Gennady Golovkin will return on Dec 8 but it will not be on HBO

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Why doesnt NBCSports pick up Golovkin? These networks are fkin up. Smh


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[tredh]

Went to youtube to check this 3G guy out. IMO he is decent not what a lot of you are trying to make him out to be. Would like to see him vs some top 3-5 ranked fighters to see how he does with the way some of yall talk about this guy.

[The Hammer]

Went to youtube to check this 3G guy out. IMO he is decent not what a lot of you are trying to make him out to be. Would like to see him vs some top 3-5 ranked fighters to see how he does with the way some of yall talk about this guy.

Then why won't they fight him? Why is he avoided?

Ranking-wise, the best fight that can be made is Golovkin/Murray, but Murray seems to already have a date set in stone. Sainte is the 2nd best option, so might as well make it happen.

And Murray can't fight in the USA because of past legal issues.

[kiaba360]

Then why won't they fight him? Why is he avoided?

And Murray can't fight in the USA because of past legal issues.

Sturm was clearly avoiding him, and Sergio doesn't wanna jeopardize his current position. Geale is also gonna explore other avenues. They need to ask Chavez what he thinks about fighting Golovkin.

I'm still wondering who the hell Murray is gonna fight. I thought it would've been Sainte, but it seems like GGG is gonna take that opponent.

[tredh]

Then why won't they fight him? Why is he avoided?

And Murray can't fight in the USA because of past legal issues.

The same reason most fights don't get made money. Other than that you asking the wrong guy.

[The Hammer]

Looks like IBF mandatory Sam Soliman has refused to step aside, so Daniel Geale has to fight him next.

So Golovkin will stay active while waiting for Geale.

It looks like Geale may fight Golovkin (televised by HBO) in March or April 2013 if they both win their upcoming fights.

[macman]

Actually thought that they were building up a Golovkin-Macklin bout, as both guys fought on HBO with a few weeks of each other.
Think HBO would look to build him up with US audiences a bit first before backing a unification bout, & that bout would ask the right questions.

[BattlingNelson]

It would be awesome if he was added to the Kessler-Magee undercard on that very date.

[Light_Speed]

Sucks that he can't fight another top 10 guy right away but he ain't going nowhere. Sooner or later he will make his mark in the middleweight division.

And we're in the web 2.0 era, who cares what channel will broadcast his fight? We'll be able to stream it anyway.

[The Hammer]

from ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...dy-to-go-again

Middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin was so impressive in his American debut on Sept. 1 -- a three-knockdown, fifth-round knockout tour de force against legit contender Grzegorz Proksa -- that much of the postfight discussion centered on how quickly could he get back into the ring to electrify boxing fans once again.

Golovkin, trainer Abel Sanchez and K2 promoter Tom Loeffler hoped HBO would bring him right back. Obviously the network, which is heavily invested in the middleweight and super middleweight divisions as the TV home for Andre Ward, Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., said it hoped to have Golovkin back soon.

The problem is that HBO already has a good-looking schedule that is virtually set for the rest of the year. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any room for the man called GGG.

"Although I told HBO that GGG wanted to fight before the end of the year if he looked as good as we all said he would, they seem to have filled their schedule with other fighters," Loeffler said Tuesday.

But that doesn't mean Golovkin (24-0, 21 KOs), a 2004 Olympic silver medalist from Kazakhstan who now trains in the United States, is going to sit around and wait for the HBO check. He plans to get back to work with or without the network's backing.

"We are planning a date in Europe for him in December, and HBO has planned a March date for him, but details are not all finalized yet for either fight," Loeffler said.

Unified titlist Daniel Geale (28-1, 15 KOs) of Australia, another quality middleweight whom HBO is interested in, has a mandatory against Golovkin that is coming due by the end of the year -- one he inherited after beating Felix Sturm to unify belts on Sept. 1 in Germany. But there has been no movement on the Geale-Golovkin match. It's a terrific fight on paper, but it doesn't make a lot of economic sense at the moment, even though hard-core fans would eat it up.

Still, one thing you can probably count on is that, due or not, we aren't going to see a Geale-Golovkin fight before the end of the year -- or even early next year.

Loeffler said the Golovkin side would like the fight, but it's doubtful that it will happen right away unless HBO makes a crazy offer. I don't see that happening.

"It seems Geale will not fight him, similar to Sturm, so we will continue to put pressure on the WBA to strip him if he decides to take another fight," Loeffler said. "The WBA resolution is clear that the winner of Sturm-Geale [has to] fight him by Dec. 31."

Naturally, I'd like to see Geale-Golovkin. But I'm also a realist. At this point, I just want to see Golovkin back in the ring ASAP against a good opponent on whatever American network will have him for his next fight. He's must-see TV.