Review: 2014-06-07, great fight between Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto: it gets three stars. The 39-year-old Sergio Gabriel Martinez (six years older than Cotto) entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 51-2-2 (28 knockouts), he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 27, 2013 when he defeated Martin Murray (=Martinez vs Murray) but he was the No.1 middleweight in the world. ‘Maravilla’ Martinez suffered his last defeat (by majority decision) in 2009 when he faced Paul Williams for the first time, but he took revenge on the American in their secon bout (The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2010: Martinez vs Williams 2); the Argentinian comes off seven consecutive wins.
His opponent, Miguel Angel Cotto, has an official record of 38-4-0 (31 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.4 light middleweight, he has won world titles in three different weight classes and in this fight he moved up to the Mw division. Cotto suffered two consecutive defeats in 2012, against Floyd Mayweather Jr (=Mayweather vs Cotto) and Austin Trout (=Cotto vs Trout) but he came back to victory in 2013 beating Delvin Rodriguez (=Cotto vs Rodriguez). ‘Maravilla’ Martinez vs Cotto is valid for the WBC middleweight title (first fight and world title shot for Cotto in the Mw division). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2014-06-07
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Title: WBC middleweight title
Martinez’s previous fight: Sergio Martinez vs Martin Murray
Cotto’s previous fight: Miguel Cotto vs Delvin Rodriguez
Cotto’s next fight: Miguel Cotto vs Daniel Geale
Martinez’s next fight: Sergio Martinez vs Jose Miguel Fandino
Official video:
Round 1 – Official video
(Alternative highlights videos hosted on Youtube)
Fair play to Sarmiento.
Fair play to Sarmiento.
What a sad, sad ending (I hope) to a great boxer’s career. There is no doubt in my mind that the Sergio of old would have run circles around Miguel Angel. Alas, the champion is no longer the Sergio of old, just old Sergio. His words at the end of the fight proved that he knows how to win and how to lose. A lot of fighters could stand to learn that.
His place in my personal history of boxing is secure.
I agree with GMan about Martinez’s trainer. I wonder how viewers will rate this fight in five years or even one. It had the pre-fight excitement that surrounds a big event. However, after the opening bell rang (against my expectations) it turned into a non-competitive beat down of a physically depleted man. Two and a half stars (maybe fewer) might be the better score for posterity.
What a sad, sad ending (I hope) to a great boxer’s career. There is no doubt in my mind that the Sergio of old would have run circles around Miguel Angel. Alas, the champion is no longer the Sergio of old, just old Sergio. His words at the end of the fight proved that he knows how to win and how to lose. A lot of fighters could stand to learn that.
His place in my personal history of boxing is secure.
I agree with GMan about Martinez’s trainer. I wonder how viewers will rate this fight in five years or even one. It had the pre-fight excitement that surrounds a big event. However, after the opening bell rang (against my expectations) it turned into a non-competitive beat down of a physically depleted man. Two and a half stars (maybe fewer) might be the better score for posterity.
martinez was not the same one who defeated Paul Williams or Pavlik or Chavez Jr or Murray…..if he doesn’t retire he has to change trainer!!
congratulations to cotto for his performance.
congratulations to maravilla for his words at the end of the fight.
TWO GREAT CHAMPIONS!
Not to take away from Cotto but
danielsan23 is correct in that he is not the same fighter. Though changing trainers will not do a thing for him.
I too hope Martinez retires.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Fyi-kNBJU use this link its the full fight