Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin Says His Focus is To Clean Out 160

[Citizen Koba]

really didnt dignify a response. golovkin has enough pull to make the fight with geale if he wanted. theres no queation about that. it's up to him to refuse kirkland.

I would hope so. Golovkin himself obviously has little say, but whether it's Loeffler or HBO that makes the decisions I'll be disappointed if Kirkland is chosen over Geale.

I think it'd be a bad mistake, even if Kirklad might sell better as the US fighter and KO artist. In terms of proving his credentials, Geale is by far the more credible opponent - it'd probably cost some more and may not earn as much, but at some point that's just a sacrifice that has to be made if HBO believe in GGG.

[Tyler_Durden]

Glad to hear that he wants to clean out the division before moving on, not many fighters who are said to be the best in their division do that now days so it will be great when Gennady does. Looking forward to all his fights this year, I really hope that he does get Quillen, Martinez, and either Murray or Geale and knocks all of them out.

[KermitTheKiller]

middleweight has been around since the 1800s. Super middleweight was just created in the 80s.

If he can make 160 easy no need to move up. he can clean up 160

Ward can wait around all year, I say fugg it.

GGG should wait around for Canelo!! That's a much more exciting fight.

[BaDaBiNgVIP]

Still not sold on ggg, but he is definitely exciting to watch.
Hope he shares the ring with a few credible foes this year. Damn this cold war... So many good match ups could be made.

[twosweethooks]

Don't let HBO force James Kirkland on you, then. Make every available fighter at 160 turn you down before moving on.

Hey Mang,,,,Floyd May Jr should be forced to fight James the Mule Kirkland for the 154 title !!!

I am taking James to KO Jr within 7,,,oopss had to edit, as LONG as he is with sweet Ann Wolf !!!!!!! IF not , forget about it

[Foreign Soil]

You can start by refusing to fight JMW's then. Tell your team you want real 160 lbs.

Ah the JMW myth continues.

[twosweethooks]

You can start by refusing to fight JMW's then. Tell your team you want real 160 lbs.

How bout fighting Sergio ? he is the lineal right ? Can you read, they just said they wanted to clean out the 160's !!! The team has wanted this , he don't need to tell them anything.

[Jloro]

Put it on these other guys to step in and fight you. See how many pull a "Mayweather", and come up with a laundry list of excuse not to fight you, and hope someone else steps in, gets lucky and does the dirty work for you. From '54-'68, you have Canelo, Cotto, Chavez Jr, Sergio, Quillen, Andre Ward, I mean it doesn't get any better than that and Gennady is willing to fight them all. That's Marvin Hagler mindset!!!

So when will he actually fight someone lmaooo

[Weebler I]

really didnt dignify a response. golovkin has enough pull to make the fight with geale if he wanted. theres no queation about that. it's up to him to refuse kirkland.

No he doesn't, this isn't Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather we're talking about. Golovkin is not a PPV fighter and has only recently become semi-popular with casuals, he only gets paid $300-400k per fight. He's not going to start dictating to his paymasters who have already turned down a series of opponents for him not long ago.

Even Floyd has to get his opponents approved, Showtime will be pushing for certain fighters for him too and Golovkin is nowhere near his level in terms of draw. Andre Ward is another who has been around a while, he came up with two opponents and HBO turned him down flat insisting on Rodriguez.

Like Hopkins said recently, the TV networks are overlapping as promoter these days.

[Jloro]

No he doesn't, this isn't Many Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather we're talking about. Golovkin is not a PPV fighter and has only recently become semi-popular.

Even Floyd has to get his opponents approved, Showtime will be pushing for certain fighters for him too and Golovkin is nowhere near his level.

GGG fought Macklin on HBO, I think Geale is better and more popular, why does he not meet their standards?