There is not too much to take from this win other than GGG did what was expected against Ishida. He did better than Paul Williams and Dmitry Pirog did against Ishida, and that is saying something. The impressive part about the win is the manner in which it happened.

Sergio is the only middleweight right now that I see beating GGG, and I'm not sure he beats GGG. However, I believe deserves a fight against a Quillin-Geale-Macklin-Barker type of opponent, prior to facing Martinez. I don't consider Ishida on that level. Gabriel Rosado would have beat the Ishida that showed up on Saturday. If he gets by one of those guys in the same manner as he did Ishida, well then, we're talking about a much more special talent, and a match with Martinez might prove to be the passing of the torch in the middleweight division.

Even though Quillin has turned the fight down previously, that fight won't happen because GGG is on HBO and Quillin is on Showtime.

Either Macklin or Barker will face Junior in June. Macklin was the front runner, but Junior wants the fight at 164, and Macklin refuses to budge on the weight, which makes sense. In any event, whoever doesn't face Junior, is a viable candidate for GGG.