Golovkin v Fuchigami...erm...

[kebark]

....when is Golovkin going to fight someone that could actually you know...be a viable challenger?

Makoto Fuchigami is ranked #9 by the WBA due to 1 win (a 9th round TKO over Koji Sato)...a bit of a sham title reign by the Kazakh so far for me.

[kiaba360]

Let's look at the other names on the WBA rankings, shall we?

Andy Lee has a fight lined up
Martin Murray has a date lined up
Zbik just came off a tough loss to Sturm
Kerry Hope is gonna fight Proksa again
Peter Quillin has a fight lined up
Julien Sainte has no fight lined up
Jorge Navarro is coming off of a fight that he had last week
........and then we got Fuchigami. Boxrec has him rated #15, while Sainte is rated #27.

Golovkin is just having a stay-busy fight, and the best one available to him.

[Hougigo]

When somebody actually steps up to fight him. You don't hear anybody calling him out

[kebark]

Let's look at the other names on the WBA rankings, shall we?

Andy Lee has a fight lined up
Martin Murray has a date lined up
Zbik just came off a tough loss to Sturm
Kerry Hope is gonna fight Proksa again
Peter Quillin has a fight lined up
Julien Sainte has no fight lined up
Jorge Navarro is coming off of a fight that he had last week
........and then we got Fuchigami. Boxrec has him rated #15, while Sainte is rated #27.

Golovkin is just having a stay-busy fight, and the best one available to him.

...so what were the excuses for Simon (who was 2-3 in the last 3 years) or Nunez? or Ouma?...

[kiaba360]

...so what were the excuses for Simon (who was 2-3 in the last 3 years) or Nunez? or Ouma?...

I have no idea lol. Honestly, it doesn't seem like any of the top guys are clamoring to get in the ring with him, but this time around, no top guy is really available. At least Golovkin is racking up the stoppages.

[kebark]

I have no idea lol. Honestly, it doesn't seem like any of the top guys are clamoring to get in the ring with him, but this time around, no top guy is really available. At least Golovkin is racking up the stoppages.

Whilst none of the top guys are calling him out..I can't remember the last time I read him calling anyone out. To get the big fights he's going to have go stateside (Martinez, Lee, Quillen, Chavez) or Russia (Pirog) or be worth traveling to. It's all fine to say no one is calling him out but he's high risk low reward and not doing anything to entice worth while opponents by stopping the likes of Nunez, Ouma, Simon and Fuchigami...

[Hougigo]

Whilst none of the top guys are calling him out..I can't remember the last time I read him calling anyone out. To get the big fights he's going to have go stateside (Martinez, Lee, Quillen, Chavez) or Russia (Pirog) or be worth traveling to. It's all fine to say no one is calling him out but he's high risk low reward and not doing anything to entice worth while opponents by stopping the likes of Nunez, Ouma, Simon and Fuchigami...

What can he really do to entice worth? All he can do is show he's dangerous by beating everybody that faces him.
Even if he beats top opposition, it won't change his position as a high risk-low reward fighter.... it'll actually increase his risk factor.

[kebark]

What can he really do to entice worth? All he can do is show he's dangerous by beating everybody that faces him.
Even if he beats top opposition, it won't change his position as a high risk-low reward fighter.... it'll actually increase his risk factor.

Entice worth by getting a fan base. Fighting in obscure places with no Americans watching won't help him. If he can land himself in the US put on an eye catching performance and build a fan base of there fans will clamour to see him in bigger and better fights. He could likely get a Rubio in the ring and build from that. It'll build the risk but their will be a reward "hey he's the guy who's knocking people out quick fire on undercards...I want to see him v Chavez"

[Hougigo]

Entice worth by getting a fan base. Fighting in obscure places with no Americans watching won't help him. If he can land himself in the US put on an eye catching performance and build a fan base of there fans will clamour to see him in bigger and better fights. He could likely get a Rubio in the ring and build from that. It'll build the risk but their will be a reward "hey he's the guy who's knocking people out quick fire on undercards...I want to see him v Chavez"

That's not really up to him though. If he can get to the US then that'd help.