Comments Thread For: Erislandy Lara Still Open To Facing Gennady Golovkin

[Hype job]

Maybe he can literally run enough to avoid Golovkin, but I doubt it. Lara isn't a smart mover, he moves just to move and corners himself often. When one of the best fighters in the sport at cutting a ring off is up against a guy who will run into a corner in order to avoid fighting, it's a recipe for disaster.

The responses in this thread are why Golovkin's people should make this happen if possible. He can actually shut people up when he blasts Lara out, and I have no doubt he would. There aren't many fights you can say that about with GGG.

[Robbie Barrett]

You can't be serious. I'm pretty every Golovkin fan on this site is supremely confident in their man beating anyone at 160 and any future 154 pounders moving up.

I didn't say he would lose. Lara has the style to show that GGG isn't a boxing god like they seem to think.

[Barcham]

Very convincing.

So why does Lara ask for it?

Is he that afraid of obscurity? Honest question.

Or what do you think he sees?

Lara asks for it because he knows it won't happen. Haymon would never allow him to fight on HBO so it makes it easy to shoot off his mouth about it.

[icha]

lara is not invincible and i will give the edge to ggg , but lara is easily better than anyone on gggs resume, and he keeps calling him out, and even know this fight is not easy to make ggg should at least try for someone like lara before he tries the willie monroes of the world...

[dirty fingers]

People would be shocked at how easily Lara gets destroyed. Golovkin's team should definitely make it happen.

[Loque-san]

The only interesting thing about that fight is that Lara would be the first boxer fighting off the back foot against Golovkin, not solely because of GGG's power but because this is his style. Fighters like Murray - and most of the GGG opponents in the last two years - usually did not fight this way. They were not trying to outbox Golovkin, they were uncomfortable and went into survival mode, which made their chances to be competitive even slimmer. Golovkin - Monroe will be interesting in that regard.

[Sheppirino]

I like Lara but he'd lose a decision to GGG if he survived. I'll give him credit for having the balls to be willing to face him though.

[bojangles1987]

Very convincing.

So why does Lara ask for it?

Is he that afraid of obscurity? Honest question.

Or what do you think he sees?

Lara's a professional fighter, and a particularly desperate one at that. He believes he can beat anyone. He's wrong in this case, but I respect his guts and bravado.

[WombBat]

People would be shocked at how easily Lara gets destroyed. Golovkin's team should definitely make it happen.

Kudos to Lara for calling him out, but I feel that GGG KO's him inside 7 rounds. quote me on that.

[SlySlickSmooth]

I didn't say he would lose. Lara has the style to show that GGG isn't a boxing god like they seem to think.

You said GGG fans dont want the fight. I responded saying "you can't be serious."

Every GGG fan knows Lara gets ****ing embarassed. I never accused you of saying that GGG would lose.