Comments Thread For: Golovkin: Provodnikov Has No Shot To Beat Pacquiao

[Respect Power]

Rigo had no shot against Donaire.
Danny Garcia was supposed to get killed in the ring by Lucas,
Erik Morales was supposed to be put in a body bag after his fight with Maidana.
Jhonny Gonzales was supposed to be a keep busy fight for Mares.
DLH was too big for Manny
And the infamous "Not even God can help JMM win this fight"

And these were all expert picks.

Sometimes you just got to let the fighters fight the fights

Some idiot expert said rigo had no shot against Donaire ? Lol And Lol !!!!

[Nay_Sayer]

I'll rewatch the fight just for you. I don't recall seeing this "vast improvement" but being the student of the game I am I'll never assume I didn't miss something isolated or something comprehensive depending on where I might have been placing my emphasis..

There was no "vast improvement" in the Alvarado fight. The ONLY reason Ruslan won that fight is because Alvarado was seriously weight drained. Ruslan looked like he usually does - like shlt...

[SUBZER0ED]

After Tyson / Douglas I will never in my life say someone has no shot. I Can't believe people haven't learned from that night in japan . And at that time Mike Tyson was much much more invincible then manny is now. Jus saying !!!

Nah, Tyson himself said that he didn't train like he should have for Douglas. He THOUGHT he was invincible @ the time, and in believing his own hype, failed to properly prepare. He was also going through that crap with Robin Givens, another distraction. Manny is much more focused at this stage in his career than Mike was when he fought Buster. Manny was attacking Marquez when he got careless and caught that right counter. Tyson was getting beat all night by a sharper Douglas. After Douglas, Mike never unified the heavyweight title again. I don't want a Provo-Pac fight, but beyond that, we'll have to see how Manny fairs.

[A-Wolf]

There was no "vast improvement" in the Alvarado fight. The ONLY reason Ruslan won that fight is because Alvarado was seriously weight drained. Ruslan looked like he usually does - like shlt...

Agree it seemed to be more a case of Alvarado not looking as good as we've seen him than anything special Provodnikov was doing but I'll rewatch it anyway.

[Respect Power]

Nah, Tyson himself said that he didn't train like he should have for Douglas. He THOUGHT he was invincible @ the time, and in believing his own hype, failed to properly prepare. He was also going through that crap with Robin Givens, another distraction. Manny is much more focused at this stage in his career than Mike was when he fought Buster. Manny was attacking Marquez when he got careless and caught that right counter. Tyson was getting beat all night by a sharper Douglas. After Douglas, Mike never unified the heavyweight title again. I don't want a Provo-Pac fight, but beyond that, we'll have to see how Manny fairs.

Yeah Tyson reveled that years later . Are u insinuating that u know what's going on in these fighters personal lives as it's happening ? I'm sure ur not . Look it's a fight anything can happen, and does .

[BUNGALOWS]

I agree, and have said this from the time that Provodnikov was announced as a potential opponent. There Is no upside for Pacquiao. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

Same. Nothing to gain but a guy that's determined to turn it into a dog fight, and will lump him up a few times.

With Bradley, at least he doesn't have power, and he's a name fighter.

[SCEN3RY]

lol that was ****ing harsh. I've never heard him speak so bluntly about a match let alone regarding a friend. I'm surprised by his comments, I mean, he just finished saying Khan-Mayweather is a good fight and made no mention of Khan having no chance I think all boxers should know anything can happen inside that ring and as much as I like Manny, frankly he's one fight removed from a knockout loss; how can he be a prohibitive favorite against any proven, good fighter right now? In any case, Ruslan does have a shot, a very real one in my opinion.

[Mike D]

Obviously Ruslan has to knock him out to win. If it goes to the cards it will be a blowout. But could Ruslan knock him out? Yeah, sure. It would be difficult because we know Manny is going to be extra careful these days, but in Provo we're talking about the same guy who nearly decapitated Tim Bradley.

It's a pointless fight, though. I mean are they going to put this on PPV? It'll do worse than Pac/Rios. At least you had a young, brash, vulgar **** talker in Rios to help sell the bout a tad. In Ruslan you got a complete unknown to casuals who is actually friends with Pacquiao. I don't get this potential match up at all. But if they're going to do this, and I hate to say it because it would be surreal seeing MP on a non-PPV card -- but if they make this fight it needs to be on a normal HBO card free with the network subscription.

[mjgolds]

Provodnikov has a chance if Manny breaks his hands on his forehead.

[El Angel]

So Khan troubles Floyd, but Provodnikov is no problem for Manny? Not sure I agree with GGG on this.