Same people complaining about Mayweather vs Berto are applauding Golovkin vs Lemieux

[Y0@NN]

As a proud Golovtard, i'm not overly ecstatic about this fight but it's one of the best fights to be made in the division, and it's a unification fight.

[Raonic]

There's a big difference. The Monroe fight wasn't based on cherry picking. He asked Cotto, Canelo, Froch, Chavez Jr, Quillen and a few more for a fight. Floyd admitted to cherry picking Berto because he wanted an easy fight.

Lemieux is a champion at 160 while there are at least 6 realistic fighters more deserving of a Floyd Mayweather fight. He could have picked Garcia, Porter, Khan, Brook, Thurman, Algieri (yes, Algieri is more deserving than Berto at this point), Broner, Lara, etc. Even if GGG-Lemieux is a mismatch (which it isn't), he's the best fighter available. Berto is not even on the depth chart.

He ducked Amir Khan for ****s sake.... There's really so saving face for Floyd in this fight.

[HEND]

It's dangerous for anyone, mismatch is really the wrong term for this bout.

Imo it's the equivalent of Mayweather fighting Matthysse. One clear favorite but the other guy is clearly dangerous. Yes Matthysse has a better record than Lemieux, but he would be stepping up in weight and has his losses too.

On Mayweather-Berto, well many champions have taken a soft bout. Real issue across the pond is he's charging $75 for it.

Yes that's not needed at all, I agree however you have to see that this isn't a charity organization and if there are enough people who will buy it, they will sell it for 75$. If there won't be enough people to buy it, then it will backfire to them anyway so I'm not that angry about that.


And add the fact that in the age of internet PPV fights will become a bigger and bigger jokes.
I'm actually surprised that the PPV model is still alive with the amount of internet streaming portals.
I'm not American but if I would be then probably I wouldn't pay a cent for PPVs but watch it online for free.
Why would I pay extra money for a network I pay for anyway? gtfoh with that ****...

And don't tell me that with this I hurt the sport. They get their money too if the fight are free.

[Godsfly]

Those are odds and not a prophecy.

Lemeiux is a bigger challenge to GGG than Robert Guerrero, Victor Ortiz, Shane Mosley (the version Floyd fought) were to Mayweather.

dude, golovkin is 33 years old & has yet to fight a An elite fighter. mayweather had multiple elite fighters on his resume before even fighting ortiz. do you get that golovkin is in his mid 30's? most fighters are considered old once they hit their late 30's early 40's. time is ticking for him to do something great and u compare that with a crap over matched opponent in lemeiux? who was beaten by one of the worse fighters in middleweight history in rubio? RUBIO?


if the ward fight was there he shoulda took it and kept the cries about a catch weight to himself. roy jones fought hopkins, toney, tarver, and others. if you want to be "great" in boxing u have to fight the undefeated corrales's, the wards, the hearns.


his hearns was there (ward) and at 33 years of age he refused to take it.

[xhiddenx87]

My prediction: Berto will have more competitive spots with Mayweather than Lemieux will have with Golovkin.

I see the exact same thing, but Berto PPV please.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Not saying it's a good fight but at least Mayweather is coming off beating Pacquaio. Who's Golovkin just beaten? Monroe.

Hyprocrites.

[#CaneloKhan]

puncher vs puncher is always a good match up,

shoulder roll vs shoulder roll not really.

[-Kev-]

It's dangerous for anyone, mismatch is really the wrong term for this bout.

Imo it's the equivalent of Mayweather fighting Matthysse. One clear favorite but the other guy is clearly dangerous. Yes Matthysse has a better record than Lemieux, but he would be stepping up in weight and has his losses too.

On Mayweather-Berto, well many champions have taken a soft bout. Real issue across the pond is he's charging $75 for it.

Mayweather vs Matthysse would be seen as a pretty good fight. Matthysse can punch and can take a punch. There would be no complains by anyone, probably just a few. Lem can not take a punch and does not have a reputation like Matthysse, as a destroyer/machine. They are not comparable. In GGG-Lem it's not only a clear favorite, it's a clear favorite by KO. Mayweather would be favored to be Matt by decision, granted he has injured hands. Even if Mayweather was a puncher like Provodnikov, he still wouldn't be favored to beat Matthysse by KO. No one ever will, not at 140-147.

[-Kev-]

puncher vs puncher is always a good match up,

shoulder roll vs shoulder roll not really.

Puncher who can take a shot vs puncher who is chinny.

[comanick]

They are both crap fights and mismatches.

But at least floyd has actually fought "A" fighters and just came off a win versus the 2nd best guy of his era. While ggg has only fought "c" fighters. David might be a B- fighter.

While I wont be paying for either i dont really have a problem with either. I know the ggg fight will be exciting while it lasts and believe it or not you may actually get a somewhat exciting floyd fight. When is the last time berto has been in a boring fight. If floyd picked a better opponent then you would definitely get a boring fight.