Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Lemieux Agreement Reached For 10/17 in NY

[Greed.]

Except that Lemieux is, you know, a champion, an active fighter and not completely washed up.

I'd rather have the option to pay for Golovkin-Lemieux than get Canelo-Kirkland with an HBO subscription.

That doesn't mean that it won't go the same way. Canelo/Golovkin have a big edge in technical skill with explosive power and combinations. Kirkland/Lemieux are big punchers who are wide, like to come forward and have questionable punch resistance.

[Bronx2245]

Good fight, but they need a monster card for a PPV. I guess Oscar will have to provide us that because K2 does not have a deep stable. Lemieux was best case scenario for GGG. It gives him a legit opponent while awaiting the winner of Cotto vs. Canelo.

[Nightfall]

glad this guy is fighting a middle weight instead of trying to fight the little guys. and i still say he's ducking ward

[bklynboy]

I agree, although I never underestimate the power of white America.

White America never backed the Klitschkos. So that makes them what - objective, not racist, ******?

White America never backed Calzaghe. What do we make of that?

White American never back Felix Sturm or Marco Huck? Why?

So now (you say) White America is backing GGG and they're racist?

Outside of the Eastern European community (here in NY) I don't see GGG having a fan base.

If you were correct then casual white boxing fans would be flocking to GGG (and have, in the past flocked to Sturm or Huck or WK) and they never did.

Maybe you're the one projecting my friend.

[Beercules]

I'm going

[bklynboy]

He's already broke the record for the greatest white hype to ever grace the planet , and the record for fighting the most cans in a 5 year stretch, what more do u want from the guy gezzzzz.

At what point does he stop being "hype?" I'm not saying he's a TOP 20 middleweight of all time - not even close. But he's the best middleweight out there fighting all the other middleweights available.

Quillin and Martinez are the only top names he has not fought. He hasn't ducked them or had his career manipulated to avoid them - so, where's the hype?

Oh - you mean he has a fan base - therefore he's hyped? Jean Pascal has a fan base. Is he hyped?

What makes GGG a white hype? It's not as if there aren't plenty of white fighters doing very well. And why is it that some white guys (me) don't like some white fighters (the Klitshkos, Huck) if we supported GGG simply due to his skin color?

By the way - if my grandparents had moved to Argentina or Mexico I would still be white (Latino is culture) and there are plenty of white fighters from those countries.

[-PBP-]

What's the complaining about? I'm shocked Lemieux took it. Its a good fight and the timing is right for once in boxing.

HBO is doing an excellent job of building Canelo or Cotto vs GGG.

[alexander28]

Coward GGG still ducking King Ward.

[mathed]

Coward GGG still ducking King Ward.

So, Ward fighting someone else at 172 or is he going to wait 2 years for GGG's schedule to clear up at 160?

Only on NSB is a guy unifying his own division a coward move while a guy calling out a smaller guy is a brave move.

[mathed]

glad this guy is fighting a middle weight instead of trying to fight the little guys. and i still say he's ducking ward

But Ward wanting to fight a smaller guy is cool with you?

Ward not fighting Kovalev isn't ducking to you?

Hypocrites, we see the trend....don't worry, Floyd is signing a 3 fight extension so Ward doesn't have to become your Mayweather surrogate just yet.