GRAPEVINE, TEX. –Lou DiBella, the promoter of Sergio Martinez, compares him favorably to another Argenitinian-born fighter, Carlos Monzon, who once held the middleweight (160 pounds) record for consecutive wins, and, who reeled off victories in his final 84 bouts (75-0-9), with 45 knockouts starting with a fourth-round stoppage of Francisco Geleberti in October of 1964. Nicknamed, “Maravilla,”...
“He wants to show the world he’s the greatest,” Jones said. “It took this guy four days to get in shape, and he’ll keep training up until about three, four days before the fight. I’ve told him, ‘Floyd, you’re getting scary.’ He says, ‘Nate, I gotta beat this [guy].’ ”
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