Martinez-Pavlik

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) has decided to stay at middleweight rather than give up his WBC belt and defend only his WBC junior middleweight title, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Martinez, 35, had to make a choice to defend one title or the other or else risk [...]

By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) and his promoter Lou Dibella are finding it hard to find suitable opponents for a fight in the fall for HBO. Dan Rafael of ESPN says that he and Martinez gave a list of the fighters they would like to fight next to HBO, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Newly crowned WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) says he’ll fight a rematch with former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik – if Pavlik decides on using his rematch clause – and then fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. after that. Mayweather, 33, mentioned, after his recent 12 round decision win over Shane [...]

By Chris Williams: Just as I expected, Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) was far too talented for the slow moving, slow punching, slow reacting WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) last night in beating Pavlik by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I knew Pavlik [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s really sad that after three years as the WBC/WBO middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) will be facing his hardest challenge when he fights junior middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pavlik hasn’t done much at all since winning the titles [...]

By Jim Dower: Going into this Saturday’s fight between WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) and Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a lot of people are seeing Pavlik’s superior power as being the telling factor in this fight. Indeed, many of the boxing experts [...]