Sergio Martinez Wants GGG Fight; Acknowledges He Could Die In The Ring... LOL?

“If I can pick who to challenge, I would say Gennady Golovkin. Someone can tell me that Golovkin is going to kill me. Yes, I know he can kill me. Or not. I also know that I can give him a boxing lesson. I’m getting better every day. I’m not getting as good as I was, I’m getting much better”.

"I aim to fight Gennady Golovkin. Maybe my manager will aim at Lara. But I know that a fight with Lara might be super boring. Lara gets on his bike and dances around you, moving and moving, so it would be an ugly fight. With Golovkin, I think it would be a nice fight to see, even if he can break me into pieces, or not”.

“It is complete madness, I know, but I have all the faith in me that I can give an extraordinary fight against Golovkin. And I need to (fight at a great level), because If I don’t, I will die or he will kill me. With Golovkin, there is a good match of styles, I think we could give a great fight. I need to perform at an extraordinary level to win it. I have all the faith in me, and I know it’s crazy, because if I don’t, Golovkin will kill me and destroy me”.

I am eight years older than Lara, and almost the same as Golovkin. I will turn 48 years old in February, seven more than Golovkin."

“When two champions face each other, or a champion with a mandatory challenger, there is little difference between them. What will make a difference is the brain, not the age. It won’t even be physical fitness, because we all have a great condition at the required level for a world champion. Both Golovkin, Lara and me, if we fight each other, we will be at a very high level from a physical standpoint. But (the difference) is the head, who has a better tactic and strategy, and who has a better rest the last week before the fight”.

“I’m still not at the level of Golovkin or Lara, for now. Because the level of opposition that I have had is inferior, and sometimes very inferior. But I needed contact with the ring, with the ropes, the referee. I needed friction, I needed an opponent attacking me, punching me, aiming to really hurt me. That is what I needed, and I know that I’m progressing and evolving by leaps and bounds."

“I understand that by being ranked as third, the world title fight might come at any moment. I can tell you that in 2023, from July onwards, I will get a world title fight. March 2024 at the latest. By then, I will be 49 years old. But well, Bernard Hopkins fought until 51, and he won his last fight at 50”.

 

Sergio still drunk on egg nog.

 

Lou DiBella wouldn't let Sergio within a country mile of Golovkin when the fight was possible.