In terms of popularity. Let's do some history check. 2010- Martinez beats Pavlik in front of 6000 fans. Sergio is 35. 2010- Martinez destroys Williams. Makes 1 million 2012- Martinez vs Macklin. 4700 attendance. 650k live gate 2012- Martinez vs Chavez Jr. career high purse of 1.5 million plus PPV. Buys at 475k. Sergio is 37. 2014- Martinez stopped by Cotto. Career over. Gets his 1.5 million purse plus 350k PPV upside. GGG burst out on the scene in 2014. GGG vs Rubio: 800k purse. 9500 attendance GGG vs Monroe in 2015: 1.5 million purse. 12000 attendance. GGGvs Lemiuex. 150k PPV. 20k attendance. 2 million purse. GGG vs Wade. 10k plus attendance. 1.5 million purse. Golovkin turns 34 this April. GGG has already earned higher purses at age 33 than Martinez had earned at 35. It wasn't until Martinez was 37 until he started making the big money. Martinez had 2 big PPV fights, vs Cotto and Chavez Jr. Golovkin has Canelo for a dance partner. Sometime in 2017, they can make 600k PPV buys. GGG is more popular than Martinez ever was, as evidenced by the ticket sales. However, I see GGGs star power capping out around this level. He can be a great dance partner to BHop, Canelo. Other than those fighters there isn't a fighter with greater star power than him to make a PPV fight sell over 300k. GGG will make some noise in the game until he retires. But there's no way he takes over the sport. Too late in the game, similar to Martinez.
ggg has far surpassed martinez in the popularity department he's very close to breaking through to the next level.martinez never really got close to being a huge boxing star the true A side as they say. he had all the tools to do so looks, power, everything its strange he never became a major star.
I have no clue how the business side of boxing works, but GGG vs Lemiuex was watched by a large % of people in Kazakhstan on national television, and around the world brings him some serious $$$. And his fights being replayed internationally also = $$$? + Endorsements
GGG "burst on the scene 2014" where the **** have you been since 2008, when he burst onto the boxing scene. They couldn't be further apart in ability. It's like a pre teen kid against his 35 yr old pops in a real live fight. That's how competitive it could've been if ggg had the flu while being stranded at an international airport
Quick answer... No, GGG is a far more accomplished fighter, and far superior in skills due to his 400 plus amateur fights. Sergio has the better resume though. But if you're talking about the abbreviated timeline that the 2 will have shared at the end of the day, once their popularity hit, due to their advanced age, the yeah. They are somewhat alike
Nacho Beristain said if Golovkin were to fight Alvarez he would end Alvarez/ career................. Golovkin would have knocked Martinez out even before Martinez was crippled.................
