move up in weight. That’s how it has always been done. I would like to see him fight Bute or Kessler!
Hey Serg Martinez, just wait for Pacman if you really wanna fight him,ok? After Pacman vs Marquez fight then you’ll be the next bcoz i really know that the scared and coward Floyd Jr is still ducking Pacman by looking for another excuses.I don’t see any extra-ordinary ability from Serg Martinez. He’s just an ordinary boxer that has improved his skills due to training.So good luck Martinez for the future fight against my man “Pacman”.lol
Who has Barker beaten? No one outside of England (the big fish in a small pond) and/or fighters coming off of recent losses. Hardly the resume for a fighter to suddenly take on one of the best P4P in the world. So again I say: why not: Strum, Macklin, Geale, J’Jikam or Rubio, Sergio?
really i think sergio martinez is overrated….yes he beat paul but that was a lucky punch…thatcould happen to anyone…dont get me wrong he is good but not that good……Angulo will beat him and mayweather will make him look like a amatuer
Martinez would destroy Margarito now. Margarito has taken too many shots. An doesnt have the punch volume. Use to throw 100 punches a round. Threw 1600 against Williams
Fair enough but he seems to hit harder ever time he fight. Its actauly refreshing to be talking about t great fighter thats not PACMAN or Mayweather. Not that their not both great. But i get so sick of the back and forth. Who cares just fight or shut up.
@Moo
Didnt mean he’s an overrated fighter. Meant his ko power is overrated. An Cotto is a B fighter. Canelo needs work. Cotto brother almost knocked him out but he’s explosive. Serg is to much of a vet. Canelo not ready 4 that. Only 20, 21
I honestly dont see Margarito v Martinez as a competative fight at this point. Mabey if he beats Cotto in the rematch. But i dont see that happening Pacquiao ruined him probably for life as sad as that is. Worst corner ive seen in a long time.
Why cant take a rematch to Margarito? Martine has to prove Margarito that he is the best cos he lost to margarito on year 2000
Agreed could get big $ at 168 but not that big. And he would be the smaller man against all those guys. Froch could be good but the size difference would be huge factor against Martinez same against Ward and Bute.
Cotto did say that he wants to fight Martinez, but B arum don’t want to let Cotto fight Martinez cause he knows Martinez can beat Cotto, but Cotto does has the heart to fight anybody…. Cotto is not ducking anybody!
Love Williams. But he got caught up tryin 2 b something he’s not. Needs to fire trainer an hire Buddy Mcguirt or Manny Stewart. Needs to fight tall an use advantages. Other than him, nobody. Big $ at 68
Agreed would love Mayweather v Martinez but it will never happen. Even if Martinez can still make 154. Mayweather will never take a fight aginst both a bigger man and a south paw who is that tallented. Wont happen in a million years. Cotto Doesnt want any neather does Angulo, Chavez Jr, Canelo. Nobody that can make Martinez any real money will fight him and its not because he is over rated.
@Moo
Best fight would b Floyd at 54. Not sure if Serg can make that weight. Floyd fought Dela hoya at 54 but only weighed 50. Pac would get ran through, too small. Just think he too big. Hard 4 Serg cuz he’s 37. Youtube Serg vs Margarito.
Ok First of all that was 12 years ago that he lost to Margacheato. I would love to see that fight though. Fighters learn and sergio started boxing later in life than most. He has absolutly destroyed his at leat his last 5 opponents which were the best of his carear other than Cheato 12 years ago. Who do you think from 147 to 160 can beat him??
@Moo
Tiny 4 168? He had problems makin weight 4 last Paul fight. Thats y he left 54. U r right about him just wanting a huge payday
he should be fighting like hopkins or dawson, his too big for welter weights.
@Moo
1st 20 fights he only had 6 ko or tko. Had no pop. Still dont hit that hard. Williams was flawed. Plenty of fighters would expose Serg. Looked like a different person n Margarito fight. “1 punch at a time”, its happy hour out here!
