Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin to Face Adama in Monte Carlo on 2/1

[LouIE G]

My fighter huh. Let me hip you to something. Since Floyd's return fight against JMM, ivve ordered a grand total of one Floyd PPV, and that was Canelo. And the only reason I ordered that is because I was sick and didn't feel like going to the theatre to watch it. In that same time frame, I've ordered five Pacquiao fights. I also like attending live fights, even though I live in a part of the country where boxing isn't popular. I have never attended a Floyd fight. But I did drive down to Memphis to attend Lewis-Tyson even though I had no interest in seeing the main event. I attended to see this young Filipino kid named Manny Pacquaio. And I'm about 99% sure you didn't even know Pac existed in those days.

Its not about defending a fighter. Its that I think your opinion is bull**** and I'm willing to engage you in debate. But there's a fine line between legitimate debate and fanatical, childish, WWE soap opera bull****. You've shown yourself to be more of a guy that's more interested in busting on a fighter than actually discussing boxing. And that's why I can't take your seriously. Well, at least when it comes to that topic.

Man i watched that ppv homie im 30 yrs old and been watching boxing since i was 9 yrs old,boxed 6 yrs as well...i knew pacquaio when they were calling him the destroyer,fighting the likes of agapito sanchez ,and winning the ibf 122 ilb title against ledwaba...i dnt remember who he fought on the card think it qas a dude named julio,but im not sure i probably got to go into my boxing tape collection to relive it..but i knew who pac was then so on to the next...ive used to like floyd from the first time seeing him on tuesday night fights and even his fights with hernandez for his first title and 2nd round destruction of angel manfredy....the ****iness is wut steered me away from this guy,but he has fought ths besy and beaten the best at 135 to 130...i respect that part of his career but he ducked alot of fighters for easier fights and continues to do so,i dnt like floyd at all

[hitking]

I love how the GGG's diehards are either blaming other fighters for GGG not fighting anybody. Or they're justifying this garbage citing that he's "staying busy."

When it comes to "nobody wanting to fight him." Paul Williams was in a similar situation immediately after the Quintana rematch. Like GGG, he said he was willing to fight anyone from 147 to 160. Of course GGG claims he'll fight anyone from 154 to 168. Immediately after the Quintana rematch, if my memory serves me correct. Paul fought Verno Phillips, who ws a top 5 guy at 54. Then fought a slightly deminished Winky at 60. Was signed to fight Pavlik for the 60 title. But Pavlik back out at least twice. So he fought Martinez, the top guy at 5f4. And I believe he fought Cintron in between the the Martinez fightsa. Moral of the story is. If you're truly willing to fight in that wide a weigh range. Its not hard to get legitimate opponents.

As for this being a "stay busy" fight. Please. GGG likely gets better sparring in the gym than he'll get in this nonsense. Fight fans nowadays have no clue what they're talking about. You don't have to fight 4-5 times a year to stay active. You stay active by staying in the gym, keeping your skills sharp, and not gaining too much weight between fights. Fighting a bum isn't staying busy.

[Grimgash]

Once again, its hard to believe nobody from 154 to 168, where he claims he's willing to fight,
wants to fight him.

Anyone would be better than this...

[hitking]

Man i watched that ppv homie im 30 yrs old and been watching boxing since i was 9 yrs old,boxed 6 yrs as well...i knew pacquaio when they were calling him the destroyer,fighting the likes of agapito sanchez ,and winning the ibf 122 ilb title against ledwaba...i dnt remember who he fought on the card think it qas a dude named julio,but im not sure i probably got to go into my boxing tape collection to relive it..but i knew who pac was then so on to the next...ive used to like floyd from the first time seeing him on tuesday night fights and even his fights with hernandez for his first title and 2nd round destruction of angel manfredy....the ****iness is wut steered me away from this guy,but he has fought ths besy and beaten the best at 135 to 130...i respect that part of his career but he ducked alot of fighters for easier fights and continues to do so,i dnt like floyd at all

And likewise. Pacquaio was my favorite fighter until the last 4-5yrs when the amount of fanaical ******s that have jumped on his ****bone have made it almost impossible to like the guy.

[MamaHuevo]

With Martinez, Ward and the entire top fighters in the divisions running scared... this is what's available.

Keep dreaming buddy!!!! Running scared thats f@cking hilarious hopefully he fights a Middleweight thats a true Middleweight and not fight 154lbsers coming up in weight.

[LouIE G]

And likewise. Pacquaio was my favorite fighter until the last 4-5yrs when the amount of fanaical ******s that have jumped on his ****bone have made it almost impossible to like the guy.

If hes your favorite fighter dnt care about wut people say,be loyal,no matter wut people say,fernando vargas is my favorite fighter through all is ups and downs i stuck with him,people say negative things about him,but im a loyal fan,floyd is just sumeone i cant like!!

[doninlouisiana]

Dunno at this level there's not much to chose, cept likely Mora would ask more $s yet be the less exciting fight.

Adama's also unbeaten has, way more KOs and best wins are similar - remember, HBO ain't bankrolling this one so the budget may be more limited.

I might prefer Mora just to see how GGG deals with a tricky fighter, but realistically there isn't a vast amount of difference.

I believe he has been beaten 3 times 22-3 with 16 KO's his last loss was in Australia to Daniel Geale in a decision fight. He has won 2 in a row since then, I think?

[Jocknerd94]

At the guy who said Quillin would beat GGG. You mean the same Quillin who barely got past Rosado? Or the Quillin whose best win came against 40 year old Wright?

[deanrw]

I just spoke with Osumanu Adama 30 minutes ago, he told me he'd been preparing for this fight for months because he was supposed to fight Golovkin instead of Curtis Stevens.

It's a great opportunity for Adama, but I wish we could see Golovkin against guys like Geale, Sturm or even Barker while Martinez is injured. Yeah, we know Golovkin can kick people's asses, but so far he's been the "Comparison Fight" champion at middleweight. His actual resume' is pretty weak as of now.

Yeah it is just getting tiring in a way. I know the fault is not all on Golovkin's Team. They are taking a share of it from this point on though. I wish Golovkin had a larger promoter.

[Jocknerd94]

I love how the GGG's diehards are either blaming other fighters for GGG not fighting anybody. Or they're justifying this garbage citing that he's "staying busy."

When it comes to "nobody wanting to fight him." Paul Williams was in a similar situation immediately after the Quintana rematch. Like GGG, he said he was willing to fight anyone from 147 to 160. Of course GGG claims he'll fight anyone from 154 to 168. Immediately after the Quintana rematch, if my memory serves me correct. Paul fought Verno Phillips, who ws a top 5 guy at 54. Then fought a slightly deminished Winky at 60. Was signed to fight Pavlik for the 60 title. But Pavlik back out at least twice. So he fought Martinez, the top guy at 5f4. And I believe he fought Cintron in between the the Martinez fightsa. Moral of the story is. If you're truly willing to fight in that wide a weigh range. Its not hard to get legitimate opponents.

As for this being a "stay busy" fight. Please. GGG likely gets better sparring in the gym than he'll get in this nonsense. Fight fans nowadays have no clue what they're talking about. You don't have to fight 4-5 times a year to stay active. You stay active by staying in the gym, keeping your skills sharp, and not gaining too much weight between fights. Fighting a bum isn't staying busy.

All old timers did it. Fighting an actual fight is the only way to stay actually sharp. Sparring and being in the ring actually having a real fight are two completely different things.