i feel the sergio martinez of 2010 would beat current GGG

A prime Sergio lost a close fight to Williams. I can't imagine GGG doing anything but knocking Williams out.A prime Sergio had to settle for a draw with Cintron even though he should have won Again I can't imagine GGG not knocking Cintron out. To me GGG knocks Sergio out on the best day he ever saw. That's just my honest opinion.

ggg gets hit more with his hands up that sm gets hit with hands down lol that would be golovkins problem.......martinez had much faster feet, hand speed, and he had the much better accuracy of his punches. golovkin doesn't move his head and comes in stiff............speedy little fighters will always be a problem for golovkin let alone 2011 martinez.........i can't believe that people actually think theres a correlation between 2011 martinez and the martinez that we have today after knee surgeries.

A prime Martinez still had his weaknesses, balance being one of them, fatigue, falling asleep defensively too, so Golovkin would have always had a good shot, right now though I don't see it being competitive. Lets not make a prime Martinez be out to be something he's not.

I think GGG is odd's on now, Martinez is getting hurt in one way or another in each of his last few fights and walks away less and less healthy which is a massive shame. 3 years ago, definitely much closer, if Martinez can keep him at distance and use his reach, manage to move for 12 rounds he'd have taken it. But GGG is a harder hitter than Murray or Chavez, and I think GGG even then would trouble him with a flush shot by the mid rounds. Tough to call if Martinez would've ground out the decision.

The weird thing is - and oddly, I'm not sure why it hasn't made major headway - is that it's no longer 2010.

ggg gets hit more with his hands up that sm gets hit with hands down lol

Golovkin beats any version of Sergio Martinez. The hands down thing would never play well. Good point. Sergio doesn't use the high guard, and he's very hittable against a long, snapping jab.

Golovkin beats any version of Sergio Martinez. The hands down thing would never play well.

From what I saw in the fight with Stevens who is a c+, b- fighter I think Sergio if healthy can beat ggg... He doesn't fight well going backwards and speed kills which Sergio has... The few shots that Stevens landed made ggg think twice at some points but Curtis was too small and gun shy... Ppl act like Stevens was some sort of killer but his past speaks for itself, anyway ggg is beatable the question is who currently at 160 can beat him.. Quillin has a leaky defense, Murray is not a power puncher he most likely gets walked down, Martinez is on the downfall and everyone else is fodder

Its funny how people are trying to make fantasy match ups from different years to make themselves feel better because they think Golovkin will beat martinez' ass if they meet up Moral victory i guess:grouphug:

I'd favour that Martinez vs this version of GGG. Like a poster previously stated, the lateral movement, speed & power would be a lot for GGG to handle. I believe the version of Martinez that schooled Chavez Jr would've won as well. Then his knee, leg or whatever else started giving out on him. Right now GGG wins. Maybe quite easily too.

50/50 fight with any version of Sergio. Too much pride, and slugs it out when he feels the pressure. Ex. Chavez/Williams. GGG is pinpoint accurate, and hits harder than anyone he's faced. Not an easy fight for either guy.

martinez is few years ago had the ability to cause ggg big problems with his lateral movement, speed and punch power and imo would have beaten him however martinez has aged, worn out with injuries etc i feel ggg would beat him now esp after martinez last fight, he didnt look great at all i think ggg should stay at 160 for 3 more fights id like him to fight murray, peter quillin and then maybe alvarez if canelo moves up i think that would be a awesome fight This. Would still be a 50/50 right now, as the only thing that seems to trouble GGG is speed. If Martinez can bring that then :boxing:

2012 Martinez beats Golovkin.

martinez is few years ago had the ability to cause ggg big problems with his lateral movement, speed and punch power and imo would have beaten him however martinez has aged, worn out with injuries etc i feel ggg would beat him now esp after martinez last fight, he didnt look great at all i think ggg should stay at 160 for 3 more fights id like him to fight murray, peter quillin and then maybe alvarez if canelo moves up i think that would be a awesome fight It would have been a great fight. GGG would have been tested for sure. I call this a toss-up. Martinez will not be as easy to tee off on as Stevens but GGG will land his body shots and he would land a lot more shots as well. I can see Martinez winning the majority of the first 8 rounds (say 5-3 or even 6-2) but he would be taking shots as well. Now we have the unknowns: how well can Martinez take GGG's shots; how much stamina does GGG have; how does GGG handle losing rounds and being behind in a fight? All these unknowns make it a toss-up for me.

no. golovkin's an incredible fighter. martinez would run for his life. martinez-cotto is a good fight, a great fight so I won't complain, but GGG is on another level.

He should certainly be favored. Golovkin would give any version of middleweight Martinez a tough fight though. This great, prime version of Martinez everyone hold up to this standard did have tough fights with Darren Barker and Matthew Macklin.