{"id":8249,"date":"2011-03-02T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T18:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2011-03-02T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T18:50:56","slug":"sergiy-dzinziruk-speaks-on-plan-to-beat-sergio-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8249","title":{"rendered":"Sergiy Dzinziruk Speaks on Plan to Beat Sergio Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Martinez is just another fighter”<\/p>\n

WBO jr. middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk spoke to reporters today about his March 12 clash with middleweight champion Sergio \u201cMaravilla\u201d Martinez at the MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods. \u201cIt\u2019s a lifetime opportunity for me,\u201d stated Dzinziruk. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to fighting Sergio Martinez. So far, no problems with my weight, and I feel comfortable with this weight. I\u2019m fighting big sparring partners. Yes, I\u2019m a 154-pounder but I\u2019m going to fight at 160 and let\u2019s see what happens. I feel very confident with this weight.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t do anything out of the ordinary except live a clean life. I\u2019ve had the same training regimen and have just added to it with experience. The main thing is discipline. If something is not right, I don\u2019t do it. Fighting is my life, my world. All I know is how to box. I make sure my lifestyle \u2013 my health \u2013 I take care of. I\u2019m healthy. I love fighting and want to win a few more titles. I have great discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have watched (tapes) in the past and more recently of Sergio\u2019s fights. He is a great fighter and a great champion, but there\u2019s nothing special. He is just another fighter in front of me and I hope to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Buddy McGirt we have our game plan. We\u2019re not thinking about what Sergio can do, we\u2019re thinking about what we can do. There will be a lot of surprises, lots of pressure on Sergio, (for me) to win the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBuddy\u201d McGirt: \u201cHe (Sergiy) is down with precision punches. You\u2019d think he was a typical European fighter but he isn\u2019t. He has a phenomenal jab and a better left \u2013 the difference in this fight. You see guys sparring, no, they\u2019re more awkward than Sergio. It took them a round to figure them out and then Sergiy was dancing to his beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSergio Martinez is a great fighter with great hand speed. We\u2019re working on certain tools to eliminate his speed and make our game plan better than him. The key to defeating an opponent with hand speed is to nullify it, not out-speed \u2018em. Sergiy has the perfect punch to nullify \u2013 his right jab. I heard about it but didn\u2019t believe it until I saw it. The jab controls the tempo and makes him (opponent) think and then, it\u2019s a whole different ball game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Promoter Lou DiBella: \u201cMy champion, Sergio Martinez, is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters. He has another beast in front of him for the fifth time in a row. Since the beginning I\u2019ve said I didn\u2019t like this fight. Technically, he (Dzinziruk) is one of the best I\u2019ve seen. The kid is very sound. This is his toughest fight and probably the toughest fighter Sergio has faced. Sergiy isn\u2019t well known here but he is the top \u201954 pounder. It\u2019s a terribly difficult fight for Sergio but it\u2019s what he wants. HBO has very good fight. I\u2019m worried but I have faith in my champion who understands the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“Martinez is just another fighter” WBO jr. middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk spoke to reporters today about his March 12 clash with middleweight champion Sergio \u201cMaravilla\u201d Martinez at the MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods. \u201cIt\u2019s a lifetime opportunity for me,\u201d stated Dzinziruk. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to fighting Sergio Martinez. So far, no problems with my weight, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,647,2467],"class_list":["post-8249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-sergio-martinez","tag-sergiy-dzinziruk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8249"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}