Abe wont fight martinez he is trying to get his carear back on track before he takes that kind of risk, pluss its not a competative fight. Martinez would destroTy him worse than Ward and Froch. The answer to why is Martinez looking down for fights??? MONEY. Floyd could easily fight at 154 and has before. Thats the fight he realy wants but Floyd doesnt want that kind of risk eather. No one will fight martinez. Cotto Angulo Chavez Jr they dont want to fight him. there realy arnt allot of options for him. He would be tiney at 168.
Why is he looking down for a fight instead of fighting his own size or those at super middleweight? It does not make him great fighting smaller guys, only richer! Yet he settles for Barker. He is simply wasting his time and time is not on his side. Abraham moves back to the middleweight and I think he is a good match up for Martinez though I gave Martinez the edge…Another will be Dirrel..I’m sure he will be tested and he can make a name for himself if he succeeds.
@Snook
Did you just make that up or what the guy is 47(26)-2-2 Thats 26 KO’s. He has 3 stopages in his first 7 fights. google his record dont make up bs. And 1 punch at a time??? I dont know who your talking about but not Martinez.
WOLF PACK says:
July 21, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Margarito is bigger than Martinez and Pacquiao fault him. So why is it Martinez is too huge now? Didnt Pac beat Margarito for the belt Martinez gave up?
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the same over and over again….
because margarito came down to 150 lbs thats why
if martinez weighing 158lbs from the previous fight willing to meet pac who is 144 lbs in the middle at 151 lbs the fight might happen but martinez doesn’t want to come down below 154 lbs
I like Martinez but he’s not the best out there. He walks around at 180 an he want to fight Pac an Floyd. Plenty of S. Middleweights. Not to mention most would beat him cuz he only throws 1 punch at a time. Serg should stay away from Floyd b4 someone checks his blood. 1st 25 fights, 3ko’s. Now he’s a ko artist?! He’s good but overrated
margarito was a one time deal. Not to mention Marg fought whole carear at 147.
Even Martinez said pac is to small to fight him. Here is the deal WolfPack, Manny is already the smallest guy at 147 lbs and
@ MOO
You said it right on the money. Angulo one of the best fighters out there didn’t wanna fight Martinez for more money than he ever made. People are telling Martinez to move up again when he just came from 154. That really is sad Martinez cant get a good fight because he is that good.
Martinez realy is the most avoided fighter in boxing. Angulo and Cotto would be good opponents for Martinez but i dont think eather wants to take that kind of risk. Kind of sad when a guy like Martinez cant get a big name in the ring with him.
@Dyno… How stupid would that be when Martinez is huge… He’s way bigger than Floyd or Manny…
Pssy Floyd thinks he is the best fighter out there why not fight Martinez… Cherry picking byatch.
ummmmmm why is he chasing weilterweight why not call out ward,bute,direll middleweight is loaded all he gott do is go up 6lbs
martinez wants to figth maywether cotto or chavez jr .but not margarito.
Martinez has to let this dude knock him out so some of these guys will fight him, thats sad….
Martinez truly is the greatest.
Martinez needs to turn into the bad guy, and start calling people out, specific.people….call them a pssy, cherry picking little what ever, he needs to go inside with a t shirt of pacquiao getting knocked out or taking steroids. And say openly to the public he fought Margaret at 150 I will fight him at 150. Call Bob arima bluff and say his fights for pacquiao are fixed. He don’t fight any live opponents or non top rank opponents.
Pacquiao vs Martinez would be fantastic fight and a lot more entertaining than Manny vs Floyd. Floyd will never fight Martinez because his uncle Roger would have told him to stay well away. They will probably start about Martinez being on steroid!!!!
Martinez just moveed up in weight last year, he cant move up in weight that quick. People just need to step up and to being scared of that Knock Out!
Martinez is the best in 154 and 160 he’s got everybody shaking!
