Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter Explains Selection of Monroe as Foe

[Barcham]

Lara is NOT a MIDDLEWEIGHT and he is signed with Haymon and cannot fight on HBO. And IF Golovkin was to fight and destroy him, people would just say he was picking on a smaller fighter.


NEXT!!!!!

[TBear]

Seriously? Monroe is a long way from getting a title shot.

[Da Machine]

Disgusting pick for an opponent. No excuse.

[J-champ]

He shouldn't even be in the top ten yet.

[MrClutch85]

Willie Monroe is a slick boxer he's a espn level fighter not ready for GGG

[DSG's#1Hater]

When you have the lineal champion sitting on a belt for a year and deciding between Rios, Bradley and K9...this is how we get to this point.

[Scipio2009]

seriously doubt haymon would let lara fight on HBO. But yeah sure he'd do fine too, I guess.

Lara headlined a Showtime card, near his adopted home of Houston, TX and stunk out the joint on TV.

Outside of a fight with Demetrious Andrade, which seems like something he's passing on, there's no other real meaningful fight that Haymon really has for Lara in the que. A Golovkin fight puts some money in Lara's pocket, gives him more exposure, and throws him into a fight where his experience and style gives him a decent shot at winning.

K2 has HBO's blessing to push Golovkin; if they wanted to bring in Lara, just like when Goosen needed to bring in Rodriguez for Ward, the effort is doable.

[caliAv]

Lara cab fight GGG that's why he said he's looking to fight Cotto or GGG next Lara's at 154 no problem fighting GGG at 160 GGG is just picking bums

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Surely hbo isn't allowing this. Canelo needed an opponent ggg said he'll go to 154 so what's the problem. Hbo couldn't make MayweatherPacquiao or Stevenson/Kovalev while they was all on hbo.What are they doing?? Al Haymon and his mismatches again...oops

[kreteno]

He want to fight 4 times when isn't many top fighters who want to face him, and he would continue to massacre this guys till the day some one grow up some balls.