GGG is the complete and utter victim here

What happened to his dream of being an undisputed champ? Derevyanchenko was his mandatory. Matter of fact, he was supposed to fight him in May 5th, but the IBF let him off the hook for fighting Martirosyan, thinking that GGG would fight Derevy afterwards. The thing is, GGG, for some odd reason, didn't wanna fight Derevy, so the IBF had to snatch the belt. Derevy fought whoever he needed to, for the #1 spot. Whether or not you think he deserved to fight GGG is irrelevant. GGG was supposed to fight him, period. You're right. As much as I'm a fan of Golovkin he should have fought his mandatory. Understand why he's going for the gold with Canelo but disappointed a bit that he sold out. No getting around it.

Please explain to me how the IBF sanctioned Brook but not even an exemption for Vanes in a short notice bout? It makes no sense. He got an exemption for the Vanes fight, but he had to fight Derv next. The IBF gave him an exemption for the Canelo fight but had to fight his mandatory, when that fight fell through he had to fight Derv next but the IBF allowed an exemption to fight Vanes. As for the Brook fight, he had already fought the IBF mandatory in Wade a fight before.

Canelo made the situation, but GGG is 100% accountable for what's happened since. -If he had sat out, he wouldn't have been stripped. -If he had fought his mandatory instead of Vanes he wouldn't have been stripped. -If he had accepted a reasonable split, he would be fighting Canelo for another big payday. Yep.......

IBF took 20 grand from GGG and still stripped him

GGG CHOSE to fight Vanes, a smaller man (JMW), an inactive man (2 years layoff) and coming off a loss. **** GGG

If it was so cut and dry why make a thread about it?

:lol1: Victim? He had a choice and he made it. He has himself and his team to blame.

Lol victim of what exactly? The IBF was more than fair with GGG. They told him that he must abide by their rules and fight his mandatory by a certain date or be stripped. GGG refused and now he's facing the consequences. He isn't the first fighter to chose $$$ over belts but I guess his fans thought the sanctioning bodies would just look the other way forever.

Don’t like how it played out , thought the same way with how they handled the Fury situation There should be some wiggle room I get the IBF sticks to their rules even when it’s a detriment to their organization and fighters but while it’s good in someways instance ls like this doesn’t make the sport better Doesn’t benefit the sport in anyway to have a guy just beat the man and HW who’s reigned for years and instantly take his belt away and give it to A Charles Martin type fighter just so he can sell it off to the highest bidder or strip a fighter that’s king of his division and due to no fault of his own is getting punished because his opponent gotnpopped and have a nobody fight for it Maybe that’s just me

IBF not weighing the circumstances or even being consistent. Baffles me that they have no desire for the true MW champ to wear their belt. Please tell me the last one prior to GGG. Taylor in '05? Stripped for re-matching BHop. Well, it's obvious that for Golovkin money is much more important than the belts.

Let's just say that the same people crying about GGG fighting Wade will support this without realizing how stupid it makes them look. You can't win against morons. Anyhow, I think ibf has done well . I have hardly seen any bias from them. Just hoping GGG fights saunders next.

This logic is kind of "he stole, so I can steal too". The IBF had warned Golovkin before that fight loud and clear: "Don't do it, we don't sanction this fight", but Golovkin just ignored them, lol. IBF not weighing the circumstances or even being consistent. Baffles me that they have no desire for the true MW champ to wear their belt. Please tell me the last one prior to GGG. Taylor in '05? Stripped for re-matching BHop.

Please explain to me how the IBF sanctioned Brook but not even an exemption for Vanes in a short notice bout? It makes no sense. This logic is kind of "he stole, so I can steal too". The IBF had warned Golovkin before that fight loud and clear: "Don't do it, we don't sanction this fight", but Golovkin just ignored them, lol.

Lil' G fighting Martirosyan in a completely unnecessary fight is a "victim", yes... Of his own overconfidence, fear and greed. Please explain to me how the IBF sanctioned Brook but not even an exemption for Vanes in a short notice bout? It makes no sense.

