The HBO GGG opponent list for May

[-Kev-]

If HBO was smart they would put him on the mega fight undercard! Great exposure. Who cares if it's against a tomato can

If by the mega fight undercard you mean Mayweather-Pacquiao, that's not up to HBO, that's up to Top Rank and Mayweather Promotions, who have no affiliations with GGG (That's K2 Promotions).

[Chuckguy]

If by the mega fight undercard you mean Mayweather-Pacquiao, that's not up to HBO, that's up to Top Rank and Mayweather Promotions, who have no affiliations with GGG (That's K2 Promotions).

Awe fawk Kev you are right. Thanks for fawking up my wet dream! Ha

[Evil Abed]

Cotto's belt is next. Via vacated or via Cotto. They know this. So it's stay busy fight in every way possible. Stay sharp and stay relevant by staying on TV. Not ideal. But understandable. They keep repeating that they want to unify. But would move up or down for a big fight. Lara is not that big fight. A Tureano like SMW bout is not a big fight. So you can stop.

[AgainstTheRopes]

Cotto's belt is next. Via vacated or via Cotto. They know this. So it's stay busy fight in every way possible. Stay sharp and stay relevant by staying on TV. Not ideal. But understandable. They keep repeating that they want to unify. But would move up or down for a big fight. Lara is not that big fight. A Tureano like SMW bout is not a big fight. So you can stop.

Sorry. Excuse me for wanting to see him in competitive fights rather than unifying meaningless titles.

[vman075]

GGG fanboys are the worst

name me one non-GGG fanboy that wants to see him fight Johnson.

He's going to be 33 by his next fight. I want to see him make the most of his fights in his prime. He's not getting squat at 160

Honestly it is what it is. He wants to fight 4 times, that means he has to fight twice in the first half of the year. They have a May HBO date and no one is available. I posted a thread immediately after the Murray fight (that was deleted for some reason) that Johnson would be his next fight. If you look at the landscape that's all that's available. Even if he went to 68, he's gonna get squat there.

People act like 68 is stacked with opponents to fight but realistically who is he gonna fight there in May? Ward wants a tuneup, Froch is sidelined till around July, Chavez has an April fight, Anthony Dirrell is fighting Badou Jack, Degale and Andre Direll are going to fight. Groves is waiting on his title shot against Dirrell. There is literally no name for this man to fight in May.

I'm not excited about it but Johnson is prob the top available opponent, so how could I say GGG is wasting anything on fighting him. It's this or not fight. I'd rather see this fight.

[Nay_Sayer]

More TOMATO CANs..

[ИATAS]

GGG fanboys are the worst

name me one non-GGG fanboy that wants to see him fight Johnson.

He's going to be 33 by his next fight. I want to see him make the most of his fights in his prime. He's not getting squat at 160

You're complaining about nothing though. According to you, his options should be not fight at all, or fight someone at 168 that no one has even heard of (you still haven't mentioned any names), and then fight back down at 160 again 2-3 months later. Makes no sense.

Obviously Golovkin is trying to unify 160. He is mandatory to Cotto. If Cotto rejects a Golovkin fight after he beats whatever welterweight he decides to fight next, he will be stripped according to the WBC, meaning GGG will be first in line to fight for that vacant title. Additionally there is the Lemieux vs N'dam winner and possibly Andy Lee if he beats Quillin, on top of that there is Canelo who is moving to 160 eventually and has stated he's willing to fight Golovkin. Clearly your master idea of moving up to fight a no name at 168 doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

[joesaiditstrue]

I'm a big GGG fan but I'm even getting sick of these mismatches. I know he fights 4 times a year and it's gonna be tough to get big names but come on, none of these guys have a shot against him. Take the fkin Lara fight and whoop his azz and shut these idiots up about you fighting nobodies

Lara's camp (Haymon) have yet to send any official contracts to K2 promotions, if you actually believe that Lara wants to fight GGG you're a fool. This is another case of a Haymon fighter hiding behind his promoter

[AgainstTheRopes]

You're complaining about nothing though. According to you, his options should be not fight at all, or fight someone at 168 that no one has even heard of (you still haven't mentioned any names), and then fight back down at 160 again 2-3 months later. Makes no sense.

Obviously Golovkin is trying to unify 160. He is mandatory to Cotto. If Cotto rejects a Golovkin fight after he beats whatever welterweight he decides to fight next, he will be stripped according to the WBC, meaning GGG will be first in line to fight for that vacant title. Additionally there is the Lemieux vs N'dam winner and possibly Andy Lee if he beats Quillin, on top of that there is Canelo who is moving to 160 eventually and has stated he's willing to fight Golovkin. Clearly you're master idea of moving up to fight a no name at 168 doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

The plan is to go to 168 so he can get a competitive fight and if he cares so much about belts he can become a 2 division champ.

He's not getting that 160 even if he gets Lee/Sanders, Lemeiux/N'Dam, Canelo, or Cotto

[US Dirk Killer]

GGG fanboys are the worst

name me one non-GGG fanboy that wants to see him fight Johnson.

He's going to be 33 by his next fight. I want to see him make the most of his fights in his prime. He's not getting squat at 160

You're complaining about nothing though. According to you, his options should be not fight at all, or fight someone at 168 that no one has even heard of (you still haven't mentioned any names), and then fight back down at 160 again 2-3 months later. Makes no sense.

Obviously Golovkin is trying to unify 160. He is mandatory to Cotto. If Cotto rejects a Golovkin fight after he beats whatever welterweight he decides to fight next, he will be stripped according to the WBC, meaning GGG will be first in line to fight for that vacant title. Additionally there is the Lemieux vs N'dam winner and possibly Andy Lee if he beats Quillin, on top of that there is Canelo who is moving to 160 eventually and has stated he's willing to fight Golovkin. Clearly you're master idea of moving up to fight a no name at 168 doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

And still no names. He even said that he doesn't care if he fights the same level of opposition... as long as it's at 168? WTF does that even mean? You're not even mad at his opposition at this point, since you clearly don't care if his opposition is the same level, you just want him to move up.

Yea, GGG fans are the worst... then you get that B.S