Did Martinez do enough to get into the Hall of Fame?

imo, no.

 

He has 2 losses (legitimate), one when he was still green, another when he was already gray. As far as I am concerned, he is HoF worthy, given his credentials, skillset and willingness to face the best opposition.

 

he has wins over...

Barker
Macklin
Pavlik
Dzinzuruk
Chavez JR
Williams
x2 Richard Williams

he didn't beat Murray, so i can't accept that.

i can't put him in with so little. he has a good resume, but not one worthy of the Hall.

 

Maybe not but he is going to get in less deserving people are already in there

 

Maybe not good enough for an American to make it in. But because the HOF strives to be international, there's a chance it might let him squeak in because he's from Argentina/Spain.

 

Looking at the big picture, I expect him to get in:

1. True middleweight champions get in, historically.
2. He's a hero in Argentina.
3. He's a class act
4. He beat Chavez Jr. in a big fight.
5. He had international influence, beating the English guys.
6. Knockout of the year against P. Will

 

Very underrated fighter. Def HOF material.

 

yes

 

no but was a very good fighter. Williams and Pavlik etc not really HOF wins.

 

Nope. Let's see, he beat a shopworn Pavlik, who had just had his soul taken by Hopkins. He then KO'd 147/154 pounder Paul Williams, and stopped 154 pounder Dzinziruk. He then fought real middleweight contenders, and struggled with unheralded, and previously unrated Darren Barker, Mathew Macklin, and Martin Murray, getting a gift decision at home against Murray. He beat Chavez Jr, but almost got KO'd at the end. He then got his arse handed to him by past it Miguel Cotto, a 154 pounder, who against meaningful opponents, had lost his last two fights. Sergio Martinez wouldn't have made it as a 90s middleweight. He may have been a contender but that is it. Guys like Darren Barker, Mathew Macklin, Dzinziruk, Williams etc., wouldn't have been top ten middleweight back then.

 

Well, they are, but those are the only wins he has that I could list as better than "good wins."

 

He was the champ for how long? The only guy to KO Williams and second to beat Pavlik. Beat the undefeated Dzinziruk, Barker and Chavez Jr. I don't know if that's good enough but I'd say yes.....

 

He's somewhere less deserving than Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, that's for sure.

 

Wtf atsch