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

[Weebler I]

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

I don't know that he doesn't, it was only rumoured afaik. You can see why Kirkland fight has more commercial appeal though.

[JaYDeuce11]

Last boxer that said he wanted to clean out his division was Amir Khan lmfao n look how that turned out
But got mad props for triple G. Hope he can become the face of boxing and win that ONE BIG fight ala vs Martinez, Ward etc. and not blow that chance ala Canelo getting embarasssed by Floyd

[antawain28]

smh stop it.

These guys just keep making excuses for him its like he gets a free pass to beat up smaller guys but if anyone else does it they talk **** about them

[Spray_resistant]

This notion of fighters moving up as standard gets a little silly at times, if he feels good at 160 then he is a MW and we may have to accept that he is going to stay there his whole career.

[antawain28]

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

Exactly but they wont tho because they have a ton of fan boys and people who will make excuses for him and then try to boost it up like he had no credible opponents his size or bigger

[Jocknerd94]

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.

Pac and May were not selling millions of PPVs until they got there big break against Dela Hoya. I would never say never for GGG becoming a star. His style lends itself well to fans and casuals. He has fought 4 times in US and is already amongst the top fighters in ratings.

[Weebler I]

Pac and May were not selling millions of PPVs until they got there big break against Dela Hoya. I would never say never for GGG becoming a star. His style lends itself well to fans and casuals. He has fought 4 times in US and is already amongst the top fighters in ratings.

I wasn't ruling it out, I think he can become a star if he keeps winning but he's obviously not there yet.

[antawain28]

This is what I like to hear when I start my day lol. One of my favorite qualities about Golovkin is that he fights so frequently. He'll prove to be a p4p fighter by the end of this year.

I also like that he wants to clean out 160. That's what he should do. Try to take out Sergio, Quillen, Sturm, or Murray. If they don't want it, GGG will keep adding names to the 'Good Boy List' making them look worse and worse. If he keeps this up, in 2 years he'll make 8 more good boys lol

154 lbers don't bother me so much because I don't want him to go UP in weight too soon and have trouble coming back down in the future. I don't want there to be any doubt that he wasn't a monster. Maybe there is an error in my reasoning but it looks difficult to go up in weight and then back down. Names like Kirkland and Canelo will just be icing on the cake when it's all said and done.



That's not to say I don't want him to move up and take over another division. I'd like for him to get JCC Jr. fight him at 168-175 (I think he beats him at any weight), Froch and Ward. I know I sound like a total fanboy but I'm somewhat realistic since I don't think he'd beat Ward. I do think he beats everyone 168 and below except him.

War GGG! Become the new face of boxing.

GGG should move up in weight if he cant get the fights that he wants in his weight class instead of fighting smaller guys. It is easier to move up in weight especially if its not a huge amount of weight to gain than it is to move down. He is not a huge mw but he is a definite decent sized middleweight and he is 30 years old so his body is about to hit its peak for stabilizing his weight meaning its going to be a lot harder for him to go down in weight after a while. He weighed 170 for the Macklin fight on Fight Night and Ward usually comes in at 175 on fight night so there is not really that much of a size difference now some of the other SMW weigh well over 180lbs so if he moves up he should only do it for the Ward fight for right now. If he does stay at at 160 and cant get any of the other title holders there are still legit 160 lb fighters that he can face in the meantime before moving up so there are fights for him at 160 if he cant get them then he should move up to a weight class that he can get fights and I can promise you that nobody at 168 is going to duck GGG. Bika,Froch,Kessler,Groves,Ward will all fight him.If he has the skill and power that we all believe then he should be fine he already has the pedigree to compete from his amateur days so he will really get tested at 168 but like I said he should only go up if there are absolutely no fights at 160 and not just waiting on sergio or quillen or strum

[antawain28]

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.

Exactly it will at least earn him some credibility but his nut hugging fan boys are going to make an excuse why he should fight Kirkland because its more entertaining if he fights Geale which I think he beats Geale btw it will at least be able to show us where he truly is in the division and it will give him a good scalp so people cant keep using that he hasn't fought a top 10 MW excuse. I am tired of him being able to get away with beating b level guys or guys that that bring up from 154 to fight him.

[antawain28]

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

Who has Kirkland actually beaten besides Angulo and you can't even rate Glen Tapia as he was literally an unproven fresh off of ESPN FNF's guy and Kirkland was getting owned by Molina so that win really shouldn't even count. Kirkland is exciting but just rushing at people face first blocking punches with your face is terrible and he wont EVER beat a legit elite guy at 154 hell Lara or Canelo would own Kirkland and Floyd would box his ears off