Who Can Seriously Test Martinez?

There are several guys like Pirog, N'Jikam, Golovkin and with a few more fights someone like David Lemeuix.

Don't fool yourself, Floyd gets UD'd and possibly knocked out. Pretty much, i don't see floyd being able to block all of martinez's shots.

im not saying floyd WILL fight him, but IMO floyd beats him and loki, you know i dont floyd :) Don't fool yourself, Floyd gets UD'd and possibly knocked out.

After Pirog has a few more good performances id like to see him fight martinez. If paul williams can ever fix his deficiency of being a tall man who fights short and also keep his hands up he can potentially win the rubber match. I had him edge sergio out first fight by outworking him. Sergio is wasting his time calling out anyone at welterweight, noone there will fight him. The best fights for his resume would be perhaps Angulo, Cloud, Bute, and those in the super six minus kessler and abraham.

Pirog then a move to 168 to face Bute. Maybe he could demolish Cotto and Margarito at 154 along the way.

I wanna see him fight Abraham. IDK about u all, but that sounds like an exciting fight taking into mind that Abraham could probably knock him out with a solid punch at any point in the fight. If anything, it would be a great display of ability by Martinez

Pirog. I don't think Floyd beats Martinez at this point.

You'd probably have to look at 160 or 168 to find someone who can test him. Although Pavlik did the best job in my opinion. I actually believe he was on his way to winning his fight against Sergio if not stopping him if it weren't for that terrible cut. Pavlik actually scored a legit KD on Sergio as opposed to Williams.

Serious answer: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3337627652_c2d0c0acb4_o.jpg

This. Easily the best post on this thread. ? No mention of Golovkin or N'Jikam who along with Pirog are the toughest MW fights for Martinez.

ward and pirog

any top fighters at 160 could be. i would to love to see what happens....

Margarito would ko him again.

Serious answer: At 160 Sturm and Pirog would pose the biggest threats but would be beat by Martinez fairly easily. '60 still has Kessler and Abraham, but one's career might be over and the other seems to have lost his mojo. Martinez' biggest tests lie at 168 in the form of Lucian Bute, Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, and Carl Froch. I believe each of these fights would be FOTY stuff, save for Dirrell No one at '54 can beat Martinez, though I'd like to see him end Cotto and Margarito's careers. Neither Mayweather nor Pacquiao will fight him at '54 either. Strum doesn't pose much of a threat, he's hardly any different than Dzinziruk, Martinez would box circles around him. Now Pirog, he beats Martinez in my opinion, he's very good defensively, can go to the body well, moves his head/ upperbody, good counter puncher, he's the guy to beat Martinez at 160. Mayweather would beat him also, Floyd would close the gap quick, go in through a high guard and attack the body, it'll be tough though, but he'll pull it off in my opinion. As for 168, I don't even want to think of that. Martinez is a small MW, 168 is pushing it. He'd beat a few guys there but thats still not worth the move up.

Um I have to agree with Max and go with Anne's boy there!

Paul Williams! People seem to look past him because he got ko'd by 1 punch. Imo the fight could go either way in a rematch, just like their first fight. (i thought williams won 1st fight btw) Nah, Williams should have lost the first fight and got destroyed in the rematch. If theres a rubber match, Sergio straight buries him.

I hate these suggestions that Sergio move up to 168, like that's a simple thing to do. He isn't big enough for 168, and it doesn't make him any less of a fighter if he chooses not to fight at an unfair weight disadvantage. People need to understand why weight classes exist. Good post. People should get off of Floyd and Manny's case for not wanting to fight a Middleweight, also. Martinez is not a SMW, hes not even a big MW. Although he has the ability to probably beat a few of the top SMWs, he would be at a huge disadvantage.

dudes at 168 obviously, but the top guys at 160 are possibilities. we won't know until it happens, so hopefully it happens.

Paul Williams! People seem to look past him because he got ko'd by 1 punch. Imo the fight could go either way in a rematch, just like their first fight. (i thought williams won 1st fight btw)

Felix Sturm might be an interesting fight, he has more dimensions than Dzinziruk and possesses a better arsenal but it's tough to see him beating Martinez. Personally, I think a guy like James Kirkland could make Martinez dig deep, the type of constant pressure that a guy like Kirkland applies can wear down a boxer/mover like Martinez, it's the kind of style that handed Martinez his only loss to Margarito, even though it has been years since that fight and Martinez has obviously improved tremendously since then.