Comments Thread For: GGG's Promoter: Hopkins Could Be Future Foe, Not Now

[heathen]

So ggg will move up to fight a 50plus year old or a b level fighter but won't move up for ward .
He would rather wait for smaller guys like cotto , Bradley or canelo to move up ....

took the words out my mouth.. GGG is ajoke..

[Ivansmamma]

Golovkin should fight Hopkins, it would be a good test.

[Beater_of_ass]

You're missing the point. You and a few others who im expecting to chime in to defend GGG.

Hes supposed to be sooo avoided but he actually has a list of fighters that are willing to fight him. From Lara to even Hopkins, across a few divisions, but GGG has his sights set on Cotto, Canelo, Mayweather and I know they are hoping Bradley was serious.

They dont seem as serious about fighting a pulse as they make out to be, and their whole brand is based off an idea that GGG is a boogeyman, and his gimmick is to smile and wave to appear all friendly and goody, then his true side shows in interviews and hes quickly told to be quiet and they claim it wernt his words. Its all an act. I dont expect Ward-GGG to happen till they are both 38 after 5 years of the Boxing world hearing about how Ward was too scared to move down in weight to fight him.

GGG, Kovalev, Loma (The 3 darlings on NSB) all share these similar traits.

Kovalev's side claims they dont have interest in Stevenson, just his "belt" Loma's side is doing to the same thing to justify not fighting the best fighters in his division (If they arent titlist, ala Walters) and GGG's side alwaysssss pulls this card when a credible fight is presented to them

Its always flip flopping with them, never on the same page.

Which is it? Is GGG open to fighting Mayweather, Ward, Froch or Chavez now? or is it back to he only wants to fight a middleweight champion in his next fight? They are never consistent and its glaringly obvious lately.

I've never seen someone want to unify so bad and not push or keep mentioning Lee who isn't even signed to Haymon. GGG's team has no problem dismissing people but they don't press for any fights other than what makes them money. That doesn't get the "no one wants to fight me" sympathy, it's called the look like a beast against bums "just in case" strategy.

It sounds exactly like the way Al Haymon brings up his talent, no one deserves to be hyped up any more coming up like that. You're supposed to stay busy if you no one will fight you, is the allowable exception to this rule. Well we're in mid-July and he's only fought twice and no fights lined up. The excuse of "he fights a lot" is fading quickly because the 2 people who don't want to fight him are fighting each other, and he's turned down everyone else.

[NapalmKnuckles]

if Tom was "politely turning down " a fight with B-Hop like some here are suggesting it was poorly done, another PR goof by team GGG. it would have been better had they just came out and said "look, we have nothing to gain by beating up a 50 year old man already coming off a 1 sided loss", and i dont think anyone would be able to disagree with that. I do think GGG should call Lara's bluff and call uncle Al to see if he wants to let his boy fight on HBO.

Lemieux wants to fight his mando despite the IBF giving Golden Boy the go ahead to bypass that fight for a unifacation with GGG.

Canelo vs Cotto are fighting each other.

Quillin wants nothing to do withn GGG.

Same for Jacobs and he is dead set on fighting Quillin

Lee vs BJS is going dowm

Realistically who is there in GGG's DIVISION for him to fight? I think theyre better off taking the rest of the year off instead of fighting another can.

[OnePunch]

I've never seen someone want to unify so bad and not push or keep mentioning Lee who isn't even signed to Haymon. GGG's team has no problem dismissing people but they don't press for any fights other than what makes them money. That doesn't get the "no one wants to fight me" sympathy, it's called the look like a beast against bums "just in case" strategy.

It sounds exactly like the way Al Haymon brings up his talent, no one deserves to be hyped up any more coming up like that. You're supposed to stay busy if you no one will fight you, is the allowable exception to this rule. Well we're in mid-July and he's only fought twice and no fights lined up. The excuse of "he fights a lot" is fading quickly because the 2 people who don't want to fight him are fighting each other, and he's turned down everyone else.

