Comments Thread For: WBA Orders Gennady Golovkin-Jarrod Fletcher Title Fight

[bojangles1987]

GGG should just vacate the WBA and fight Geale, as nobody takes the WBA seriously anyways. HBO wouldnt care, he would save the 3% sanctioning fee, and he would also then most likely immediately be rated #1 in the WBO to make him Quillin's mando........

Golovkin has enough trouble landing opponents when he has a belt. Without it no one has any reason to fight him.

[Black Barty]

I'm generally opposed to not honoring mandatories, but how in the world did this Fletcher guy end up being the #2 contender? Beating one fringe contender is enough to earn such a high ranking?

[Hougigo]

Golovkin has enough trouble landing opponents when he has a belt. Without it no one has any reason to fight him.

Yea and no. If he did that, then he'd be entered into other organization's rankings.

After that, getting a purse bid would practically force a fight.

Look at Loma/Russell

I'm 100 percent sure though if he dropped the title, Geale would drop all interest

[Hougigo]

I'm generally opposed to not honoring mandatories, but how in the world did this Fletcher guy end up being the #2 contender? Beating one fringe contender is enough to earn such a high ranking?

He's not even number 1. Chudinov is number one and that fight wasn't even sanctioned until Fletcher was paid step aside money and he fought the winner.

Evidently WBA said screw it and have 2 #1 mandatories

[Accountoffline]

Who the hell is Jarhead?

[Weebler I]

Fletcher says he's not stepping aside

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sp...t-at-golovkin/

They should just guarantee him a shot at the winner. Geale-Fletcher is possibly a bigger domestic fight financially.

[any craic lad?]

WBA could choose better.

This is disgusting the guy who ko'ed him is 13th on that list.GGG is gunna murder him

[Russian Crushin]

How is he even mando ahead of the interim champ, who is ranked #1

I hope Golovkin drops the belt and faces Geale, but i dont think Geale will fight him without a belt at stake

[ShoulderRoll]

How is he even mando ahead of the interim champ, who is ranked #1

Read the article. They explain it.

"Despite not serving as the #1 contender, Fletcher gets the shot as the highest rated availalbe challenger. The top challenger according to the WBA is Dmitry Chudinov, who is scheduled to face Patrick Nielsen (WBA #4) in an interim title fight on June 1 in his native Russia."

[chocolate]

This fight = horse****. If Billy Joe's power put Fletcher on ***** street and stopped inside 3 rounds, what will GGG do to him? This is as bad as that WBO Klitschko vs Leapei nonsense.