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02-15-2013, 03:21 PM
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the margarito fight wasn't the only time Sergio has struggled under pressure.
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02-15-2013, 03:52 PM
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Yes, but that was the one and only time he succumbed to it. Every other time he has broken through his opponent. This is silly. Sergio has 50+ fights and only one of them supports your assessment and that was 13 years ago.
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02-15-2013, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by slimpickenz84
Yes, but that was the one and only time he succumbed to it. Every other time he has broken through his opponent. This is silly. Sergio has 50+ fights and only one of them supports your assessment and that was 13 years ago.
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So you're saying that something that has been an obvious ***** in his armor is irrelevant?
It's not, he struggled when Pavlik stepped it up, he struggled with Williams in the first fight, lost to margarito and took a serious beating in the one round where Chavez did what he was supposed to do.
He's a good fighter,but he has obvious weaknesses.you can ignore them but they are there
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02-15-2013, 09:36 PM
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Sergio is a Great fighter, make no mistake. I don't see him folding to pressure like you say. He has just fought a very good level of competition. Pavlik is an amazing fighter. Even though you'd never heard of Macklin, Barker, or Dzinzurik before, they were all very tough fighters. And again, he broke through any pressure they put on him. He's not going to knock out everyone like the second Williams fight.
Him struggling in a fight is not the end of the story, like you paint it. The fact that he overcame it is. Every fighter struggles at some point with some opponents. It's not a ***** in their armor if they adapt and win, like Sergio does.
And you keep hanging on to the 12th round if the Chavez fight. It was only because Sergio was tired and overconfident that Chavez was able to hurt him, and it was a brief moment. Sergio got right back up and went right back to work. It was nothing Chavez changed. Did he unchange after Sergio got knocked down? Because he didnt capitalize on it and just wound up getting beat in again. And lost the fight. That 12th round you hang onto to prove your point, actually disproves it quite spectacularly.
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02-15-2013, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by slimpickenz84
And you keep hanging on to the 12th round if the Chavez fight. It was only because Sergio was tired .
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Thats interesting, I thought I saw some punches land.
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02-15-2013, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Seano
No, the 12th round actually happened.
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when you show 0 respect to your opponent and continue to stand in front of him with your hands down despite a 11-0 lead, sometimes you get caught .
that KD could have easily been avoided if martinez showed an ounce of respect to chavez
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02-15-2013, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by farfan
that KD could have easily been avoided if martinez showed an ounce of respect to chavez
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So who is to blame that Sergio decided to fight stupid? Chavez?
Chavez found the straight right late in the fight and it worked. End of story. Too little too late but it did work.
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02-15-2013, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Seano
So who is to blame that Sergio decided to fight stupid? Chavez?
Chavez found the straight right late in the fight and it worked. End of story. Too little too late but it did work.
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who's to blame ? sergio's arrogance and lack of respect
who's not to blame ?sergio's supposed weakness against pressure . maravilla was still the one coming forward in the 12 th round ,he was the busier fighter and threw more combos before chavez landed that haymaker on the ropes .
a flat footed fighter like chavez dosen't have the ability to corner sergio .
second fight will be a walk in the park
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02-16-2013, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by farfan
who's to blame ? sergio's arrogance and lack of respect
who's not to blame ?sergio's supposed weakness against pressure . maravilla was still the one coming forward in the 12 th round ,he was the busier fighter and threw more combos before chavez landed that haymaker on the ropes .
a flat footed fighter like chavez dosen't have the ability to corner sergio .
second fight will be a walk in the park
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The first fight was no walk in the park. The second wouldn't be either.
It wasn't the haymaker that dropped sergio that changed the fight. It was the straight right hand. Watch it again.
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02-16-2013, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Seano
Thats interesting, I thought I saw some punches land.
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Way to isolate one sentence of my post and act like you're addressing things. Fact remains, the 12th round you hang onto completely contradicts your assesment of Sergio. IT didn't end right at the knock down, ya know? He got back up and went back to work.
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