Lee was injured and now has to do the mando with Saunders, which means even if he wins he wont be available until 2016. What purpose is there in discussing him at this moment? Are you really that ******?

[Vasyl’s dad]

When Kovalev beat Hopkins, "Hopkins was old doe".

So what does GGG prove by beating an even older Hopkins?

[ИATAS]

I've never seen someone want to unify so bad and not push or keep mentioning Lee who isn't even signed to Haymon. GGG's team has no problem dismissing people but they don't press for any fights other than what makes them money. That doesn't get the "no one wants to fight me" sympathy, it's called the look like a beast against bums "just in case" strategy.

How can they go after Lee when Lee has a fight scheduled with his mandatory? You're complaining just to complain here. They would have fought Lee already as Golovkin was scheduled to fight him last year but GGG's dad died and they had to pull out so Golovkin could mourn him.

[Barcham]

... Why forget about the "catchweight thing"?... Did Ward gave an answer to the "catchweight thing"? Ward is silent. As long as Ward is silent the "catchweight thing" is only a "catchweight thing"...

this catchweight thing is getting blown way out of proportion. There was no proposal made to Ward or his camp for a fight at any catchweight. All it was, was a comment made to Fat Dan during an email conversation that he was having with Loeffler. Loeffler made it on his own, basically a throw away comment, and all the usual suspects jumped on it and turned it in to this huge controversy. Get over it! Ward has not responded because there is nothing to respond to!

It's getting to the point that people hang on every word or comment that comes out of the Golovkin camp in much the same way they hung on everything that came from the Beatles in the 60s. Remember when Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus? The world almost fell apart at that comment! Boxing fans are worse than old women in a hair salon with their gossip.

[Barcham]

if Tom was "politely turning down " a fight with B-Hop like some here are suggesting it was poorly done, another PR goof by team GGG. it would have been better had they just came out and said "look, we have nothing to gain by beating up a 50 year old man already coming off a 1 sided loss", and i dont think anyone would be able to disagree with that. I do think GGG should call Lara's bluff and call uncle Al to see if he wants to let his boy fight on HBO.

Lemieux wants to fight his mando despite the IBF giving Golden Boy the go ahead to bypass that fight for a unifacation with GGG.

Canelo vs Cotto are fighting each other.

Quillin wants nothing to do withn GGG.

Same for Jacobs and he is dead set on fighting Quillin

Lee vs BJS is going dowm

Realistically who is there in GGG's DIVISION for him to fight? I think theyre better off taking the rest of the year off instead of fighting another can.

Taking the rest of the year off does not make anyone any money. Fighting two more times will make GGG at least another 4-5 million or so. Which would you pick if you were he? It's really easy for fans to say 'take the rest of the year off' when it costs us nothing. He still has to earn a living and sitting on his ass does nothing for him at all.

[kiaba360]

if Tom was "politely turning down " a fight with B-Hop like some here are suggesting it was poorly done, another PR goof by team GGG. it would have been better had they just came out and said "look, we have nothing to gain by beating up a 50 year old man already coming off a 1 sided loss", and i dont think anyone would be able to disagree with that. I do think GGG should call Lara's bluff and call uncle Al to see if he wants to let his boy fight on HBO.

Lemieux wants to fight his mando despite the IBF giving Golden Boy the go ahead to bypass that fight for a unifacation with GGG.

Canelo vs Cotto are fighting each other.

Quillin wants nothing to do withn GGG.

Same for Jacobs and he is dead set on fighting Quillin

Lee vs BJS is going dowm

Realistically who is there in GGG's DIVISION for him to fight? I think theyre better off taking the rest of the year off instead of fighting another can.

I don't think taking 7 months off is the answer. I think he should only fight once more this year, not twice. Take on the best MW opponent, or maybe get his feet wet at @168.