Comments Thread For: Roach: Floyd Mayweather Would Outbox Golovkin

[GaryMSchneider]

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach gave his take on the fantasy matchup between recently retired pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) and WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs).

Mayweather retired from the ring in September after beating Andre Berto over twelve rounds. Prior to his retirement, Golovkin said he was willing to drop down to the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds for a dream fight with Mayweather, who held the WBC/WBA belts in that division.
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....a few months ago Freddy Roach said he did not even know who GGG was....suddenly he is an expert on GGG....Roach has been wrong many times before.....and he is wrong again....GGG would put Mayweather to sleep at any weight...

[hitking]

He forgot to mention Mosley's "dental problems," Manny's "24 day cut-off, cuts, stadiums, etc." Mosley and Pacquiao could've fought Floyd much earlier than they did, and that was NOT Floyd's fault! You're spot on with the AGE bull****!

Floyd and Shane's history goes back further than that. Back when Floyd was the champ at 130 and Shane at 35, Floyd was the young upstart, B-side begging pretty much everyone, Shane included for a big fight. The then star Shane brushed him off, and rightfully so, and pursued bigger and better things at welterweight. So when these idiots suggest that Floyd "made Mosley wait 10yrs" its completely ridiculous. Because within that 10yr time period, Mosley was the draw and Floyd was the B. Shows how little they know about boxing.

[Szef]

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Let's examin a lil Floyd hater logic. On Apr 20, 2013, Canelo got what most would consider the second best win (at the time best) of his career defeating Austin Trout. A lil over four months later, he suffered the line defeat of his career against Floyd Mayweather. About 10 months later, he got the best win of his career against Erislandy Lara. So please sir explain to me how in a lil over a year's time, how did Canelo manage to beat the two best fighters in his division if he was too young, green, in experienced, didn't have his man stregnth, etc?

He barely beat Trout, the KD is what won him that fight. Open scoring and the fight being in Texas had probably something to do with it too.

And Lara fight could've gone either way. Some people still think he lost that fight.

But you already knew that.

Dont even argue with him,he just said GGG was in his 20's....lol

Is it possible that he typed 2 by a mistake? I mean last time I checked 2 is next to 3 on a keyboard.

[Teetotaler]

haha nice try roach. Mayweather isn't falling for that. But mayweather has been down by judah (unofficially) and some salvadorian with a body shot

[AddiX]

AKa Mayweather Would try to run, jab, and hold, his way to a boring decision.

When did fans allow this kind of bs to be an acceptable way to fight in the ring?

[hitking]

He barely beat Trout, the K'D is what won him that fight. Open scoring and the fight being in Texas had probably something to do with it too.

And Lara fight could've gone either way. Some people still think he lost that fight.

I actually scored the Trout fight a one point win for Austin. Even though I have no issues with the official result. I also felt the Lara decision was an outright robbery. That said, I acknowledge that I'm in the minority.

Either way, you missed my point. Regardless of who I personally felt those fights went. Canelo showed himself more to be more than ready to compete at the highest level of the sport. So his age and experience is not an excuse for his loss to Floyd.

[Thaman2x]

Thought so??! Who did you make your point to? You? Ur an idiot. Floyd liked to talk of himself in the 3rd person and likes to hold himself to the highest standard. Would you like him measured to everyone else, Clown? Do you want GGG at 20 something years old to go up to Heavyweight? First of all GGG isn't out to fight any "true Welterweight threat". Just to bring you up to speed GGG fights at 160, that's where he showed up, won his titles, if anything he'll go up in weight classes as he matures and as he unified titles where he is. Pacquiao went up 8 weight classes so phukk ur illiterate who can't read Harry Potter. Funny how you didn't mention that! Point is, Floyd isn't growing a set to go up to GGG. You don't have to like that talk but that's okay; you're just a fan. Leonard, Duran, and Hearns all went up at the end of their careers to challenge Hagler because they wanted challenges; money was secondary. Duran came up many weight classes to eventually war with Hagler, since you're hung up on how many weight classes these guys went up.

I would have torched you, but a few other members have already gotten to you. Please LEARN the sport before you try to belittle someone who does.

BTW, GGG will have an interim fight...there's a little someone named Andre Ward who would love to get in on an interim basis...but, yea, you failed to mention that though, right CLOWN?

[-Kev-]

Probably saying it to spite GGG because of the Cotto vs GGG situation with the WBC. Or who knows maybe he is giving his actual opinion.

[twosweethooks]

I would have torched you, but a few other members have already gotten to you. Please LEARN the sport before you try to belittle someone who does.

BTW, GGG will have an interim fight...there's a little someone named Andre Ward who would love to get in on an interim basis...but, yea, you failed to mention that though, right CLOWN?

Dumbazz !! Consider yerself torched!!
When it counted Ward said NO,,,,doe!

[Szef]

I actually scored the Trout fight a one point win for Austin. Even though I have no issues with the official result. I also felt the Lara decision was an outright robbery. That said, I acknowledge that I'm in the minority.

Either way, you missed my point. Regardless of who I personally felt those fights went. Canelo showed himself more to be more than ready to compete at the highest level of the sport. So his age and experience is not an excuse for his loss to Floyd.

You're contradicting yourself, bro.

2 posts ago you said he won those fights. Now you say you felt he lost both - Contradiction #1

"Canelo showed he's more than ready to compete at the highest level" - so he lost the biggest fight in his pre Floyd career, then he lost the Floyd fight and then he lost a fight that until recently was his biggest fight in his post Floyd career...
So how was he ready to compete at that level if he kept losing? Mentally maybe he was, but physically apparently he wasn't - Contradiction #2