Comments Thread For: Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders Set For December 19th

[Scipio2009]

So, by the end of 2015, we should have the following results:

Golovkin/Lem K2/Golden Boy-HBO
Cotto/Canelo RocNation/Golden Boy-HBO
Quillin/Jacobs Haymon-Showtime/PBC
Lee/BJS Dibella/Warren-BoxNation/PBC

Add to that a rising star such as Jr (Eubank Jr-Matchroom-SkySports/PBC) who may be in for a big name in 2016 and the MW division may really become live.

Ofc, the winner of all these fights will have to fight each other and somehow I think Jacobs/Quillin will just keep defending their paper title against paper challengers but Lee/Lem/BJS/GGG all make for a good mix.

GGG is likely to unify with Lee while Cotto continues to not be a middleweight with a middleweight title, defending it against non-middleweight "contenders".

Should probably review where you believe the fences lay, tbh.

[Guest]

Fighting for the right to duck GGG!

Well, I hope the winner at least gets Jacobs or Quillen.

[Ravens Fan]

Fighting for the right to duck GGG!

Well, I hope the winner at least gets Jacobs or Quillen.

Two top ten middleweights fighting each other to duck GGG??? Wow, now that is a real travesty!!!

[soul_survivor]

Quillin already talking bout moving up after Jacobs fight, Saunders already on record saying he won't fight Golovkin until he see he slowing down we already know the cotto/canelo situation so hopefully lee wins he only seems to be interested in fighting little g

Lee should beat Saunders, who gases badly and doesn't have enough power to keep Lee off him. So Lee v GGG is something to look forward to.

Cotto/Canelo is a farce in terms of being a MW fight and will be worse if neither of those guys faces GGG.

The others I mentioned are just contenders so I'm not too miffed if they don't fight GGG straight off the bat.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

GGG will unify next year.

Lee should beat Saunders, who gases badly and doesn't have enough power to keep Lee off him. So Lee v GGG is something to look forward to.

Cotto/Canelo is a farce in terms of being a MW fight and will be worse if neither of those guys faces GGG.

The others I mentioned are just contenders so I'm not too miffed if they don't fight GGG straight off the bat.

I agree.

Canelo is beating Cotto.

And Canelo rehydrates heavier than GGG. So it's a fair MW fight.

They've been negotiating this fight for the longest time, finally.

Andy Lee has been vocal about Golovkin being a test and a good match-up so I hope he wins plus that'll be another boxing-slug fest.

I was gonna say same thing.

Lee will give GGG shot at unification. I want him to win.

So, by the end of 2015, we should have the following results:

Golovkin/Lem
Cotto/Canelo
Quillin/Jacobs
Lee/BJS

Add to that a rising star such as Jr who may be in for a big name in 2016 and the MW division may really become live.

Ofc, the winner of all these fights will have to fight each other and somehow I think Jacobs/Quillin will just keep defending their paper title against paper challengers but Lee/Lem/BJS/GGG all make for a good mix.

GGG is likely to unify with Lee while Cotto continues to not be a middleweight with a middleweight title, defending it against non-middleweight "contenders".

Cotto is losing to Canelo anyways.

But if he doesn't, he will either have to fight GGG, vacate or be stripped of the Lineal title.

Team GGG already said they are not taking a step aside, and that they're fine if Cotto/Canelo vacates. They are mandated, so it will be at 160 unless GGG agrees to a Cartwright, which they said they won't.

Next year we should see GGG/Canelo, or GGG will walking into the Lineal belt.

Then it will hopefully be GGG/Lee for complete unification.

At that point, my guess is Lara, Andrade come running up to fight at MW.

Eubanks already turned down a GGG fight, so I'm not convinced he'll take one now.

[NEETzsche]

Fighting for the right to duck GGG!

Well, I hope the winner at least gets Jacobs or Quillen.

i think andy lee is more likely to fight golovkin than jacobs/quillin. andy lee already signed to fight golovkin once, and has said in recent months that he's ready to fight him. plus, he holds the wbo and wbo president paco valcarcel has publicly expressed support for the top rank lawsuit against al haymon. the wbo is pretty firmly in arum and warren's pockets; glowacki is the only haymon associated fighter who owns one of their belts, i believe

i actually think we'll get golovkin-lee before golovkin-alvarez/cotto. if bjs wins he'll likely hold the belt hostage for a while though, and maybe lose it to haymon via eubank jr

[techliam]

I agree.

Canelo is beating Cotto.

And Canelo rehydrates heavier than GGG. So it's a fair MW fight.



I was gonna say same thing.

Lee will give GGG shot at unification. I want him to win.



Cotto is losing to Canelo anyways.

But if he doesn't, he will either have to fight GGG, vacate or be stripped of the Lineal title.

Team GGG already said they are not taking a step aside, and that they're fine if Cotto/Canelo vacates. They are mandated, so it will be at 160 unless GGG agrees to a Cartwright, which they said they won't.

Next year we should see GGG/Canelo, or GGG will walking into the Lineal belt.

Then it will hopefully be GGG/Lee for complete unification.

At that point, my guess is Lara, Andrade come running up to fight at MW.

Eubanks already turned down a GGG fight, so I'm not convinced he'll take one now.

Cotto wouldnt be stripped of the lineal title. He'd be stripped of the WBC belt but remain World Middleweight Champion

[NEETzsche]

Cotto wouldnt be stripped of the lineal title. He'd be stripped of the WBC belt but remain World Middleweight Champion

not that it even matters, but i think the lineal title would be vacated and then up for grabs between golovkin and the new #2, which i think is andy lee. the lineal title is even more worthless than p4p rankings though

[techliam]

not that it even matters, but i think the lineal title would be vacated and then up for grabs between golovkin and the new #2, which i think is andy lee. the lineal title is even more worthless than p4p rankings though

Cotto or Canelo would have to declare they no longer wish to campaign at middleweight for the lineage to be vacant, but youre right, GGG-Lee would be the fight

How sad would it be, for a diva to end a lineage thats almost 15 years old. A shame really