Comments Thread For: Trout: Lara Has Been Calling Out Golovkin For a Year Now!

[deanrw]

Wonder why Trout didn't say he'd like to fight GGG himself? It's either "I'll fight Golovkin....one day down the road.." or "this guy over there said he'll fight him don't look at me"

Yeah it is the same excuses every time. If GGG was such a sought after opponent, he would have dates and opponents signed already instead of having to continuously wait.

Only one who jumped at the thought of fighting him was Lemieux. I give props to Lemieux for that.

[brettWall]

Seems Loeffler hasn't received any call from Lara's team. This Decubas guy is useless. He just tweets. He wants the fight but does nothing but tweet.

[MC Hammer]

Well Johnson has to be fought regardless. As for Lara, all I can do is LOL at him being elite. There are no "Elite" fighters in this sport right now. The tank is dry.

Ward is. I can't see anyone else though. Everyone else h

[ИATAS]

Ward is. I can't see anyone else though. Everyone else h

Ward was elite. I think he will be elite again but as of right now he's fought Paul Smith in a fight where Ward looked pretty rusty. That's his entire resume since 2013.

[brettWall]

Thing is most Golovkin fans hope this fight happens.

Can someone contact Loeffler and make their offer to these bull****ters? Let's see what happens. This needs to be resolved so we can move on.

[Fetta]

Dude there are no "Elite" fighters in this sport right now. Not Canelo, Not GGG, and certainly Not Lara. We have to wait for the elites to make themselves.

We agree on that but someone has to be "top" or "A-level" fighters and i prefer using "elite". Thats all but i do agree with you

[Deevel916]

Its not that I don't want to see GGG/Lara, its that I don't care to see Lara period! His style is vomit inducing. Dude is the epitome of anti-fighting.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

Let's all ignore that this is politically impossible right now

Then we can complain the fight isn't happen, and put blame squarely on GGG.

most are huge ggg fans and they will laugh at this sentiment but there is no doubt about it that team ggg picks fighters that are tailor made for ggg.

GGG makes fighters look tailor made. Monroe was supposed to be a big challenging style.

Biggest name on the GGG resume but of course the "GGG fans" are the main ones to make excuses.

I guess the guy who wrote this post is a GGG fan. Here was his excuse:

"Lara (22-2-2, 13KOs), who has the WBA's junior middleweight title, is willing to face Golovkin at the full middleweight limit of 160-pounds. More than anything else, politics are preventing that fight from taking place. Lara is advised by Al Haymon. Golovkin is an HBO fighter. And HBO has not done business with Haymon in years. Adding to that, Lara has a very difficult style and his tactics, depending on the opponent, are not always friendly on the eyes."

[Fetta]

I guess the guy who wrote this post is a GGG fan. Here was his excuse:

"Lara (22-2-2, 13KOs), who has the WBA's junior middleweight title, is willing to face Golovkin at the full middleweight limit of 160-pounds. More than anything else, politics are preventing that fight from taking place. Lara is advised by Al Haymon. Golovkin is an HBO fighter. And HBO has not done business with Haymon in years. Adding to that, Lara has a very difficult style and his tactics, depending on the opponent, are not always friendly on the eyes."

Maybe he is. Im a GGG fan but with new leadership at HBO im rooting for more from him. Im a boxing fan that way

[bigdunny1]

Its not that I don't want to see GGG/Lara, its that I don't care to see Lara period! His style is vomit inducing. Dude is the epitome of anti-fighting.

Exactly. I feel the same. I will not bash GGG if he never fights Lara because Lara really killed his reputation and brand in that Canelo fight. Most fighters win or lose if the fight was close against a superstar your fanbase increases. Well Lara is the rare case where the opposite happened. He technically lost a close fight but the way in which he fought (more accurate ran) and stunk up the joint has really turned fans off. And it's evident in his fights since which have draw horrendous tv ratings and even worse live attendance hell his last fight was fought in front of like 100 fans around a rainy tent. It will be a hard sell to get fans to want to see him again. The stink from the Canelo fight will follow him for a long time and maybe the rest of his career. If he ran in the Canelo fight why would anyone think he will not do the same against GGG? Who wants to see that crap? That's the stigma that is around Lara's neck right now. There is NO upside in any big name fighting Lara and he has no one to blame but himself. He brings no fans to the table and even if you win you won't look good doing it because it will be a ugly fight. Had he showed some balls and actually fought Canelo even if he got knocked the F out his fanbase would of grown from that fight. For example mark my words Kirkland will get a big fight this year before Lara does.