Comments Thread For: WBC Formally Orders Canelo-Golovkin With 15-Day Deadline

[moochi]

I hope Canelo-GGG come to an agreement at 157, maybe make a compromise. Canelo budges 2lbs, Golovkin budges 3lbs, sounds fair.

that is the most ridiculous thing i've heard. the belt is for middleweight, 160 pounds.

Khan went up 2 weight divisions whereas Canelo won't even fight in his own division.

Putting on 2lbs is a lot easier than losing 3 pounds. That is disgusting to think that that was fair.

[BoxingFan85]

Canelo would be hurting himself draining down to 155 for a fight just as much as he thinks it will hurt GGG. I would not want to risk cutting weight like that for a fighter like GGG. It may come back and bite him in the ass if he isn't careful.

Very specific eh?

[Mr.Fantastic]

that is the most ridiculous thing i've heard. the belt is for middleweight, 160 pounds.

Khan went up 2 weight divisions whereas Canelo won't even fight in his own division.

Putting on 2lbs is a lot easier than losing 3 pounds. That is disgusting to think that that was fair.

Good post.

[bigjavi973]

And Camacho, once a junior lightweight fought welterweights and never once demanded a catchweight. Those were the days when we had serious ATG's like Camacho, Duran, Arguello, Benitez, and a whole bunch more.

yessir... and if no one wanted to fight them at the current weight... they just moved on to the next. That's why their ATG's (Even hagler is an atg... didn't get a title shot till like I think his 40th fight almost AND THERE WASNT A SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION BACK THEN)

[rasdun]

am I missing something; WBC says 30 day negotiation period, but purse bid is 15 days later. WTF? is it 15 days or 30 days??? lol

[BoxingFan85]

am I missing something; WBC says 30 day negotiation period, but purse bid is 15 days later. WTF? is it 15 days or 30 days??? lol

15 days to amicably make a deal.. If no deal is made even After 15 days it goes to purse bid and that should be done in the next 15 days.. So there is your total of 30 days

[OnePunch]

am I missing something; WBC says 30 day negotiation period, but purse bid is 15 days later. WTF? is it 15 days or 30 days??? lol

if they havent made a deal in 15 days, then a purse bid hearing is held, at which point a date is set for the purse bid. They can still keep negotiating right up until the moment of the purse bid, and if a deal is made then the bid is called off.......

[GaryMSchneider]

Nope, he didn't. He never came on the scales under 159 as a pro.

Against Marin Murray GGG was 158.9......Against Simon GGG weighed 158.5....both under 159....158.2 vs Nunez......158.3 vs Adama.....158.4 vs Dziarra.......hope that shines some light on you....

[KLockard23]

Fight should be at 160. No excuse for it not to be. Take this A-side, B-side **** somewhere else, rules exist for a reason.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Canelo say in the post-fight conference a few nights ago that he was ready to fight Golovkin at 160? Kind of hard to back down from that now.

[Dorian]

Not this argument again. History shows the A-side get what they want, or you get left like Winky Wright. If GBP/Canelo are even generous enough to budge 2lbs, that would be a big deal, and a deal GGG/K2 should accept with no hesitation. If he wants to Winky his career, just decline a catchweight and wait for Canelo to get stripped

oh, you an analyst now?