Comments Thread For: Canelo's Coach Backs Position: We're at 155, No 160 For Golovkin

[GTTofAK]

GBP will never allow Canelo into a tournament format. It's the same reason Inter Boxe wouldn't allow Bute into the Super 6. When you have a big named fighter who can sell out arenas against anybody, why risk it by forcing him into contracted fights? Tournaments are really for the B-side guys.

Yep remember when Don King but all his eggs into the Trinidad basket. We had the big Middleweight World Championship Series. Trinidad, Holmes, Joppy oh and that one guy Hopkins who has had the IBF belt for awhile. It was supposed to be a coronation of Trinidad. When Hopkins won it, it ruined Don King and broke his hold on boxing forever.

[arcruz]

Canelo can fight at any weight he wants, but he cannot keep the MW belt if he does not fight GGG at 160, unless of course the WBC decides to protect Canelo.

[aboutfkntime]

GBP will never allow Canelo into a tournament format. It's the same reason Inter Boxe wouldn't allow Bute into the Super 6. When you have a big named fighter who can sell out arenas against anybody, why risk it by forcing him into contracted fights?

Hold on.....

GBP did not allow Canelo to fight Lara either, but what happened?

Canelo told Hoya..... chill b1tch, I'm fighting Lara.

Schaeffer made that fight against Hoya's wishes because Canelo demanded it. Hoya was livid.

Tournaments are really for the B-side guys.

I think that is inaccurate and unjustifiable.

* the best fighter at 168 won that tournament, and the 2nd best fighter at 168 came 2nd

* Bute would have lost 3/4 fights, at least, in that tourney

[cupocity303]

Pure delusion. And then he has the nerve to mention Fury and Wlad.

[GTTofAK]

he's the one mexican fighter thats afraid

Its the ginger.

[torosboxing75]

Canelo:"G..G... GHOST!"

[Buckfever]

People keep saying 2017 but if a mandatory fight can't make them fight this year what makes people think he'll voluntarily fight him next year?

I don't think he fights him. Ever. He doesn't need the fight, a loss only hurts him. I think he drops the belt and stays at 154.

[GTTofAK]

Guy looks like death warmed over making 152 and still tries to bull**** people that he isn't a real 160lber. A real junior middleweight would have had no trouble making 152. You are a ****ing middleweight Canalo fight at it.

[aboutfkntime]

"And won't be seen as a fighter who puts himself at a disadvantage,just to sell his ass to the highest bidder". Thanks for playing on today's gameshow,you've been great. Come back next time and we'll watch how Khan gets splatter like a fly,because he chose money over pride and principles.

The fact remains that Khan was willing to negotiate , and Golovkin wasn't.

Surely that puts Khan ahead of lil'G when it comes to decision-making ?

Name 1 big fight that got done, where a fighter was completely unwilling to negotiate with the A-side?

Team Golovkin used the fact that Ward was unwilling to negotiate as justification to avoid that fight, even though they knew he couldn't make 164.

Why do you have a different set of rules for Golovkin ?

[aboutfkntime]

Yep remember when Don King but all his eggs into the Trinidad basket. We had the big Middleweight World Championship Series. Trinidad, Holmes, Joppy oh and that one guy Hopkins who has had the IBF belt for awhile. It was supposed to be a coronation of Trinidad. When Hopkins won it, it ruined Don King and broke his hold on boxing forever.

It was De La Hoya.

Those fighters do not sound like B-side guys to me.