The Cruelest Sport » SERGIO MARTINEZ http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Losing Steps: Sergio Martinez W12 Martin Murray http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/lost-steps-sergio-martinez-w12-martin-murray/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/lost-steps-sergio-martinez-w12-martin-murray/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:07:11 +0000 Andrew Fruman http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5531 **** Sergio Martinez got the job done, but just barely. On a rainy night in Buenos Aries, the middleweight champion escaped a strong challenge from Martin Murray, surviving a trip to the canvas and a cut over his left eye to win by scores of 115-112 across the board. Martinez, fighting in front of his [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/lost-steps-sergio-martinez-w12-martin-murray/feed/ 0 LA MORDIDA: Sergio Martinez W12 Julio César Chávez Jr. http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/16/la-mordida-sergio-martinez-w12-julio-cesar-chavez-jr/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/16/la-mordida-sergio-martinez-w12-julio-cesar-chavez-jr/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:52:31 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5216 **** For eleven rounds, Julio César Chávez, Jr., resembled Jackie Bibby, the Fort Worth, Texas, man who holds the world record for lying in a tub full of rattlesnakes. Except, for Chávez, the snakes were biting—hard. But Chávez nearly pulled off a remarkable upset when he dropped Sergio Martinez with just over a minute to [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/16/la-mordida-sergio-martinez-w12-julio-cesar-chavez-jr/feed/ 0 CAMINAR EL INFIERNO CON PASOS DE BEBÉ: Sobre Julio César Chávez Jr y Sergio Martínez http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/caminar-el-infierno-con-pasos-de-bebe-sobre-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-y-sergio-martinez/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/caminar-el-infierno-con-pasos-de-bebe-sobre-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-y-sergio-martinez/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:58:00 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5210 **** Tras años de burlas, insinuaciones y tormentos, Julio César Chávez Jr. tendrá la oportunidad de legitimarse cuando este 15 de septiembre enfrente al modelo de dos puños, Sergio Martínez, ante una multitud con boleto pagado en el Thomas and Mack Center en Las Vegas, Nevada. Como el rey Luis XVI -intimidado, abucheado y hostigado, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/caminar-el-infierno-con-pasos-de-bebe-sobre-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-y-sergio-martinez/feed/ 0 The Sergio Martinez Case Files http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/the-sergio-martinez-case-files/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/the-sergio-martinez-case-files/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:30:15 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5208 **** An overview-through links and excerpts-of Sergio Martinez culled from the files of TCS. Relive the last two years of his career as Martinez heads into a real superfight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tonight. **** El Jefe: Martinez W12 Pavlik If Argentina has anything similar to the concept of menefreghista, then Sergio Martinez is [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/the-sergio-martinez-case-files/feed/ 0 The Julio César Chávez Jr. Case Files http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/the-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-case-files/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/the-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-case-files/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:29:32 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5206 **** An overview-through links and excerpts-of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. culled from the files of TCS. Relive the last two years of his career as Chavez heads into a real superfight against Sergio Martinez tonight. **** Delivering The Goods: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. W12 John Duddy Duddy came out bombing early in the sixth, whipping [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/15/the-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-case-files/feed/ 0 Hell By Baby Steps: Sergio Martinez-Julio César Chávez Jr. Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/14/hell-by-baby-steps-sergio-martinez-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/14/hell-by-baby-steps-sergio-martinez-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-preview/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:39:29 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5204 **** After years of mockery, innuendo, and torment, Julio César Chávez, Jr. gets his chance to legitimize himself when he faces two-fisted fashionista Sergio Martinez before a sold-out crowd at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, tomorrow night. Like King Louis XVI—hectored, heckled, and harassed, yes, but thousands upon thousands gathered at [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/14/hell-by-baby-steps-sergio-martinez-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-preview/feed/ 0 Mañana en la batalla: ¿Y si gana? Sobre Julio César Chávez Jr y Sergio Martínez http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/08/29/manana-en-la-batalla-y-si-gana-sobre-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-y-sergio-martinez/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/08/29/manana-en-la-batalla-y-si-gana-sobre-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-y-sergio-martinez/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:14:48 +0000 Mauricio Salvador http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5174 **** Si Sergio Maravilla Martínez vence a Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. el próximo 15 de septiembre en el Thomas and Mack Center de Las Vegas, será simplemente como si el destino por fin hubiera caído sobre la cabeza del boxeador bendecido con un nombre real del boxeo y un título que, a decir de muchos, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/08/29/manana-en-la-batalla-y-si-gana-sobre-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-y-sergio-martinez/feed/ 0 You Got to Work to Get Your Pay: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr-Andy Lee Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/16/you-got-to-work-to-get-your-pay-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-andy-lee-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/16/you-got-to-work-to-get-your-pay-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-andy-lee-preview/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:18:11 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5042 **** Who can forget the days when Emanuel Steward used to hype Andy Lee as a future heavyweight champion? Lee, 28, takes his first step toward that unlikely goal tonight when he faces mucho-maligned Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, for the Sweet-N-Kickin BBQ Sauce middleweight title. The winner [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/16/you-got-to-work-to-get-your-pay-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-andy-lee-preview/feed/ 18 THE UGLY AMERICAN: Junior & Maravilla http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/14/the-ugly-american-junior-maravilla/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/14/the-ugly-american-junior-maravilla/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:53:22 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5006 **** I have a regular column, “The Ugly American” featured in ESQUINA, a new boxing magazine based out of Mexico City. The column runs in Spanish in the print version of ESQUINA and in English on their website. The latest edition of “The Ugly American” focuses on the never-ending soap opera between Julio Cesar Chavez, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/14/the-ugly-american-junior-maravilla/feed/ 0 MERCIFUL HOUR: Sergio Martinez TKO11 Matthew Macklin http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/03/19/merciful-hour-sergio-martinez-tko11-matthew-macklin/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/03/19/merciful-hour-sergio-martinez-tko11-matthew-macklin/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:58:14 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4760 **** Spirited Matthew Macklin saw his dreams of glory turn into a sudden nightmare on Saturday at the Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City when middleweight dynamo Sergio Martinez rallied from a points deficit to drop him twice in the 11th round, forcing a corner retirement for a TKO loss. Answering the [...]

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