When you win the big important fights, against tough fighters that you have to win to advance in your career, I think you're great. He beat Williams in the rematch in a way that no one thought he would do it, he beat Pavlik, he won a very important fight against Chavez Jr. He beat the other guys he was supposed to beat to get to the top like Macklin and Dzinzuruk. He is also The Ring champion of his division. If you want to be called great, at least be considered "the man to beat" or AKA hold the Ring or Lineal title of a division. Sergio has done that and I think he will hold it for a while. It's not just being The Ring champion that makes you great, Martinez worked hard for it.
Off topic: For example Danny Garcia is The Ring champion at 140 but he is not great, he has a lot of ground to cover. I think he became champion fairly quickly which shows he has a lot of potential to be great. Garcia has already won the important fights of his early career against tough fighters; Judah will be the last of his early career tough fights, now he's going on to his mid career where it matters most.
Off topic: For example Danny Garcia is The Ring champion at 140 but he is not great, he has a lot of ground to cover. I think he became champion fairly quickly which shows he has a lot of potential to be great. Garcia has already won the important fights of his early career against tough fighters; Judah will be the last of his early career tough fights, now he's going on to his mid career where it matters most.
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