
Originally Posted by
shza

Originally Posted by
johnsebastianmiran
I know that Jr.does not want any part of Martinez but my main concern is how did Martinez wind up without an alphabet soup title? I must have overslept that day and forgot to tune in to some sport's channel that day. Please inform me , I would appreciate it.
I believe it's because he fought Williams in the rematch (the fight everyone wanted to see) instead of facing some no-name mandatory challenger (a fight no one wanted to see). So he was stripped. Business as usual.
It's because Zbik was Martinez's mandatory and HBO wouldn't approve Zbik as an opponent for Martinez (although they would approve him as an opponent for Chavez Jr.) and rather than fight Zbik, fulfill the mandatory, but not be on tv, Martinez was stripped. He had a choice of whether to deal with his mandatory or fight on HBO and he chose the latter.
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