he hasn't beaten a fighter in the top 5 of his division but thats not his fault people in the top 5 are ducking him. Other then martinez you've got guys like geale who drop a portion of the title and rather have voluntary defenses, felix sturm who was ducking him for years and would rather fight the winner of geale-barker and then theres peter quillin whos an al-hammon golden boy fighter, who's being protected from legitimate threats. who else is out there? Murray?lee?
Fighters have a different mindset than your post. Fighters want the right amount of money for a fight, that's it. You see, it's a family thing. It has nothing to do with ducking GG or for that matter any top fighter. This ducking talk is said about every puncher until they get beat the **** up. The top fighters will fight anyone.
for my humble opinion he will be the best 160 (in many observer eyes he already is) and the best 168 (tough to call)