Comments Thread For: DeGale: I'd Face Golovkin at 168, Confident I'd Win

[Citizen Koba]

Degale's with Haymon ain't he? US fight is unlikely then cos of network issues but it could probably be made in the UK with Hearn promoting. I won't be holding my breath though, Jacobs may be enforcing his WBA mando, GGG may be forcing his WBC mando and then there's the possibility of the Lee - Saunders winner too. Potentially a busy 2016 for GGG so a move to 168 is unlikely.

Besides Degale really should be working to solidify his position at the top of SMW pile. Right now he seems to be the best at 168 but the margin ain't wide and there's a few up n comers in the division who may be looking to upset the apple cart.

EDIT: Oh yeah. Good fight though. From the point of view of fights I'd like to see, Degale - Golovkin is way more interesting than any of the options at 160.

[SteveM]

But the financials James.....the financials....

Well that WOULD BE the issue - but great fight!

DeGale should unify and then when it comes the time , 2017, Golovkin should take a tune up fight at 168 - then go for it.

[SchoolTheseCats]

Lol I see a lot of these lil g nut guzzlers making different excuses why fight shouldn't happen no one saying make it though, typical from y'all though unify doe, no one wants to fight him doe

[Kagami Taiga]

Now why shouldn't this fight happen?

[FrankieBruno]

Degale is a real man unlike Froch

[j0zef]

Haymon fighters have carte blanche in running their mouths since everybody(except NSB apparently) knows they wont fight any big names outside of PBC.

inb4 'lil g ducking DeGale'

[Chrismart]

That's a good fight if Golovkin does move up to 168. Hopefully DeGale has Jack in his immediate plans though, as that's a great fight.

Is it plausible though, with the whole HBO/Haymon situation?

[BrometheusBob.]

Given that GGG-Canelo is still a possibility and given that Jacobs has now been thrown onto the map as a good potential opponent for GGG I don't see GGG/DeGale happening but if they make it I'm all for it. I imagine that, for the most part, we're at least a few fights away from GGG seriously considering a fight at SMW.

[Eastcoast]

Right now DeGale needs to focus on unifying 168, starting with Jack. Golovkin finally has some interesting fights coming up with Jacobs and Alvarez. If politics would prevent Golovkin from fighting Jacobs, then they'd also prevent him from fighting DeGale.

[stuff jones]

this is a good fight for Lil G....a win win...even if gets beat by Chunky(which I think he will) he can use the WEIGHT as an excuse....the way they did with Pavlik after BHop washed him...."with a record of 30 something and one, with 30 something knockouts, and he's UNDEFEATED as a MW"....Buffer can use the same intro for Lil G and HBO can run with it as well, just like they ran it with Pavlik....so you have to understand HBO's fear in having him MOVE UP to face skillful fighters...we see what happened to Pavlik....he didn't take that first "L" too well, he got washed....Lil G and Pavlik are not the same fighters but their situations resemble one another IMO

Lil G, so clever. Did you think of that all yourself Mr. Ellipses?