Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Coach Would Fight Cotto Catch-Weight Stance

[SteveM]

It would be if Canelo beats Cotto convincingly..but you don't think Canelo is going demand a much higher purse split and catch weight also?

Canelo has been the catch weight king...I doubt he fights Triple G at 160...I'd say 157 would be the highest...

Well if he fights GGG at 157 that will even the playing field even more and make it that much more anticipated.

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lets just hope canelo doesn't have an off-night or weight issues

should be pretty easy for a healthy young opponent to blast out cotto, then we can see canelo vs golovkin

[elfag]

No weight draining from cotto, thats cowardly. Come fight me at 160.

Also if Ward wants some he can get it, but only at a maximum of 164.

[JmH Reborn]

164 doe

Team GGG are clowns

[kafkod]

Bull****. Floyd only had a couple fights at lightweight, then jumped to 140 to chase a PPV fight with Gatti. Then after a short stay there, jumped to chase a PPV fight with then welterweight champ Judah. Then after the three fights with Mitchell, Judah, and Baldomir, got the fight at 54 against DLH. Floyd didn't outgrow anything, he moved up chasing bigger names.

After the JMM rematch at 130, Manny was one-n-done at 35 grabbing a paper trinket against David Diaz. Then immediately jumped to 47 to fight DLH. Then jumped down to 140, only weighing in at like 137/138 or so for Hatton. He didn't outgrow anything.

Hopkins did what GGG is trying to do. That's sit around and wait on smaller fighters to come to him. Hopkins got lucky because Don King's middleweight tourney allowed him to get Tito. Then DLH eventually tried his luck. But he never became a crossover star. And its likely neither will GGG. Because Hopkins was seen even then as an old guy, so younger guys like Tito and DLH were hoping he was past it. The difference is, GGG is seen as the young, fresh guy, despite his age. And he's trying to lure up smaller fighters that are past it, on the way out. Plus, Hopkins never came close to becoming a crossover star. So that's not exactly a blueprint GGG needs to follow.

So Floyd can still make featherweight and Manny can still make flyweight?

GTFOOH with your bull****. They were kids when they started out and grew through the divisions till they reached where they are today.

GGG was already a grown man when he turned pro.

[elfag]

So Floyd can still make featherweight and Manny can still make flyweight?

GTFOOH with your bull****. They were kids when they started out and grew through the divisions till they reached where they are today.

GGG was already a grown man when he turned pro.

both floyd and manny have moved up several divisions from when they were 25. your point doesnt mean much when GGG is still to scared to move up 1 division.

[M Bison]

Golovkin is doing Ward the favour so he can cut down a minor 4lbs for the A-side.

Come on Ward be a man you've begged for the fight you can't get everything your own way when you're obviously the B-side with hardly any fans.

[hitking]

I don't think HBO are going overboard with him. You wanna talk about overboard - that is ROC Nation guaranteeing 2 million to Ward. I think Ward might be under more pressure.

At the end of the day. If Lemieux and Lee are what GGG's fans wanna consider big fights and they're willing to pay to see them. More power to everyone involved. Personally, I have enough data on both to formulate the opinion that they're not very good. So I'll keep my lil $60 in my pocket and do somethimg with the ole lady the night of.

As for Roc Nation going overboard, totally disagree. Ward is arguably the best fighter in the world. Floyd's the P4P King. But I don't think even the most dirhard Floyd fan could with a straight face says he's currently the best in the world. And in my experience as a fight fan, guys like Ward always end up in big fights.

[hitking]

So Floyd can still make featherweight and Manny can still make flyweight?

GTFOOH with your bull****. They were kids when they started out and grew through the divisions till they reached where they are today.

GGG was already a grown man when he turned pro.

Not sure how the genes you recieved from your folks work. But me, and pretty much all of them men I know hit puberty as teens. And judging from your posts, you haven't been following boxing very long. So let me learn ya. Floyd and Manny did most of their dramatic weight jumping in their late 20s abd early 30s. And since both had kids by then, I assume they had completed puberty by then. Which leads me to tje conclusion that they spent quite a bit of time fighting naturally bigger guys in weight classes they hadn't naturally grown into.

[ShoulderRoll]

"Catch weights are wrong. Unless we are the ones asking for them, doe."

-Golovkin's coach