By Byron Wallin: I find it simply astounding that the boxing world presently has so many quality fighters who are campaigning in the same or similar weight divisions, yet are reluctant to face one another. The most striking current example of an avoided fighter is Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s).
Martinez vs. Macklin
Dibella: Chavez Jr. needs to stop hiding from Sergio Martinez
By Jason Kim: Lou Dibella, the promoter for WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s), expects WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and his promoter Bob Arum to immediately start negotiations with them after Martinez first takes care of Matthew Macklin on March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Pavlik thinks he can KO Froch; Frampton could fight on Martinez-Macklin undercard on 3/17
By Scott Gilfroid: If former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is looking for a good opponent for his next fight in May then he needs to consider facing former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s), who currently doesn’t have any fights scheduled.
Macklin: I’m stronger than Sergio Martinez
By Scott Gilfoid: It wasn’t bad enough that Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) got beaten in his last fight against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm last June by a 12 round split decision, but now the 29-year-old Macklin is coming back for what stacks up to be another loss for the UK fighter when he faces arguably the best middleweight in the division in Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March 17th at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
Macklin: I’m going make it a war against Sergio Martinez
By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) is facing an almost certain knockout loss coming up in his fight against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March 17th at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
Sergio Martinez and HBO patch up differences, Martinez-Macklin to be televised by HBO
(Photo by DiBella Entertainment/Ed Diller) By Allen Fox: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) and HBO apparently have settled whatever issues that were between them judging by some of the comments that Kery Davis, Senior Vice President of Programming at HBO Sports, had to say about Martinez during Wednesdays’ press conference to promote the March 17th fight between Martinez and Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
Sergio Martinez: Pacquiao and Chavez Jr. are puppets of Arum
(Photo by DiBella Entertainment/Ed Diller) By Chris Williams: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez sees Manny Pacquiao and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as a couple of puppets, unable to make decisions on their own and just following along with whatever their promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank tells them to do.
WBC rules that Julio Chavez Jr. must fight Sergio Martinez next if they win their next fights
By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council has given their vote of approval for a Sergio Martinez vs. WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. bout as long as the two fighters win their next fights. Chavez Jr. must mandatorily face Martinez next, the WBC says.
Martin Murray interested in fighting Andy Lee on Martinez-Macklin undercard on 3/17
By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten middleweight contender Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) is interested in fighting Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) on March 17th on the undercard of the Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Macklin thinks he’ll beat Sergio Martinez on 3/17
By Scott Gilfoid: No.3 ranked Ring Magazine middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) thinks former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) showed some flaws in his last fight against challenger Darren Barker last October and Macklin thinks he’s the one that can expose these vulnerabilities when they meet up on March 17th at the Madison Square Garden in New York.