Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin Extensive Interview on Canelo, Much More

[BoxingFan85]

Nope, not one bit! But the comment came out of nowhere lol

Golovkin is oldschool though, he keeps his wife in his home...even at his wedding he's like this is all the excitement you get from me:

Seems more like a punishment than excitement..

[vitali1999]

Ggg really speaks the truth. Love it. He will get the last belt cause canelo won't fight the middleweight limit. That's fine they'll fight in a few years when and if canelo wants to legitimately move upto the middleweight division

[about.thousands]

You seem to have no idea how the boxing business works. The "offer" from Ward called for 1 interim fight, and then they meet sometime in 2016.

Yep that was the offer. I'll even admit that wasn't a good offer for GGG. So what was their counter offer?........

Now had GGG taken this deal and signed the contract, immediately after Cotto-Canelo had concluded, GBP is smart enough to have immediately notified the WBC that they were ready to begin negotiations for their mandatory defense with GGG. "Oh, GGG is unavailable because he's contracturally obligated to a Ward fight? My my, how unfortunate, I guess he has to get stripped of the interim title then. How sad".

I agree. So what was K2's counter offer to negate that situation?.......

And since an IBF mando was due immediately after the Lemieux fight, and can only be bumped for a unification, he would have been stripped of the IBF belt because a Ward fight is not a unification.

And he gives all this up just for a Ward fight, that assuming Ward doesnt pull out with an injury or lawsuit, isnt even a big money fight??

Ok, so what was K2's counter offer?.........


When the WBC mandated Martinez to fight GGG, K2/Dibella/Cotto were able to come to an agreement that allowed the Cotto/Martinez fight to happen. When the WBC mandated Cotto fight GGG, K2/WBC/Cotto came to an agreement to allow the Geale fight to happen. When the WBC mandated Cotto to fight GGG after the Geale fight, K2/WBC/Cotto/Golden Boy came up with an agreement to allow Cotto/CAnelo to happen. When the WBC mandated Canelo/GGG to happen, K2/Golden Boy/WBC came to an agrement to allow Canelo-Khan to happen (and still allow Khan to remain the mando for Garcia). K2 has done WBC a couple of favors by allowing fights to go thru and not forcing the WBC to strip their champ. But suddenly I'm to believe the WBC is going to follow the rules to the letter of the law because GGG would've fought Ward? The recent history of K2/WBC proves different. So again I ask you. What was K2's counter offer to Ward?

[-Kev-]

Interesting how Golovkin and Canelo agreed for 1 fight after Cotto. We knew about step asides certainly, but it seems now Golovkin wishes to pursue this fight next

Lets hope it happens. Its going to take a pretty major excuse to get out of this one

Lol that was obvious. The people saying Canelo ducked GGG to fight Khan are dumb ****s. K2/GGG let them.

[Daddy T]

great interview he destroyed Froch lol

[-Kev-]

- Gennady, first, I would like to say that your entrance into the ring was quite unexpected...

- I was sitting in the front row. Canelo invited me into the ring, and I agreed thinking that he wanted to say something to my face or maybe to announce something. But there was nothing. Most likely, his team did not expect that I would go up there. They tried to keep Canelo as far as possible from me.

Yeah there was nothing, all he said was to stop ****ing around and that you are next and he is not afraid of anyone, all in Spanish. Because of course speaking in Spanish to your face would have proved something, with your Mexican style drama show bull****

[OnePunch]

Yep that was the offer. I'll even admit that wasn't a good offer for GGG. So what was their counter offer?........



I agree. So what was K2's counter offer to negate that situation?.......



Ok, so what was K2's counter offer?.........


When the WBC mandated Martinez to fight GGG, K2/Dibella/Cotto were able to come to an agreement that allowed the Cotto/Martinez fight to happen. When the WBC mandated Cotto fight GGG, K2/WBC/Cotto came to an agreement to allow the Geale fight to happen. When the WBC mandated Cotto to fight GGG after the Geale fight, K2/WBC/Cotto/Golden Boy came up with an agreement to allow Cotto/CAnelo to happen. When the WBC mandated Canelo/GGG to happen, K2/Golden Boy/WBC came to an agrement to allow Canelo-Khan to happen (and still allow Khan to remain the mando for Garcia). K2 has done WBC a couple of favors by allowing fights to go thru and not forcing the WBC to strip their champ. But suddenly I'm to believe the WBC is going to follow the rules to the letter of the law because GGG would've fought Ward? The recent history of K2/WBC proves different. So again I ask you. What was K2's counter offer to Ward?

In all the instances you mentioned, there was "something in it" for each party to the deal. Golden Boy would have gained NOTHING by allowing GGG an extension to do the Ward fight. It would have been against their best interests at that point. They would have been far better served by having him stripped, and then they would have 100% of the leverage down the road when any Canelo-GGG talks would have been as an optional fight, not a mandatory defense.

[about.thousands]

In all the instances you mentioned, there was "something in it" for each party to the deal. Golden Boy would have gained NOTHING by allowing GGG an extension to do the Ward fight. It would have been against their best interests at that point. They would have been far better served by having him stripped, and then they would have 100% of the leverage down the road when any Canelo-GGG talks would have been as an optional fight, not a mandatory defense.

I also forgot to ask you wouldn't the same thing have happened if they went with Froch or Floyd? They were still ready to accept those fights. So in your opinion (I've never heard the WBC or K2 talk about losing the mando spot) why were they willing to lose it for Floyd or Froch but not Ward, if unification was really priority #1?

[kafkod]

Yep that was the offer. I'll even admit that wasn't a good offer for GGG. So what was their counter offer?........



I agree. So what was K2's counter offer to negate that situation?.......



Ok, so what was K2's counter offer?.........


So again I ask you. What was K2's counter offer to Ward?

Ward sent his offer to Loeffler after GGG had signed to fight Lemieux and had been given a contract by the WBC gauranteeing him a mandatory shot at the title - providing he beat Lemieux, of course.

Loeffler's response was that Golovkin's focus was on 160 and that if Ward wanted the fight at 168 he should come back and ask again in 2017.

[BattlingNelson]

Great interview. Thank you boxingscene.