Can you consider yourself a boxing fan and not be a fan of ggg?

[buddyguns]

If you hate GGG I would ask what your reason is chances are you don't have any legitimate ones, Golovkin always put on a dramatic show finishes his opponents he is basically what a real champion is meant to be unlike Floyd Mayweather and Andre Fraud.

A 50/50 fight is a dramatic show. Knowing that the opponent has little to no hope doesn't provide for drama. Someone needs to remove the word drama from GGG's verbal lexicon cause he's doing the word a disservice.

[Reloaded]

If you hate GGG I would ask what your reason is chances are you don't have any legitimate ones, Golovkin always put on a dramatic show finishes his opponents he is basically what a real champion is meant to be unlike Floyd Mayweather and Andre Fraud.

They have resumes they make GGG look like Butterbean , best he fight at least one elite fighter before he retires Wade wont make it into the HOF .

Fanboys like you are the scourge of boxing because they condone total miss matches and ducking of real fights , the crap coming out of GGGs mouth is pathetic and Floyd Manny Bradley Ward etc could never get away with it , at 35 GGG is beating guys that they fought in their first 10 fights .

[HeroBando]

Personally, I don't think that we'll ever see GGG vs. Canelo. And I'm not blaming Canelo either. I'd point the finger at Oscar. Canelo is his main investment, and that investment isn't going to get flushed down the toilet that easy.

The hope was the Born Ready Canelo would buck the trend and face him, esp with the mando and threat of strippage.

[aldo5408]

There's very little substance to the man. All I see is a man who's team has created a very clever narrative to promote him. I fail to see any virtue in wanting to unify a division with little to no competition. It's boxing, money talks and bull**** walks. If he wanted a big fight, his team could have bucked up by now. Instead, he has chosen to ride the mandatory/nobody wants to fight me claim all the way to the bank.

It also doesn't help that his fights are unwatchable. The mismatches are something within themselves. What's worse, is trying to decipher what Lampley is saying with GGG's **** in his mouth. The HBO broadcast team sounds like they're pushing a product on an infomercial.

Great post I agree

[sicko]

We have to figure out what makes someone a "BOXING FAN" because all I see on this forum is BOXER FANS. Guys who are here for 1 Fighter and they will Suck that 1 Fighter off until he loses they once he lose they jump to the Next Undefeated Fighter that is Not American

I like GGG, love watching him fight but does that mean I can't point out the weak resume and tell other fans that his resume has to get better to consider him great? Apparently doing that makes people less of a boxing fan when yet those same fans turn around and do it to every other fighter not named GGG

The Standard and The Bar has to be set the same for EVERYBODY, you can't move it down for your favorite fighter then move it up higher for guys YOU DON'T LIKE! A lot of you guys you know who you are you do that. You have double even triple standards and you set it based on who you like and don't like

[buddyguns]

The sport won't survive on connoisseurs with those lofty standards. The masses love it

I grew up watching Tyson like many other people on here. Now that I'm older, I often look at Tyson as a bigger detriment to this sport than the mafia was. The man took the PPV format and **** on it by biting ears and quitting on his stool. Look at post Tyson viewership numbers, and you start to see exactly what impact he had on casual boxing fans. Most people believe that boxing is fixed because of mismatches. GGG fighting Monroe and Wade only echoes that sentiment.

I don't believe that we'll ever see GGG's heart challenged, simply because he'll never have a need to challenge himself. Why push yourself when the money comes so easy?

[buddyguns]

We have to figure out what makes someone a "BOXING FAN" because all I see on this forum is BOXER FANS. Guys who are here for 1 Fighter and they will Suck that 1 Fighter off until he loses they once he lose they jump to the Next Undefeated Fighter that is Not American

I like GGG, love watching him fight but does that mean I can't point out the weak resume and tell other fans that his resume has to get better to consider him great? Apparently doing that makes people less of a boxing fan when yet those same fans turn around and do it to every other fighter not named GGG

The Standard and The Bar has to be set the same for EVERYBODY, you can't move it down for your favorite fighter then move it up higher for guys YOU DON'T LIKE! A lot of you guys you know who you are you do that. You have double even triple standards and you set it based on who you like and don't like

Preach on brother Sicko! Nothing but truth falling out of your mouth!

[HeroBando]

I grew up watching Tyson like many other people on here. Now that I'm older, I often look at Tyson as a bigger detriment to this sport than the mafia was. The man took the PPV format and **** on it by biting ears and quitting on his stool. Look at post Tyson viewership numbers, and you start to see exactly what impact he had on casual boxing fans. Most people believe that boxing is fixed because of mismatches. GGG fighting Monroe and Wade only echoes that sentiment.

I don't believe that we'll ever see GGG's heart challenged, simply because he'll never have a need to challenge himself. Why push yourself when the money comes so easy?

Really, detriment? The last boxer that was a household name the world over. The numbers would pick up quick if another Tyson came out of Bk. You mean boxing should have no major stars else it's all downhill from there?

The bar for challenging himself is pretty high, like a lesser draw p4per 15lbs heavier but eventually HBO will want him vs Kov/Ward and he's never said no to them

[buddyguns]

Really, detriment? The last boxer that was a household name the world over. The numbers would pick up quick if another Tyson came out of Bk. You mean boxing should have no major stars else it's all downhill from there?

The bar for challenging himself is pretty high, like a lesser draw p4per 15lbs heavier but eventually HBO will want him vs Kov/Ward and he's never said no to them

For sure a detriment. Most people grew sick of buying PPV to watch Tyson either blow someone out in a mismatch or give up mentally. Boxing hasn't had a shortage of stars or elite fighters since then. I won't even list any names. The point is though, that boxing hasn't been sellable on a large scale to the general public because they have no faith in it's entertainment value. I blame a lot of that on Tyson. It's funny now that GGG is drawing comparisons to him.

[aldo5408]

I grew up watching Tyson like many other people on here. Now that I'm older, I often look at Tyson as a bigger detriment to this sport than the mafia was. The man took the PPV format and **** on it by biting ears and quitting on his stool. Look at post Tyson viewership numbers, and you start to see exactly what impact he had on casual boxing fans. Most people believe that boxing is fixed because of mismatches. GGG fighting Monroe and Wade only echoes that sentiment.

I don't believe that we'll ever see GGG's heart challenged, simply because he'll never have a need to challenge himself. Why push yourself when the money comes so easy?

Another great post. Boxing was better and bigger back in the 80s