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I hear ya Bilbo, and i agree no way in hell has he accomplished more than B-hop. The problem is that he's really good in a division that is bad. Maybe he can get a fight with Kessler or Dirrell at 168 while Froch, Ward, Bute battle it out. I think Martinez-Kessler would be a really good fight.
Martinez is a great fighter, no doubt about it. He is 36 and its not like he is fighting every 3 months, so he needs GOOD opposition legacy-wise in his last career performaces. A Floyd or Pacquiao fight isn't happening, forget it. The question is who will he fight next? What about dominating some top guys from the so called "weak, bad" division, other than saying "Ahh he is great, he owns them all". Kessler and Direll are good, tough fights for him, but they have been inactive for a long time and i doubt these fights ever happen. Ward and Froch are in SS and Bute is waiting for the winner. For Martinez there is literally nobody else real good at 168 to face. At 154 there's nobody better than the "weak" guys at 160. Who the hell is next? Cotto, come on.
Ok lets run down the MW's:

Strum- I don't see him leaving Germany, and Martinez isn't going there

Paul Williams 3- don't think i need to explain much here

Pirog- Hasn't done enough to deserve it

Sebastian Sylvester- Just lost, it aint gonna happen

So there we have it. Martinez next opponet will be either Daniel Geale or Andy Lee Maybe he can fight one of them until a bigger fight comes up.