Sergio Martinez is NOT a natural middleweight, A fight with Pacquiao NEXT!

Sergio Martinez is a bad ass mother ****er but is not a natural middleweight. Hes pretty small for the division to be honest. He belongs at 154lbs. If everyone wants to act like Pacquiao legitimately won a title in the junior middleweight division then there should be NO PROBLEM with a Martinez/Pacquiao fight.

IMHO Its by far the best fight in boxing, 2 southpaws with great leg and hand speed. If you think it would be uncompetitive than you are highly mistaken. Pacquiao will definitely be able to rumble, whether he wins is a different story but Martinez will not blow Pacquiao out the way he just did to Williams. Yes he could KO and really hurt Pac, but it would be a big challenge. And lastly you have to understand that Pacquiao fighting Martinez is a win/win for his legacy. Even in defeat, the fact that he steps into the same ring with Martinez ups his legacy.

WHO cares if this is wishful thinking and Bob Arum would not risk Pacquiao with such a crazy fight right now. Its what should happen. If Pacquiao legitimately fought Martinez at 154lbs than that would be unbelievable. Pacquiao would be giving up 20 pounds at least on fight night, and it would be the true "GOAT Test" that Pacquiao could take.

If Pacquiao were to beat Martinez, he would obtain legitimate immortality in this sport. Pacquiao beating Martinez would mean just as much as him beating Mayweather at this point. I am probably more intrigued in a Pac/Martinez at this point than a pac/mayweather fight.

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He "outgrew" it? That man can EASILY train down to 154lbs no fkn problem. Hes an incredible athlete and he was competing just fine at 154lbs when he was there. The sign of weight problems is a drop in performance in a division which forces an opponent up in weight.

That was NOT the case with Sergio Martinez, he moved up to make fights not because he was troubling making the weight division. He has no issues whatsoever making 154. This is fact.

 

Having a longer training camp to make weight is not the end of a boxers life. It does not ruin a fighter it just takes him back to where he was when he was fighting guys like Cintron. Again, Martinez didn't move up because of weight issues. He moved up because he couldn't get a damn fight with the likes of *** Angulo etc

Martinez was performing amazing at 154lbs. He has simply filled up a bit into 160lbs, but he can burn that off.