Like 401 siad ” Martinez duckers please stand up “
again the 168 division is tied up every major fighter in that division has future fights planned froch- ward, kessler rematch, pascal rematch, bute. ward, super six final, dirrel, bute, bute-pavlik super six winner, mega fight at home against pasca.l
Everybody claims to be the best but nobody wants to step up to the plate. Sergio Martinez is the best and will prove it. He had to move up in weight last year because nobody wanted to fight him now nobody wants to fight him at 160. Whats really going on?
Calling out all the paydays is all he’s doing. If he was a truly about being great, he’d go up in weight, not down.
Martinez will have alot of trouble but I think he can beat Barker. Barker is one of the best fighters in the world and has a %60 chance of winning, but Ill still pull for Martinez.
Great fight I wouldn’t miss it for anything, cant wait!
I DONT SEE MAYWEATHER MANNY FIGHTING MARTINEZ IS CALLING OUT THESE FIGHTERS TO GET A BIG PAYDAY BUT HE SHOULD FIGHT COTTO OR CHAVES JR
Martinez would destroy all those guys. Martinez is the best fighter out there right now. Everybody’s ducking Martinez right now!
Martinez needs to come out aggressive, needs to be barking like a furious dog and start calling names out. Grrrrr ruff ruff!!!! >:-()
he could have made a little more with Margarito, Clottey, or Mosley.
muy pegado Sergio…muy pegado.
Maravilla needs to fight in the higher weight division if he thinks he is good enough. The guy is a bruiser and beating Williams is an accomplishment in itself but come on now, stop chasing the little guys that can’t make his weight. Chavez maybe but not Floyd or Manny, they’re both welters, i mean Manny can’t even make 147 lbs on his welterweight fights. Floyd fought Oscar at 154 lbs but i don’t know if Floyd is willing to sacrifice his “0″ loss against Martinez. Stay at 154 lbs and above but stop dreaming of the big dinero senor.
I think credit should go to Darren Barker for taking this fight on while the so called top guys are all ducking and dodging. Barker fancies the job and good luck to him. He’s not well known outside the states but neither was Martinez up until recently. Barker is very underrated and has a chance in this fight providing he isn’t overwhelmed by the occasion.
MARTINEZ SHOULD MAKE A STATEMENT BY TKO BARKER AND THEN CALLING OUT FIGHTERS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MARTINEZ FIGHT COTTO MAYBE MAYWEATHER BUT NOT MANNY BECAUSE MANNY WILL NEVER TAKE THAT CHANCE AND WHATS THE WEIGHT GOING TO BE MANNY CANT EVEN MAKE 147
I think he couldve gotten bigger fights if only he moved to top rank when he had the chance – when his contract expired. I admired his loyalty but it only goes so far. Ethical and admirable move… but still a bad career one..
If he’s really gutsy, (he better be coz his time is running out), he should try moving up and fight the likes of Andre Ward or Bernard Hopkins…that should surely make him pound for pound #1..
no chance…gona be a big upset!
I can see the post-fight headline now: Barker had no bite, gets bit by Martinez.
has no chocie but to move back up to 168 ward wants to face him so can do that after he beats froch. Manny doesnt fight guys coming off big wins and if floyd was to face him it would be earliest may of next year and thats if he wants to go up tp 154 again and have someone out weighting him by over 18 pounds again.
But instead he opts for Barker?! (Barker will be lucky to last 3 rounds.) So, no, I don’t feel sorry for Martinez… there are better/other fights for him out there.
barker will smah martinez!!!
So then why not: Strum, Macklin, Geale, J’Jikam or Rubio?
No need to mention Pacman. He only fights big man with no skills….(no loaded gloves Margarito).
poor martinez,it seems like he aint got no future. By the time he fights these good fighters,he’ll be old and washed up.To bad he wasnt this good around his early twenties.
poor martinez,it seems like he aint got no future. By the time he fights these good fighters,he’ll be old and washed up.To be he wasnt these good around his early twenties.