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Erislandy Lara vs. Gennady Golovkin
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Originally posted by _Maxi View PostSo you think Lara beats BJS at 160? I don't believe you think so.
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I wanna see this fight. No idea why it's not happened but it seems to be very much Abel Sanchez to blame. It'd be nice to see Golovkin have to adjust for once.
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Originally posted by AneesMoha View PostSo Lara has enough pop to keep Golovkin off of him even though Golovkin walked through two of the biggest power punchers in the middlewight division (Stevens and Lemeiux). Lara isnt even the biggest puncher in his own division. No way he has enough pop to keep Golovkin honest.
Yes Lara has the technique but a bad habit of taking too many body shots. Ask Macklin and Murray about Golovkins body shots.
Erislandy Lara, even in fights that breakdown into dogfights, lands his power shots at a 50% clip, and it's not like Golovkin is or would be a hard guy to hit (both guys have similar heights, likely with similar walkaround weights, but Lara is coming to the fight with 4" of reach and boxing craft).
Gabriel Rosado landed flush shots on Golovkin, shots that were sturdy enough that Golovkin had to stop, reset his feet, and start over. Maybe my eyes are different, but people are putting things on Golovkin that the work has yet to bear out.
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Originally posted by Freedom2016 View PostNow change Laras name with Golovkin and GGG with Floyd shall we?
I am far from a Golovkin fan, BUT HE IS BEGGING FOR THIS DAMN FIGHT, Floyd fans cliam he is TBE in the damn world, well Golovkin is calling him out loud and ****ing clear...If he loses so the hell what, it will be the biggest name on Floyd's resume that wasn't a cherry pick. I think Floyd will PED abuse but hell fight the man and get it out of the way..Better then the Berto and Maidanas of the damn world.
There you go
Gennady Golovkin has not only spent his entire professional career at 160lbs, he spent his last three years as an amateur basically fighting at that weight, and has set his own limit at a weight where Floyd has never actually stepped onto a scale for.
Is Golovkin, after basically 15 years at middleweight, willing to come down to 152 for Floyd? If not, stfu
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Originally posted by The Big Dunn View Posthttp://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...home-advantage
WBA-IBF champion Golovkin's team last week made Saunders an offer believed to be £2.2million to face the Kazakh knockout machine in a world title unification clash.
If Saunders gets $3m, and Golovkin (for some foolish reason) agrees to take $1m for the fight, K2 is in the hole $4m before paying for the costs of anything else.
Unless K2 was simply happy to take a fat L on the fight, there's no way that they break even on the fight (especially without any PPV stream in the UK, and after Golovkin-Lemieux flopped)
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Originally posted by Scipio2009 View PostTom Loeffler likely told whomever a bit of a fib, tbh. You're talking about K2 offering Saunders the equivalent of $3m, for a fight that they simply don't have the finances to cover.
If Saunders gets $3m, and Golovkin (for some foolish reason) agrees to take $1m for the fight, K2 is in the hole $4m before paying for the costs of anything else.
Unless K2 was simply happy to take a fat L on the fight, there's no way that they break even on the fight (especially without any PPV stream in the UK, and after Golovkin-Lemieux flopped)
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Originally posted by sicko View PostOK now that is a legit excuse, well not even an excuse but it make sense. Fans might as well use that instead of trying to make the argument that Lara is somehow not worthy or good enough to fight GGG
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Originally posted by The Big Dunn View Postit doesn't matter if he beats BJS. What matters is he has a 5 inch reach advantage over GGG which gives him the chance to box and move to a victory. While Lara winning is not likely, his skill set gives him a better chance than others to beat GGG.
Lara has 4 inches reach advantage, not 5.
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Originally posted by _Maxi View PostSo his reach advantage plays a role against GGG but not against BJS?
Lara has 4 inches reach advantage, not 5.
Not much of a fight imo, but I wouldn't mind it if it'll get these people to stop with the delusion.
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