Originally posted by Curt Henning
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There was hype around Golovkin, don't deny it. It was OTT, but as you pointed out, in the beginning it came from HBO. Now consider this:- Crawford gets criticised by his own promoter for not self promoting. Nobody could accuse Golovkin of that. If Golovkin had not had a name and hype then he wouldn't have got the Canelo fights - but Canelo realised that he was the biggest money maker out there for him. Of course, Golovkin could have avoided self promoting - he could just have taken a leaf out of Demetrius Andrade's playbook on how to have a stellar career and create some kind of legacy. In 25 years time who will be more remembered, Andrade or Golovkin?
But you act as if Golovkin was the only guy to ever get hyped. Look what is happening with Tank right now - he's taking flak because so far there's more hype than substance.
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