What order do you rank the top 4 MW's?

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HBO could step up and offer more in order to invest in Golovkin. Also if the fight's in the UK, there'll be additional revenue there for it. Just look at what Golovkin's options are, HBO should be concerned. Alvarez might say no to 2016 and don't expect Haymon to allow his guys on HBO.

However I don't know if WBO will allow Golovkin to unify as long as he holds the WBC interim belt. If Saunders wins, it would be a better fight in 2017 anyways.

All these interviews with Peter Nelson and I haven't seen one yet that talks to him about increasing HBO's boxing budget. They refused to pick up Lemieux/N'dam knowing the winner was likely to fight GGG. Yvon Micheal even told them he wouldn't hold them responsible in his lawsuit against Golden Boy. They only have one PPV fight next year and that's Manny vs whomever he picks. Ward/Kovalev is a PPV I would buy but neither can draw flies to **** and Ward isn't really helping by the competition he chooses to fight before Kovalev. The only way I see Lee (if he wins) fighting GGG is if it's overseas. But Lee isn't really a draw either. That's why they had to move the location of the fight. Haymon/DiBella is gonna make HBO break the bank to get Lee. Then we'll see if HBO is really serious about boxing.

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Seems pretty obvious to me.

Golovkin, Alvarez, Jacobs, Lee.

[bojangles1987]

1. Jacobs
2. Jacobs
3. Jacobs
4. Jacobs

Because he spits hot fire.

[mike1010011]

Golovkin
Jacobs
Lee
Alvarez.

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All these interviews with Peter Nelson and I haven't seen one yet that talks to him about increasing HBO's boxing budget. They refused to pick up Lemieux/N'dam knowing the winner was likely to fight GGG. Yvon Micheal even told them he wouldn't hold them responsible in his lawsuit against Golden Boy. They only have one PPV fight next year and that's Manny vs whomever he picks. Ward/Kovalev is a PPV I would buy but neither can draw flies to **** and Ward isn't really helping by the competition he chooses to fight before Kovalev. The only way I see Lee (if he wins) fighting GGG is if it's overseas. But Lee isn't really a draw either. That's why they had to move the location of the fight. Haymon/DiBella is gonna make HBO break the bank to get Lee. Then we'll see if HBO is really serious about boxing.

Yvon Micheal named HBO on the lawsuit, so HBO wouldn't show the fight until the court case was resolved. By the time it was, HBO couldn't fit the fight into their schedule within the IBF deadline.

http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/3/3/8140193/david-lemieux-sued-over-contract-dispute

I agree Lee/Golovkin should happen overseas. Golovkin insists on one international fight per year anyways. I don't think HBO will need to break the bank to get Lee. DiBella is Lee's US promoter, he'd be involved with US tv deal, but I don't really have the impression he'd get in the way of a good deal for Andy. There's a big Irish population in London, or they could sell out the 10,000 capacity arena in Dublin. I think SKY's or BoxNation's level involvement could be a determining factor. We'll see how well Lee/Saunders does and what kind of support Andy has from the UK fans.


Last time around, Haymon paid Lee around $1mill. I'm not sure how confident he'd be in Jacobs beating Lee, though he could tie Lee down with options like's been doing with Chris Algieri. All the more reason HBO should be aggressive in securing Lee if he wins.