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  • Eff Pandas
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    #21
    Agree 100%.

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    • SilverMiles
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      #22
      Originally posted by LarryXXX
      Mayweather-went to 154 and used Oscars gloves of choice

      Manny-jumped 2 divisions to fight Oscar


      GGG-will have to agree to either 155 for Cotto or Canelo or 168 for Ward


      simple as that,you have to bend one way or another if you want the prize of BEING THE FACE OF BOXING..He can not have it all his way,now he has a great opportunity to become great,but he has to make a choice and stop saying what he won't do.

      Tyson was a heavyweight and American

      Oscar was a Gold medalist and American


      GGG is going to have to do what he has to do to snatch the throne
      GGG is great with or without Canelo or Cotto. But eventually Canelo will have to move up and eventually will have to face GGG that just what it is.

      Hagler had to wait for Leonard for 4 years but eventually he got the fight.

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      • Larry the boss
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        #23
        Originally posted by Anita Gofradump
        Yes, you are reading a boxing fan encouraging one champion to drag another champion of the same weight class down five pounds below the limit.

        And people wonder why this 'sport' is dead.
        Hopkins had to fight Oscar under 160..while both held titles at 160..because he wanted to be a big name

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        • Larry the boss
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          #24
          Originally posted by SilverMiles
          GGG is great with or without Canelo or Cotto. But eventually Canelo will have to move up and eventually will have to face GGG that just what it is.

          Hagler had to wait for Leonard for 4 years but eventually he got the fight.
          GGG is 33..do you think he can wait 4 years>

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          • ramses07
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            #25
            i think its more like take risks/ bend to others to become more well known/make more money.....

            theres a reason why JMM kept chasing pacquiao up the weights and not chris john

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            • soul_survivor
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              #26
              You should never bend to the will of another fighter...what Larry is confusing "bending" with is making the risky choice. GGG has easily be great by unifying the titles at MW and defending them for as long as he likes...i.e. Hagler and Hopkins. However, fighters that will forever be ranked above Hagler and Hopkins, the likes of Leonard, Duran, Armstrong etc, all took the extra risk to fight in higher divisions or at weights they were not 100% comfortable at.

              That's the choice GGG must make. Honestly, I believe he shouldn't drop down but move up. There's DeGale, Ward, Jack, Groves, all fighters that can enhance GGG's legacy. He should at least fight 2 of them. And win of course.

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              • Weebler I
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                #27
                Being the face of boxing is a lot different to being great.

                Most of the world doesn't know who the current PFP #1 is.

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                • Larry the boss
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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Weebler I
                  Being the face of boxing is a lot different to being great.

                  Most of the world doesn't know who the current PFP #1 is.
                  Nor do they know who GGG is..thats my point man,,and how can he be great by fighting the Lemiuex's of the world?

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                  • Ryn0
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                    #29
                    I agree for the most part but 155 is just way too steep

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                    • BattlingNelson
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                      #30
                      Ward will have to come down to 160 and fight GGG in Kazakhstan.

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