Sergio Martinez confident of beating Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather – Boxing news
Sergio Martinez, who is the current Ring World Middleweight Champion, has insisted upon proving himself as the best out there by saying he just needs one chance with either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather.
Pacquiao, who is an eight-division world champion and the current World Boxing Organisation World Welterweight Champion, is rated as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world whereas his welterweight rival Floyd Mayweather, who is a five-division world
champion and the current World Boxing Council World Welterweight Champion, stands next to him.
However, Martinez, who is rated as the third best fighter in the pound-for-pound list, believes he can jump to the top spot if he gets a chance with any one of these two boxers.
“To be considered the best pound for pound I just need this little push, a great fight with one of the two,” Martinez said. “I feel as if I have achieved nothing yet in boxing. Nothing. If I quit tomorrow people would forget about me. I would even forget
about myself.”
The Filipino star, Pacquiao, recently secured a controversial majority win over the current WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion, Juan Manuel Marquez, in their much anticipated trilogy bout at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Martinez taunted Pacquiao by saying that Pac-Man has started picking easy opponents for him. He stressed Pacquiao’s fight with Marquez was an easy once as he reckons Marquez is not the same fighter he was five years ago.
“I don't know when the last time was that Pacquaio took on one of the best pound-for-pound fighters,” he said. “Marquez is not the fighter he was five years ago. I just need one chance, one fight against either one of Pacquiao or Mayweather. I think I deserve
to be where I am.”
The undefeated American legend, Mayweather, is coming back on May 5, 2012 and he wants a super-fight with Pacquiao but Pacquiao is getting ready for a fourth fight Marquez. Therefore, Martinez has a chance of setting up a Mayweather clash. However, let’s
see if Mayweather offers Martinez a fight or not.
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