Excuses people will have if GGG wins?

[mathed]

No, I'm not lying. You need to bet 1400 on GGG to win 100. I can't think of a PPV fight with such lopsided odds aside from Tyson/Douglas. As stated even Floyd was thinking about giving that kind of mismatch for free and that fight is going to flop. At the end of the day, GGG is asking you to pay $50 in a fight he is favored to win 14-1.

Bovada has it 16:1 for GGG while Floyd is a 100:1 favorite to win. Floyd will be charging people $80 for a fight where he is 6 times more of a favorite than GGG is. Now that's scary.

[Box-Office]

There are no excuses.

Why are you acting like there's a large amount of people considering this a risk for Golovkin?

I have literally not seen a single person who hasn't picked him to win by KO.

When was the last time Mayweather NOT a favorite to win a fight? Don't you then talk about resumes and all. Some people are just that dominant.

GGG is attempting to clean out the division. WBO belt is being contested and seems like Canelo-Cotto (WBC) will be fighting soon. What's left? IBF and WBA to unify.


It is just that people really really want to see the guy lose. Add the fact the catch weight demand for Ward hasn't helped him win new fans.

[IronDanHamza]

When was the last time Mayweather NOT a favorite to win a fight? Don't you then talk about resumes and all. Some people are just that dominant.

GGG is attempting to clean out the division. WBO belt is being contested and seems like Canelo-Cotto (WBC) will be fighting soon. What's left? IBF and WBA to unify.


It is just that people really really want to see the guy lose. Add the fact the catch weight demand for Ward hasn't helped him win new fans.

Mayweather has been the favourite in every fight since Corrales but that's not the point.

When Mayweather fought Oscar, Mosley, Canelo, Pacquaio etc he was favoured to win but plenty of people, pundits also, predicted the upset.

Whereas literally no one is picking Lemieux, literally no one. No one is even picking him to last 12 rounds.

[BrometheusBob.]

There are no excuses.

Why are you acting like there's a large amount of people considering this a risk for Golovkin?

I have literally not seen a single person who hasn't picked him to win by KO.

It might not be much of a risk given no one can touch him at 160. But is he not picking a top five-ish fighter in his division? Is he just never gonna get credit just cause he's better than the best his division can offer? Imo he's still gonna be a big favorite over Canelo, Cotto, Quillin, Lee or basically anyone, big name or not, if the fight is at 160lbs.

[ИATAS]

It's a fair comparison because what's the last PPV fight that had worse than 14-1 odds? The last one I can remember is Tyson Douglas. There was no comparison between the two... other than the odds. It had nothing do do with the outcome of the fight. GGG could lose too. I'm still not paying $50 for a fight he has no business losing.

You don't watch many PPV's do you? You never seen any Pinoy Pride or Latin Fury PPV's? They are usually always lopsided main events. There are usually dozens of PPV's every year in boxing, but only a few that are really mainstream (like Floyd, Pacquiao, Cotto & Canelo). Typically these PPV's are a way to make the fights that networks wont pay for, which I assume is a huge reason why Golovkin vs Lemieux is on (HBO didn't want to pay the big purse). Often times these types of PPV's are only set out to "break even", as they do small time numbers and basically it's a way to pay for all expenses involved.

In any event, Golovkin being a big favorite over Lemieux has more to do with how highly people think of Golovkin versus some kind of indication that this is a poor fight. There isn't a middleweight in the world that would be that large of a favorite over Lemieux right now (would Cotto be a favorite over Lemeiux? Quillin, Lee, Geale, Murray, Jacobs, N'dam etc.). This is a very solid middleweight showdown between two title holders in a much needed unification bout, in a fight that pretty much everyone agrees will be entertaining to watch.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Golovkin fans are now doctoring pictures of him KOing Ward?

Cringe....

[ИATAS]

There are no excuses.

Why are you acting like there's a large amount of people considering this a risk for Golovkin?

I have literally not seen a single person who hasn't picked him to win by KO.

That says more about what people think about Golovkin than anything else.

For me, this fight is better than recent PPV's like Pacquiao vs Agleiri, Pac vs Rios, Floyd vs Guerrero, Floyd vs Ortiz, which I had absolutely no doubt in my mind who the victor would be but I ordered anyways because I enjoy watching Pac & Floyd fight.

For me, Lemieux is a bigger risk to Golovkin than Algeiri was to Pac, or Guerrero was to Floyd because Lemieux actually has legit KO power. I don't care what the Vegas odds were in those fights no one was going to tell me Algeiri would beat Pac or Guerrero would beat Floyd.

That isn't to say I think this fight DESERVES to be on PPV. IMO this is high quality HBO championship boxing, but I do believe the amount of cash required to make this fight happen right now is the entire reason it's on PPV (HBO couldn't afford the purse, or didn't want to pay that much).

[ИATAS]

Golovkin fans are now doctoring pictures of him KOing Ward?

Don't even talk to me about sigs & avi's, queen

[Beater_of_ass]

You don't watch many PPV's do you? You never seen any Pinoy Pride or Latin Fury PPV's? They are usually always lopsided main events. There are usually dozens of PPV's every year in boxing, but only a few that are really mainstream (like Floyd, Pacquiao, Cotto & Canelo). Typically these PPV's are a way to make the fights that networks wont pay for, which I assume is a huge reason why Golovkin vs Lemieux is on (HBO didn't want to pay the big purse). Often times these types of PPV's are only set out to "break even", as they do small time numbers and basically it's a way to pay for all expenses involved.

In any event, Golovkin being a big favorite over Lemieux has more to do with how highly people think of Golovkin versus some kind of indication that this is a poor fight. There isn't a middleweight in the world that would be that large of a favorite over Lemieux right now (would Cotto be a favorite over Lemeiux? Quillin, Lee, Geale, Murray, Jacobs, N'dam etc.). This is a very solid middleweight showdown between two title holders in a much needed unification bout, in a fight that pretty much everyone agrees will be entertaining to watch.

Nope I only watch big PPV fights, people who have earned it. If you do great, you're a bigger boxing fan than I. Cong****.

[ИATAS]

Nope I only watch big PPV fights, people who have earned. I refuse to pay $30 or even $20 for anything on PPV boxing wise. I know about the latin fury cards and pinoy power, not paying for one show what I pay HBO a month or even double. If you do great, you're a bigger boxing fan than I. Cong****.

I know this may come as a shock to you but there is a way to watch PPV's free online. I know, I know, it sounds impossible but it's true, it happens. Look into the deep dark web...