I think we need one more performance out of Sergio Martinez to determine if he is passed his prime. I thought he performed as his typical self for large parts of the Murray fight. For my money, Martinez fights in sputs, a bit like Canleo in that respect. A lot of times, he'll win a few rounds, only to take a few rounds off. Here, Murray put him down in a few of the rounds he took off. Still, I had Martinez winning clearly the first four rounds and the last two rounds. That's what a champion does. I guess the bottom line is that he might still have a great performance or two in front of him. He's admitted that he won't fight after the age of 40. At 38, and with him out for the rest of the year, that means he's got one or two more fights, and he'll call it quits.
I don't know who he fights though at this point. I would like to see him in with Geale or Canelo. I'm one who believes we don't need to see him spank Junior around again, if Junior is even fighting at 160 any longer, given that his next fight is scheduled to be at 165. GGG has all year to build a case for a fight with Martinez. Let's see how he does against Macklin, and the opponent after Macklin, should he beat Macklin. Quillin fights on Showtime with Golden Boy so that fight will never happen unless the current circumstances change.


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