Comments Thread For: What if Gennady Golovkin Loses?

[Mr.Daddy]

It would be a disaster for his career and for K2. No need for anybody to fight him - he would be the MW version of Rigo. Without Belts (although Rigo is working on that).

I wonder if Team GGG are working on relieving mental pressure. Win this and the hype machine will go from overdrive into warp. Golovkin will become honorary President of Apple and United Nations Ambassador for War.

Lose and his career will be just a fraction of what it could have been. It's a lot of pressure and I wonder how he is handling it. I wonder if something similar was happening when he fought for gold?

Many are capable of greatness but few realize it.

I'll tell you how GGG handles pressure: A trip back home to Kazakhstan. Nothing in the world of boxing or sports entertainment even registers when GGG puts it in perspective to his life experiences. Nothing.

[VERSION1 (V1)]

was you old enough to watch Tyson/Douglas?


if so how was the Tyson hype after the fight?

Tyson was house hold name GGG is not

[rambov]

If he looses he will be fine. I think PPV is a little too early but I don't know ****.

The hype is a little too crazy though.

[Nay_Sayer]

He is if you don't do anything other than watch HBO and log on to NSB.

^This right here...

[-Kev-]

was you old enough to watch Tyson/Douglas?


if so how was the Tyson hype after the fight?

I was only 2, I started watching boxing at 5 and the first big fight I remember watching and being peterfied of was DLH-Chavez when I was 7. I still have images of a bloodied Chavez getting beaten up to a pulp, and I haven't watched that fight since watching it live. Funnily enough, me being scared did not stop me from watching more boxing, it made more interested lol.

I don't know what was Tyson hype like after he lost to Douglas, but I know he already had a huge successful PPV of 700k against Spinks.

[Nay_Sayer]

Tyson was house hold name GGG is not

An understatement. Tyson was a household name all over the world. Even non boxing fans knew who he was. Bumlovkin would be lucky to ever have 1/10th the popularity of a 1990 Mike Tyson...

[rambov]

Ya he is no Mike Tyson. That's a stretch. Mike was and still is a big celebrity almost 30 years later.

[BlakBread904]

100% spot on. I'm starting to think that the 'Golovkin' poster is an alt of Andre Ward.
Nah, just kidding. Ward isn't smart enough to use computers.

those were both jokes in case you're too dense to realize it

LOL. all jokes aside though, I'm a big fan of Andre Ward and he gets no hate from me. I do think he's turned into a bit of a diva with letting success go to his head. Maybe he could have taken "short money" to fight during his promotional tussle w/ Goosen, but decided to stay on the shelf. Look how that's working out for him now.

[brettWall]

So who is putting their points where their mouths are? Anyone?

Why don't you offer me 5 to 1 if you're so sure this is a 20 to 1 mismatch?

My one trillion points to your useless, worthless 5 trillion. Lemieux wins.

Anyone, anyone? Come on haterz... ;-)

Anyone actually putting his worthless points where his mouth is? I got 1 trillion for your 2 since you're so sure this is a 20:1 fight. 2:1 is okay with me. You can offer me more if you're feeling generous.

Obviously, I'm for Lemieux.

[Nomadic]

He won't, but if he do, there will be a lot of "I told you so" coming out the wood work.

I just don't see him losing in that division.