Why Didn't Martinez ever fight GGG?

[SergioMartinez]

He choose a pay day, simple as that.
Martinez sold his title to the highest bidder, hence Miguel Cotto.

Martinez is the ONLY Champ in this era who was consistently fighting tough, stiff comp and not getting that big pay day.

He was no longer looking to prove himself, he wanted More Money, less Risk, and thats what Cotto was, it just happened to backfire.

By the time the demand came for Martinez Vs Glovokin, Martinez was clearly past it, he stood no chance.
So he went for the money instead.

And that come from the biggest Martinez fan.

[Joe Beamish]

Yeah, I'm a Martinez fan, and I never blamed him for not fighting GGG for the above-stated reasons. Golovkin arrived on the scene at the tail end of Sergio's career and never could have brought the money Cotto did with his huge readymade audience.

[mathed]

Just curious because he is roughly the same size at 5'10 as GGG. I don't recall anyone wanting Sergio to fight GGG. They seemed content with Macklin, Chavez Jr, Darren Barker and Murray. They seemed excited for Sergio to fight Cotto and Manny but not so much GGG.


I know he was a phenom before he caught that shot to the temple against Cotto so where was the call to face GGG?

He was wounded prey, that's the only reason why GGG and his people wanted Sergio, they wanted an easy mark. Sergio is out of commission now, so GGG will have to take the next easiest option in Cotto.

[daggum]

Like I said, easy money fights.

The way I see it, as a former Martinez hater. He paid his dues with the Pavlik and Williams fights. He was loved and adored by fans after those wins, and when HBO forced him to fight Dzinzuruk, because they were supposedly "fed up" with letting champions get easy fights and they wanted to make an example starting with Martinez who had just KO'ed Williams, the love from fans fueled even more. Martinez was calling out Chavez Jr, Cotto, Pacquiao, and Mayweather and getting support from fans that he should get those fights just like GGG is calling out Cotto, Canelo and Chavez Jr (albeit GGG doesn't have wins on the level of Pavlik or Williams). Then came Pirog and GGG and everything went downhill for Martinez's relationship with the fans as a hero who doesn't get big fights and doesn't get any easy fights. He got two easy fights and the fans erupted with hate.

wait what happened now? hbo wanted martinez to fight pirog but he refused so they gave him an easy fight against dzinziruk because they promised gary shaw fights if he made bradley-alexander and they saw this as an easy way to get his fights out of the way.

[BattleAxePurist]

Pirog fight should have happened.

The timing for the Golovkin fight to happen just wasn't there.

That's about right Pirog should've happened, GGG could have but he decided to wait for a name.

[Joe Beamish]

He was wounded prey, that's the only reason why GGG and his people wanted Sergio, they wanted an easy mark. Sergio is out of commission now, so GGG will have to take the next easiest option in Cotto.

GGG wants to beat the guy with the belt. It doesn't matter who it is. They're ALL easy for Golovkin. He would have assassinated Sergio.

Cotto is a family man who doesn't need to die yet. Give up the belt and get a tuneup before Canelo.

[daggum]

The exact same reason GGG won't fight Sergio Mora.

because mora would knock out ggg

[mathed]

GGG wants to beat the guy with the belt. It doesn't matter who it is. They're ALL easy for Golovkin. He would have assassinated Sergio.

Cotto is a family man who doesn't need to die yet. Give up the belt and get a tuneup before Canelo.

All ya got to do is convince Cotto of this. He wants my boy Bradley to move up for the shot doe?

[daggum]

He was wounded prey, that's the only reason why GGG and his people wanted Sergio, they wanted an easy mark. Sergio is out of commission now, so GGG will have to take the next easiest option in Cotto.

if murray can win 4 out of the first 5 rounds against golovkin, i really don't think ggg would have any chance against sergio. it was a good duck by team ggg. offering to fight martinez in argentina is the oldest trick in the book. they knew sergio would take the less lucrative fight against murray.

[Joe Beamish]

All ya got to do is convince Cotto of this. He wants my boy Bradley to move up for the shot doe?

Cotto vs. Bradley for the MW title at 154.5 lbs would be SO EFFING NEATO