Comments Thread For: Golovkin: I Can Box Like Mayweather, But That's Boring

[budfr]

Scared fighting is not that hard to do, it's the safest. You just got to have decent speed and train everyday how to do it. Throw in some flare while doing it. Secret to success. Ask Floyd.

Tips:
-if you get hit throw a "na-nah" gesture by swinging your chin left and right, this might fool the judges and nullify that score against you.
-if they block your exits - HUG! before that first punch lands.
-always fight with an arm and half length away from your scary opponent.
-POTSHOT! Even if they don't hurt a fly, POTSHOT! Judges love that shiet.
-Always fight on the backfoot. Initiating combat is for fools.
-Get all the advantages before you even step in the ring.
-==================

Brilliant.

[big_james10]

If Fighter A has such a low opinion of Fighter B, Fighter A shouldn't be begging Fighter B to fight him. GGG has joined the bandwagon of envious hypocrital fighters that throw darts at Floyd Mayweather on a daily basis. He call's Mayweather's style boring, but Mayweather made 250 times more in his last fight than GGG will make on Saturday night and made more money in his last fight against Maidana than GGG will earn in his entire career.

This type of behavior is pathetic and will not get GGG a fight with an A-side attraction like Cotto or Alvarez. The best he can hope for is for him to muster up enough courage to move up to 168 to fight Froch or Ward for a good payday.

[big_james10]

I agree. GGG has so much experience from the amateurs alone. He could stink out the joint if he wanted but he has so much power it would be a shame not to use that power.

It doesn't matter what you did in the amateurs or how much power you may have as a professional or how many KO's you have or how spectacularly you win. If you cannot attract big crowds as a pro, you will not do well financially. GGG does not attract the crowds and therefore, cannot get big money fights. That is why he is practically begging Alvarez, Cotto and Floyd to fight him. Floyd Mayweather is an attraction and can get big money fights. That is all that matters in the fight game, whether fans realize it or not.

[big_james10]

GGG can't be talking about boring Mayweather because he has only fought bums so far. The day he fights his first opponent with a pulse he can start talking.

By the time Mayweather was GGG's age, Mayweather had fought and beaten world champions in five weight divisions. He had beaten all the top guys at every weight division, except 140, but he beat one of the top three guys in t140-pound division. GGG has accomplished absolutely nothing compared to Mayweather and that is the difference between the two of them.

[daggum]

It doesn't matter what you did in the amateurs or how much power you may have as a professional or how many KO's you have or how spectacularly you win. If you cannot attract big crowds as a pro, you will not do well financially. GGG does not attract the crowds and therefore, cannot get big money fights. That is why he is practically begging Alvarez, Cotto and Floyd to fight him. Floyd Mayweather is an attraction and can get big money fights. That is all that matters in the fight game, whether fans realize it or not.

ggg just attracted 10,000 fans to his last fight and does great ratings on hbo. geale has fought once in the usa as a b-side and cotto is fighting him. kirkland's last fight before canelo he was on the undercard. what you are saying just isn't true. it's what fighters say when they want to duck someone who would probably beat them.

[HeroBando]

If Fighter A has such a low opinion of Fighter B, Fighter A shouldn't be begging Fighter B to fight him. GGG has joined the bandwagon of envious hypocrital fighters that throw darts at Floyd Mayweather on a daily basis. He call's Mayweather's style boring, but Mayweather made 250 times more in his last fight than GGG will make on Saturday night and made more money in his last fight against Maidana than GGG will earn in his entire career.

This type of behavior is pathetic and will not get GGG a fight with an A-side attraction like Cotto or Alvarez. The best he can hope for is for him to muster up enough courage to move up to 168 to fight Froch or Ward for a good payday.

Jeeze so much butthurt. He doesnt have a low opinion of Floyd at all, he just prefers knocking out opponents.

Why do you keep mentioning Froch? Havent you heard him say hed swerve him cause he punches like a mule? And why mention Ward whos never made an offer, and even hus team wants to marinate this fight?

[daggum]

If Fighter A has such a low opinion of Fighter B, Fighter A shouldn't be begging Fighter B to fight him. GGG has joined the bandwagon of envious hypocrital fighters that throw darts at Floyd Mayweather on a daily basis. He call's Mayweather's style boring, but Mayweather made 250 times more in his last fight than GGG will make on Saturday night and made more money in his last fight against Maidana than GGG will earn in his entire career.

This type of behavior is pathetic and will not get GGG a fight with an A-side attraction like Cotto or Alvarez. The best he can hope for is for him to muster up enough courage to move up to 168 to fight Froch or Ward for a good payday.

froch turned him down and ward doesn't generate big crowds therefore he can't get big fights. didn't you just say that very thing? now you are pretending ward is some super fight? oh the hypocrisy

[Brassangel]

"I can box like Mayweather" Thanks for the laugh Gennady.

"it' boring" That's a popular opinion but still just an opinion...

It's an accurate assessment, not an opinion.

[big_james10]

ggg just attracted 10,000 fans to his last fight and does great ratings on hbo. geale has fought once in the usa as a b-side and cotto is fighting him. kirkland's last fight before canelo he was on the undercard. what you are saying just isn't true. it's what fighters say when they want to duck someone who would probably beat them.

How many PPV's has GGG participated in? Attracting 10,000 fans means nothing when you are charging $10 a ticket and barely breaking even at the gate. GGG is not a big draw and that is why he is practically begging Cotto, Alvarez or Mayweather to fight him. You are right! Fighter do claim that another fighter is not a big draw to avoid fighting them. The ones who do that are usually guys like Peter Quillin, who can't draw flies himself..

[big_james10]

froch turned him down and ward doesn't generate big crowds therefore he can't get big fights. didn't you just say that very thing? now you are pretending ward is some super fight? oh the hypocrisy

GGG never tried to secure a fight with Froch. You are right about Ward not attracting big crowds either. However, GGG has no chance of getting a fight with Cotto or Alvarez and he can make more money fighting Ward and Froch at 168 than he will fighting Willie Munroe Jr. In addition, he would get a lot more respect from boxing fans that don't worship him like you if he stepped up and fought Ward or Froch.