Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin-Willie Monroe Jr. Set For May 16

[JJRod]

Not the best opponent for GGG, but it's a good stay busy fight.

Wish more fighters would realize this. If you stay active, you stay on the minds of fans. Fighting once in a blue moon people lose interest.

[soul_survivor]

GGG strikes again!

[-PBP-]

mayweather and pacquiao also had a bit of luck in securing quality opponents in a timely fashion. neither of them were ever as avoided as golovkin and rigondeaux currently are; they had the luxury of pursuing new challenges after having overcome their present challenges. we all want to see golovkin at super middleweight, but most of us would like him to get the big fights at middleweight out of the way first. the problem is that the opponents aren't ready at the moment, so he has to just tread water for a while. i'm giving him until winter and if the unification fights don't materialise by then he should give up and target froch or chavez jr as a prelude to ward

i would have liked lara or andrade instead of monroe too, but i'm not going to slaughter the guy for one gimme fight out of four in a year. if his third opponent isn't at least murray quality (i.e. quillin/lee, n'dam/lemieux, jacobs, lara or andrade) and his fourth a super fight (cotto, canelo, froch, chavez jr or ward), then i'll lose patience

Golovkin and Rigondeaux are ducked by inferior opposition, not their equals/peers. In other words, the guys that are ducking them have no chance at winning anyways. That's another sign that its time to move up.

And trust me, I've done a complete 180. I used to defend them staying put. But after seeing Rigondeaux beg ****ing Scott Quigg to fight him and GGG fighting a prospect I've changed my mind.

[Eastcoast]

mayweather and pacquiao also had a bit of luck in securing quality opponents in a timely fashion. neither of them were ever as avoided as golovkin and rigondeaux currently are; they had the luxury of pursuing new challenges after having overcome their present challenges. we all want to see golovkin at super middleweight, but most of us would like him to get the big fights at middleweight out of the way first. the problem is that the opponents aren't ready at the moment, so he has to just tread water for a while. i'm giving him until winter and if the unification fights don't materialise by then he should give up and target froch or chavez jr as a prelude to ward

i would have liked lara or andrade instead of monroe too, but i'm not going to slaughter the guy for one gimme fight out of four in a year. if his third opponent isn't at least murray quality (i.e. quillin/lee, n'dam/lemieux, jacobs, lara or andrade) and his fourth a super fight (cotto, canelo, froch, chavez jr or ward), then i'll lose patience

Why do people say this? He's been targeting Froch & Chavez, it's been well documented.

Golovkin could fight Monroe and people will complain he's too green, but if he fought Lara or Andrade they'd complain they're JMW's. In Andrade's case he's 2 years younger than Monroe (who's been an active boxer his whole life amateur record of 128-14) and arguably as experienced in the pros.

[Fetta]

How many stay busy fights/tune-ups will this guy get a pass for?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I know. It's not the first time I've seen him bring it up.

He is desperate for a fight to made worse than Salka, just so he can say "LOOK GARCIA SALKA ISN'T THAT BAD AFTER ALL GUIZE!"

He's also currently trying to do the same thing for Leo Santa Cruz by ****ting on the Frampton vs. Quigg fight.

The guy actually thinks he's sly too which is the worst part

[PhillyBox11]

Wow, HBO is just laying down to Haymon with fights like these. Amazing. Let's see if GGG can do what only the 17-17 Boone did! And don't forget, Monroe has 6 big KO's.

[bojangles1987]

Golovkin and Rigondeaux are ducked by inferior opposition, not their equals/peers. In other words, the guys that are ducking them have no chance at winning anyways. That's another sign that its time to move up.

And trust me, I've done a complete 180. I used to defend them staying put. But after seeing Rigondeaux beg ****ing Scott Quigg to fight him and GGG fighting a prospect I've changed my mind.

What were you expecting? Golovkin is waiting to see how the WBC situation shakes out. He'll either fight Cotto or someone else for the belt this year. He was never going to move up or get a good fight at 160 after Murray.

[Lords]

GGG fans: This is the best option.
Canelo fans: This is Cotto's fault.
Real boxing fans: Dafuq is this shlt? GGG continues to fight canns and when he KO's them GGG fan's say he's the best boxer on planet earth, top 10 P4P. GGG needs to move the *** up and fight some real competition and stop with the cherry picks.

[bojangles1987]

How many stay busy fights/tune-ups will this guy get a pass for?

He literally just fought a top 5 MW. And shouldn't you love this fight, since you love all boxing because you're such a real fan? Are you in line to buy your tickets to Golovkin/Monroe yet?