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

[seReal Killer]

Give me proof. Don't tell me it's the World Boxing Hall of Fame, everyone and their mothers makes that ****ty hall of fame. The International Boxing Hall of Fame isn't too bad, but when guys like Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini makes it, it just goes to show how easy it is to make the dang Hall of Fame. I don't even think Gatti deserved to get in tbh. But the WBHF is worse without a doubt. Either way Mugabi didn't accomplish anything in his career. I don't care what anyone tries to say to big-up that victory for Hagler.

You're just making assumptions, you don't know if those fights will happen or not. Even if they don't happen at 112, they will most likely happen at 115.
Chocolatito doesn't have to move up for freaking Rigo.
Rigo fans always want fighters to either move up or down for him, it's crazy.

Exactly like Ward fans. smdh

[kafkod]

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

Ward's last fight was at LHW. When is he fighting Kovalev ... any news on that?

[kafkod]

malik scott was meant to be a test and actually had a good win prior to wilder..he just either took a dive or got ko'd by his own glove

Scott got KO'd by Chisora prior to fighting Wilder, you clown.

[Hougigo]

Scott got KO'd by Chisora prior to fighting Wilder, you clown.

I think the good win he's referring to is Grover Young

[kafkod]

depends on how you clarrify top 10, if youre talking about wba solely then yeah, but overall GGG has fought only two top 10 MW during his title reign of 14 defenses, Geale (no2) and Murray (no6), Wilder fought sitverne (no2) for the belt,not much between them when you look at the division as a whole and not their body sanctions.

The difference between GGG and Wilder is that GGG is chasing fights with the best men in his division, and Wilder isn't.

If Wilder had wanted it he would be fighting Wlad next, not Fury.

"He fighting Povetkin doe .. "

Is he? Povetkin has been named as Wilder's mandatory, and that's it. Whether Wilder fights him or not remains to be seen.

[kafkod]

I think the good win he's referring to is Grover Young

Lol.

They say in boxing you are as good as your last fight. Scott's last fight before Wilder was a KO defeat to Derek Chisora.

And then he goes straight from that into a final eliminator for the WBC title against Wilder, and turns up overweight with a fucking bag over head.

Scott vs Wilder was the shadiest fight I've ever seen, and there was something very strange about Stiverne/Wilder too.

[AKAcronym]

he has to win this fight to continue being a star..and now that they are putitng ggg on ppv i highly doubt that ward is going up in weight and missing that shot..GGG is getting heavier and heavier at 30 day weight in and rehydration..only reason he is still at 160 is for the 2 names he might get...his name is zurdo btw and he showed a few outboxing skill in his last fight when he had a reach advan on derick edwards i believe

I don't have a problem with anything you've said but this. You're clearly wrong on this one. Idk if it's something you've created in your mind to justify him moving up and the fact that he hasn't means you can say he's "ducking" 168, but you need do your research if you believe he's continually getting heavier.

[carolusdumus]

Poor Loefler

Poor Loefler... the only problem is that Lemieux and GGG will come out of this fight on top... I truly like and respect GGG for his courage and humble personality... But he will be facing a savage werewolf in the ring on October 17... a beast who will have sharpened his skills in sparring with the likes of Artur Beterbiev, Jean Pascal, etc... GGG seems to be nervous about facing Lemieux, not the reverse. Lemieux has absolutely no heart beat increase facing the Kazakh.

[Zaroku]

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

To make $$$$$
Avoid Ward, fight smaller guys, ask Floyd for advice on generating a strong fan base, but a bigger hater base. Haters buy more tickets, Ali knew this, he sold tickets. Great marketing tactic.

Being loved vs being hated. To sell lots of tickets, you want both your fans, and the anti fans to buy your pay per view.

Improve your English skills, and practice saying things fans like to hear. I did my best, he was tough, but xxxx or yyyyy and I won/lost the fight. Hope the fans liked it.

Many great foreign fighters who don't speak English, uchiyama, takayama, etc are big in japan, but HBO/show time don't try to make them known in the uS.

anyway, ggg can take a good shot. And he is marketing himself as Mexican style. Lomanchenko speaks fancy Spain Spanish, similar to British English, not American.

[aboutfkntime]

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

Good post. I think that is pretty accurate.