Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Return: Eubank Jr. The Betting Favorite To Be Selected

[OnePunch]

I'm a little surprised how close the odds vs jr...

Those are only the odds of who gets chosen as the next opponent, NOT the odds of who wins the fight......

[fredhopple]

Hes still a c.unt though.

but then what is the weak Billy Joe and big ears Jacobs then if Eubank is crunt?

[hitking]

Better than a mandatory, but nothing to get excited about. I would prefer Lara, or a move up to either 68 or 75.

[BrometheusBob.]

Eubank Jr is an OK opponent

[Raimondo]

Do not why but I have the feeling both BJS and and Chris would price themselves out or demand UK as venue.

'We want to fight GGG tomorrow but on our terms.'

[hitking]

Disappointing he will be the opponent but it'll be one less argument to be had on Boxing Scene.

The only legitimate "anti-GGG" argument is his continued, boring, and pointless quest for supremacy in a weak division that he's long since been seen as the unquestioned ruler. I just don't see the point. Especially when you have other P4P guys like Crawford, Lomanchenko, and to an extent Ward out there trying to conquer multiple divisions. GGG is basically doing the exact same thing Rigondeaux is doing. Only with a lot more fanfare and more willing dance partners.

[turnedup]

The only legitimate "anti-GGG" argument is his continued, boring, and pointless quest for supremacy in a weak division that he's long since been seen as the unquestioned ruler. I just don't see the point. Especially when you have other P4P guys like Crawford, Lomanchenko, and to an extent Ward out there trying to conquer multiple divisions. GGG is basically doing the exact same thing Rigondeaux is doing. Only with a lot more fanfare and more willing dance partners.

Oh please, Ward sat at the second weakest division in boxing for well over 11 years, as did Hopkins. Rigo is comfortable where is, he can just stay right where he is and that's fine. Greatness is not defined by weight class jumps, it's a combat sport afterall. Dominance is what makes you great. Don't see anyone from 154 in a rush to move up and there is good reason why.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

The only legitimate "anti-GGG" argument is his continued, boring, and pointless quest for supremacy in a weak division that he's long since been seen as the unquestioned ruler. I just don't see the point. Especially when you have other P4P guys like Crawford, Lomanchenko, and to an extent Ward out there trying to conquer multiple divisions. GGG is basically doing the exact same thing Rigondeaux is doing. Only with a lot more fanfare and more willing dance partners.

Lol...

Ward turned professional back in 2004. Golovkin, 2006. Ward barely moved up in weight class to 175, yet you name him as if he made such a huge leap that GGG could never do .

Crawford? Really? His first professional fight he came in on the scales at 137 pounds, at the age of 21. He was always destined to grow into a 140 lber, but could make lightweight also because he's young.

You're really trying hard here to make GGG look bad, but the way you're going about it fails once you have clarity of the background behind each fighter



Continue to belittle the current middleweight division, but lets not pretend like super middleweight during Ward's era was so amazing and outclasses this middleweight era .

[hitking]

Oh please, Ward sat at the second weakest division in boxing for well over 11 years, as did Hopkins. Rigo is comfortable where is, he can just stay right where he is and that's fine. Greatness is not defined by weight class jumps, it's a combat sport afterall. Dominance is what makes you great. Don't see anyone from 154 in a rush to move up and there is good reason why.

Hopkins is a freak that was able to fight at a high level into his 50s. Therefore waiting until he was 40 for smaller guys to come up worked out for him. He's not the norm.

Ward moved up when nothing was shaking at 68. Just like nothing is shaking at 60 now.

Rigo IS what GGG claimed to be. That's feared. The double standards are mind blowing. Frampton vacated a belt, with Rigo as his mandatory. Much like the Canelo-GGG situation. Yet nobody on a supposed site full of hardcore fight fans have **** to say about it.

As for what defines greatness. The mass majority's of non-heavyweight ATGs have won titles in multiple divisions, or at least tried. There are exceptions like Monzon and Hagler. But boxing history supports my argument. Especially in the modern era where there are so many divisions and so many titles in each. Belts aren't as important because there's so many. And there's so many divisions, and they're so watered down, dominating a single divsion for an extended period of time doesn't mean ****. Its about names on your resume. And so far, GGG has none. And staying at 60, he won't get any.

[bigjavi973]

Dominance is what makes you great.

Ima call bull**** there.

Its your wins that make you great, not dominance.

If all a fighter dominated was a bunch of cans, how does that make him "great"?