He had to cancel the fight. His family needed him. In his country a 40 day mourning period for the death of a parent is traditional. I learned that on HBO boxing tonight. He will be back soon to knock out any brave fighter that agrees to fight him. He should be fighting Chavez Jr. in the near future.
Hope Golovkin can gain some motivation to train harder after all of this and comes back stronger than ever. After all, Buster Douglas beat Tyson after his mother's death.
Lou DiBella ***8207;@loudibella 16m
Can understand GGGs postponement. Thoughts with Gennady and his family . How about @HBOboxing substitutes LEE/ MACKLIN...a barn burner!!
I dunno about that Kazak tradition, I mean this guy didn't mourn for 40 days after his wife died
andre, we know u're mourning too cos the chavez/ward fight is dead and u're not getting any piece of GGG,chavez nor froch, now please show a lil bit of respect
Steve Kim:According to Loeffer, the Kazak culture has a 40 day morning period which GGG will observe and be with his mother... #boxing
I dunno about that Kazak tradition, I mean this guy didn't mourn for 40 days after his wife died
How did his father pass? Heart attack or something?
Yea, heart attack out of the blue... like he never had one before
I think Matthew Macklin vs Andy Lee should happen on that date. That's a good way to save the show.
That would be the best case scenario since both men are promoted by the same guy and both free.
Macklin doesn't have anything on lock for sure yet. I think he's just waiting on Quillin
Golovkin***39;s promoter, Tom Loeffler, said it could be a "significant amount of time" before Golovkin fights again. Obviously family first— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) March 2, 2014
Best wishes to Golovkin and his family.