Lil' G fighting Martirosyan in a completely unnecessary fight is a "victim", yes... Of his own overconfidence, fear and greed.

Gets robbed in fight 1 vs Canelo Canelo tests positive for steroids (HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING GGG DOES) Has an IBF belt he doesn't really care about. Gets stripped and criticized because he wont fight a guy that is about 2 top opponents deserving of a fight against GGG. How is 50/50 unfair? Canelo and his team delayed the fight. I thought all of mexico sold canelo out? This is a perfect microcosm for how ****ed up the sport has become. Golden boy are pure cheating and corruption Ggg is a victim of his own stupidity.30 he got in the first was very generous.50-50 unfair? Life isn't fair business has no feelings.clen isn't a steroid it's asthma medication.Mexico hating or loving canelo doesn't matter they'll still turn in to watch him win or to watch him lose

Of course he's a victim & Canelo keeps benefiting when he shouldn't. Canelo pops for PED, Ring belt rewrites it's rules to keep him #1. Golovkin chooses to keep the date but HBO refuses to do the Spike bout on PPV. Finds Vanes yet sacrifices belt in doing so, if had not fought at all he'd still have it. Very counterproductive to wanting fighters to do the right thing. Basically he served the suspension along with Canelo. IBF strips him & costs him any leverage he had vs Canelo & biggest reason to fight BJS to try & unify. Took him 5 years to get a shot since previous 6 IBF MW champs that never even made a successful defense. Been the only MW Champ that's actually tried to unify in years. Life's been hard for Gennady...but he's still a multi millionaire & one of the biggest faces in the sport. Nothing in life is fair & things aren't created equal, but we don't cry in our pillows about it. We buckle down & overcome. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I would not want to be Gennady's next opponent. He's going to have some serious frustrations to let out.

Argument is weak as fuk. GTFO w/ "not caring about a belt" and "opponent is not ready". He doesn't get to pick and choose mandos. If he doesn't want the belt, fair enough, but that doesn't make him a victim. Also, expecting 50/50 w/o having earned it?? He deserves a good cut, I think 40%. But, he deserves 50/50 about as much as Wilder does. In other words; he doesn't. You should have stuck with the one honest point, which is that GG got screwed when Canelo failed. I think Golovkin should have moved on but he decided to dance with the devil again and he's getting all the bullshyt that comes along with that.

Has an IBF belt he doesn't really care about. Gets stripped and criticized because he wont fight a guy that is about 2 top opponents deserving of a fight against GGG. What happened to his dream of being an undisputed champ? Derevyanchenko was his mandatory. Matter of fact, he was supposed to fight him in May 5th, but the IBF let him off the hook for fighting Martirosyan, thinking that GGG would fight Derevy afterwards. The thing is, GGG, for some odd reason, didn't wanna fight Derevy, so the IBF had to snatch the belt. Derevy fought whoever he needed to, for the #1 spot. Whether or not you think he deserved to fight GGG is irrelevant. GGG was supposed to fight him, period. How is 50/50 unfair? Canelo and his team delayed the fight. I thought all of mexico sold canelo out? GGG doesn't bring in the kind of money Canelo does. He's not a cash cow. 60/40 is reasonable, but 50/50? You're out of your mind. This is a perfect microcosm for how ****ed up the sport has become. Golden boy are pure cheating and corruption Okay, Golden Boy is sus, but this isn't an example of sus activity. It's actually quite the contrary. The IBF told GGG that if he wanted to take an unsanctioned bout, he'd have to agree to fight Derevy, in writing, by August 3rd. GGG didn't wanna fight Derevy, so he got stripped. Golden Boy didn't give him 50%, because Canelo's the bigger draw. This is on GGG.

Canelo made the situation, but GGG is 100% accountable for what's happened since. -If he had sat out, he wouldn't have been stripped. -If he had fought his mandatory instead of Vanes he wouldn't have been stripped. -If he had accepted a reasonable split, he would be fighting Canelo for another big payday.