Comments Thread For: HBO Sports Exec on The Rise of Gennady Golovkin

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New York - HBO Sports Executive Peter Nelson remembered the day when the Managing Director of K2 Promotions, Tom Loeffler, walked into his office with Kazakh middleweight Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (33-0,31 KO's).

Loeffler told Nelson that Golovkin would be the next pay-per-view star - and now three years have passed since his crushing debut on HBO, and Golovkin enters the pay-per-view waters for the first time.
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[skinnystev]

from what iv seen chocolatito looks to be even better than Triple GGG

[tiliheels]

from what iv seen chocolatito looks to be even better than Triple GGG

choco and rigo should meet at 118...they are both about 124 in the ring..

i'd love to see a card that has choco rigo on teh undie...ggg vs ward as the main..i'd shell 100 bucks for that fight

[-PBP-]

HBOs done a great job with him. It's good to see casuals excited about another fighter.

[tiliheels]

HBOs done a great job with him. It's good to see casuals excited about another fighter.

they are not excited just yet..so far he's a hardcores delight..but i can see it building..but they have to keep him out the ring with guys at 168 in order for that to blossom and i think they will do just that

[Nomadic]

The beer can crusher is on a rise.

[tiliheels]

is he good... yes
is he good for boxing fans of the best fights...idk yet
is he popular...yes
do i think he's told old to be super great..yes
do i think he's ducking 168..yes
do think beating the wards at 168 is better than being undisputed mw champ..yes
do i think he should move up if canelo or cotto wont take the fight..yes
will he move up if ward is still there...doubt it

[Weebler I]

from what iv seen chocolatito looks to be even better than Triple GGG

He is too small to draw the same level of interest.

[tiliheels]

The beer can crusher is on a rise.

i understand u saying that...but i also understand that the cans he crushed never were crush that way before..but imo that says just a bit more about the division being weak/mediocre than it does about him being great..i cant give him great until he's dominant at 168..not saying dominate 1 division cant make u great...but when i look through that division there is not another HOF unless he's fighting at 155...

oan i do think that if wilder was GGG's color he'd be on the P4P list the exact way...

[Weebler I]

i understand u saying that...but i also understand that the cans he crushed never were crush that way before..but imo that says just a bit more about the division being weak/mediocre than it does about him being great..i cant give him great until he's dominant at 168..not saying dominate 1 division cant make u great...but when i look through that division there is not another HOF unless he's fighting at 155...

oan i do think that if wilder was GGG's color he'd be on the P4P list the exact way...

Golovkin has fought more top 10 opponents in one year than Wilder has fought in his whole career.