Why can't Martinez step up to face Ward? Why is it always on Floyd?

- Mayweathers last fight was at 154
- Mayweather has won titles at 154.
- Martinez can fight at 154
- They both have shown they can fight comfortably and succesfully at that weight.

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- That is Mayweather biggest challenge and fight in his career, against a guy who can comfortably make his weight.
- That is Martinez's best chance at becoming #1 p4p, which is his personal goal in boxing.

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As opposed to

- Martinez has never fought above middleweight (a weight that is showing hes probably topped out at)
- Ward WILL NOT do a catch weight (as hes already stated)
- Martinez has shown middleweight size has given him problems, he is smaller then almost every real middleweight he has fought - if someone cant tell that in his fights with barker, macklin, pavlik and jr, they quite frankly dont know what they are looking at. With him being the smaller man against middleweights, why in the hell would I want to see him move up to a weight hes never fought at, at 37 years old and with a handful of fights left realistically? Makes no sense at all lol.

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BOTTOM LINE

- Martinez and Mayweather have both fought at the weight they would fight at. While Ward and Martinez have NEVER shared a weightclass together and Martinez has no clue how he would carry himself at super middle.
- Martinez vs Mayweather makes more sense for Martinez. Mayweather is considered the best fighter on the planet still... and the only one SINGLE fight that could put Martinez at p4p#1. Why wouldnt he want that?


Every logical point to be made points to a Martinez vs Mayweather fight. So much so that its frankly bizarre that theres so many people that are against it. However in most cases I know why




What is it with this attitude of whatever it takes to keep mayweather from being in a threatening fight? **** is bizarre. How could any boxing fan not want to see that fight?

 

Have you ever wrestled or boxed before and had to make a weight? Its not even comparable to a regular guy just dropping a few lbs.

If ward is already cutting it close by bringing his body down to 168, every lb after that becomes harder to lose and when lost takes more out of your body (because youre at the point where youre losing essentials instead of shedding anything excess)

So no, a guy cutting it close at 168 couldnt necessarily just drop 3 or 4lbs without it taking a toll. Which is why you see fighters often get a few hours to get re-weighed after missing weight, go try to run it off and whatnot so they dont get fined and yet still cant shed the weight.