Clear this up for me: GGG will fight Popkins at 168 but they wanted Ward at 164

[b00g13man]

People need to understand that GGG came late to the party. Politics rule boxing and the trio of Martinez-Cotto-Canelo was going to happen first. That doesn't even mean that GGG will not get a piece of any of them, it means that his turn was prolonged until those 3 finished doing business. Now it's GGG's turn later this year. There was no ducking done, there was business being done. Just like GGG's willingness to fight Froch, Chavez Jr, Hopkins at 168, but Ward at 164(or basically no Ward at all). He claims he's a fighter and that he's not into business, that he is not a businessman. But he understands it pretty well because he did it himself to Ward, and does it to Lara. K2's reason for not wanting Lara, which is well documented, is because Lara doesn't bring anything to the table(except the best name on GGG's resume).

Pretty ****ing spot on.

[therealpugilist]

People need to understand that GGG came late to the party. Politics rule boxing and the trio of Martinez-Cotto-Canelo was going to happen first. That doesn't even mean that GGG will not get a piece of any of them, it means that his turn was prolonged until those 3 finished doing business. Now it's GGG's turn later this year. There was no ducking done, there was business being done. Just like GGG's willingness to fight Froch, Chavez Jr, Hopkins at 168, but Ward at 164(or basically no Ward at all). He claims he's a fighter and that he's not into business, that he is not a businessman. But he understands it pretty well because he did it himself to Ward, and does it to Lara. K2's reason for not wanting Lara, which is well documented, is because Lara doesn't bring anything to the table(except the best name on GGG's resume).

great post man and thats the way I see it

[HeroBando]

I get that, was correcting another poster who claimed all these guys couldn't bother since they had bigger fights

[ИATAS]

2 words.....MOVE UP!!!!! Thats what every other so called boogeyman or avoided fighter did.....seems to me K2 is happy making money off him fighting no hopers because casual fans or his hard core fans will eat it up whether the opponent is good or not as long as they see a ko

So your idea is to move up now dropping his IBF middleweight belt & his WBC interim belt, even though he has a deal to fight Canelo whom he is mandatory to later in the year? Brilliant man, absolutely brilliant. You'd make a hell of a personal adviser.

[Nay_Sayer]

So your idea is to move up now dropping his IBF middleweight belt & his WBC interim belt, even though he has a deal to fight Canelo whom he is mandatory to later in the year? Brilliant man, absolutely brilliant. You'd make a hell of a personal adviser.

Don't look now Genius but your room temperature IQ is showing. The Canelo fight AINT happening this year, Einstein. That's why Team Triple Duck is taking the Hopkins fight.

[ИATAS]

its called prize fighting genius...they fight for the money, entertaining is nice but at the end of the day legacy and fans dont pay bills, raise kids, or take care of you when you're punch drunk

Just because I dont agree with how the game is doesnt mean Im oblivious to how it works

GGG should man up and fight someone with a pulse....not a geriatric old man when there are plenty of fighters who'd fight him from 154-168...its all about who his team wants to put him in with.


They are trying to build him as a star and monster without having to fight elite fighters and fans and the public are smarter than that...its put up or shut up time and he is going on 34 years old

Wow what an incredibly contradictory post you just made here!

In your first paragraph, you literally talk about this being "prize fighting" and fighting for money, completely excluding boxing as any sort of sport at all and it's all about making money, legacy be damned ("legacy doesn't pay the bills").

Then you literally go on and say golovkin should go fight some one worth a damn after you just explained why anyone worth a damn isn't fighting him! Holy shit I haven't seen such a contradictory, hypocritical post like this in ages. Further, if this is "prize fighting" and "all about da money", under your logic why should Golovkin do that and not simply follow the PBC blueprint of low risk/high reward?

[CaneloMaidana]

Geale, Murray and Khan are not bigger than Ggg. Mexican legends Chavez Sr, Morales, Barrera all agree, Canelo vs Ggg is the biggest fight in boxing

Golovkin is not a star. He had to go crawling back to regular HBO because he couldn't do good ppv numbers

[SplitSecond]

This is prize fighting. Fight Erislandy Lara.

[CaneloMaidana]

So your idea is to move up now dropping his IBF middleweight belt & his WBC interim belt, even though he has a deal to fight Canelo whom he is mandatory to later in the year? Brilliant man, absolutely brilliant. You'd make a hell of a personal adviser.

He does not have a deal to fight Canelo in place. Absolute lie.

[ИATAS]

Don't look now Genius but your room temperature IQ is showing. The Canelo fight AINT happening this year, Einstein. That's why Team Triple Duck is taking the Hopkins fight.

Look, I didn't want to have to embarrass you any further but you leave me no choice. Let's take a look at a couple comments you made in the past.

First, for comic relief, lets start with your Hopkins vs Kovalev prediction:

Maybe Kovalev is beginning to realize that he's bitten off more than he can chew. The Old Man is gonna take his straight ahead a$$ to SKOOL...

That's funny and all but NOTHING compared to this gem:

No way in hell will Triple Duck fight Hopkins....

This fight will never happen. Expect Golovkin's people to do their version of hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil...especially given Hopkins' tendency to end guy's careers.