Perfectly put. The guy gets treated like crap and now that he has fame he is trying to cash in on it but even then its looking hard with the WBC stripping him of the title.
Hey, I'm not criticising Martinez for avoiding Pirog, he's done things the hard way and deserves to make some money, but at the end of the day, he is avoiding him. Andy Lee didn't earn the right to fight Martinez either but Martinez was willing to fight him. A unification fight with Pirog is far more worthy than a fight with Lee. He's not on his radar because nobody knows who Pirog is, his accomplishments don't come into the equation.
Thats the thing, there arent any huge names at middleweight. Its either have the smaller guys come up or go to 168. Neither is as good as trying to find an exciting opponent at his comfortable weights
Humberto Soto is the most ducked boxer right now. Pac, JMM, MAB, EM, Linares, Guerrero, and so many others dont want to fight him.
Ok man look realisticly pac is just too danm small to fight martinez. Mayweather and cotto maybe (those 2 just barely makes JMW) i think thats kinda small to be fighting a natural fresh middleweight like martinez.