Golovkin is a 1 to 100 betting favorite against Andy Lee

[HeroBando]

I wonder how long HBO tolerates this level of opposition, though. At some point, HBO won't want to be accused of putting up mismatches to hype a potential star. But at least HBO isn't paying millions of dollars for these mismatches

They love the numbers and the hype he's getting, and supposedly he's never passed on an HBO approved opponent. So more likely they'll shut out the guys that are passing repeatedly

[876arrow]

i can actually see lee winning this lolol get rich time

[Hougigo]

lol, this ducker is getting such high odds for ducking. Wouldn't be surprised if he quit this fight and fought Fernando Guerrero

[AVDB]

i can actually see lee winning this lolol get rich time

I'll bet you your 890 points to my 1 million?

[HeroBando]

lol, this ducker is getting such high odds for ducking. Wouldn't be surprised if he quit this fight and fought Fernando Guerrero

He's already ducked him afaik. I learned that fact from dan_cov

[AVDB]

lol, this ducker is getting such high odds for ducking. Wouldn't be surprised if he quit this fight and fought Fernando Guerrero

Then he'll have caught up to Quillin

[Kagami Taiga]

Lol, this is gonna be a very bad fight abd lead up around here. It's should be fun. Lol. I person ally think both sides go to far.

[ShoulderRoll]

Why does he have to move up, he campaigns at 160.

You're right, let's enjoy seeing him fight Andy Lee and James Kirkland for the rest of 2014. That will be an awesome campaign.

He has said he'd fight anyone from 154 to 168 so maybe it's time to try the super middleweights if this is all he can get at middleweight.

[DoktorSleepless]

The fight sucks, but he was far from their first choice, and what are they gonna do, bench one of their biggest stars cause they can't find anyone better to fight him?

They wouldn't have to bench shit if it wasn't for their exclusivity. That's the point. This model of HBO building up fighters by having their tuneups on it's network is ******ed. Those type of fights should be done outside on another network. HBO should just take a stand and tell everyone that if they want a payday, they'll have to be in tough fights. If they can't find anyone, tough noogies. Otherwise you'll just create a generation of spoiled fighters that require 3 million to be in a remotely competitive fight.

Kovalev vs Cedric Agnew another ******ed fight HBO just approved. Just look at how many mismatches have been on HBO the past few months. Is this supposed to be a good thing?

Besides Lee did wonders for Chavez cred, he went from a joke to very good win for Sergio thanks to Lee.

Chavez vs Lee was seen as a competitive fight at the time. Golovkin vs Lee is not. End of story.

That would require a change in attitude towards GBP, which may yet happen, but is much bigger than GGG. But 3m is a huge step up, all of GGG's fights cost less than 750k combined AFAIK. You're talking retirement wages for his opponents.

They're already spending 3M in crap fights. The least they can do is spend it on something good. Golovkin already crossed that ratings threshold where HBO can spend decent money on him as long as it's a decent fight. And I like I said, it wouldn't even take that much. I could understand Quillin being weary fighting Golovkin so early in career for like 300k, but a near 7 figure paycheck would get it done easily. HBO has spent more in the past for lesser fights.

[Hougigo]

He's already ducked him afaik. I learned that fact from dan_cov

He ducked him too? Damn... we're gonna have to go lower.....maybe Danny Garcia.
If Golovkin doesn't fight Danny Garcia, that is a hilarious duck... funniest thing ever