Comments Thread For: Golovkin vs. Eubank Deal Hangs in The Balance Over Sky Money

[Jim Tom]

Whom exactly? BJS and Jacobs are the only two fights at MW that are widely considered more significant than Eubanks and neither of them seem particularly keen right now.

They are not keen because they are not getting paid. GGG needs a good promoter who can deliver and people will be lining up to fight him. DOnt forget Froch, Dirrell, Lara, Ramirez and Ward wanted to fight GGG but he dodged them (not at the same time but over time). This summarises GGG's career, he is happy fighting bums or low balling those who would take the fights. How does anyone justify GGG fighting all these European level fighters he has fought?

And what do you do if you cant get big fights at your weight? You move up. Everyone at 168lbs wants to fight him so why doesnt he go up like everyone else has done? Because he only wants bums.

[therealpugilist]

there is very visible proof that top fighters are ducking him--

canelo vacated his title to avoid fighting ggg next and now his team is saying 'possibly' in a 15 months from now. Thats gb/ canelo's demand--- not team ggg. Not once did gb or canelo say "if ggg drops to 155 we can make the fight in september or next may". The weight demand was not even on the table since canelo and gb had zero intention to fight him this fall no matter what. Don't you think that if gb said to ggg "come down to 155 and we will fight you this fall", that team ggg would hesitate to agree? They would sign on the dotted line in less than a second! When canelo was the wbc champion, the wbc rules stipulated that he couldn't enforce a catchweight on ggg, since ggg was the mandatory challenger. After canelo vacated, there was sudden silence from gb of "come down to 155 and we will make the fight happen". Clear duck

bj saunders- offered a career high purse, turned it down claiming he wasn't compensated enough. Clear duck.

Jacobs- just recently stated on fighthype.com that he wants to possibly fight ggg in a 'year to a year and a half from now", yet he fights sergio mora again in a fight that no one asked for. Clear case of avoiding ggg as long as possible.

Ggg is a middleweight fighter and no top middleweight has tried to fight him in the ring. Cotto, when he was wbc mw champion, paid ggg step aside money twice and canelo paid step aside money once, to put off their fights with ggg.

154, 168lb boxing divisions are not gggs divisions- he's a full fledged mw, who will be undisputed mw champ probably next year.

Please explain, why the fighters in the mw divison, fighters at his weight, are doing their best to avoid fighting him so bad??

....you do realize that doesnt account for all the good fighters and contenders at 154-160...lemieux is the only one he has fought out of the current crop

[therealpugilist]

Yes Andre Ward is not a star either that is why GGG went for Chavez Jr and Froch.

He also wasnt an opponent he had a chance of beating.....common sense....swerve on him

[Scipio2009]

If GGG was pleading to fight Alvarez he would have agree to fight him at 155. Was there even a offer at 155 after Canelo said he was ready to fight GGG 160?He was ready right in the ring after beating Khan and Cotto, all of sudden he wasnt and gave up the belt and went back to his weight class. GOOD BOY.

Alvarez handed the WBC 160 belt back to the WBC, and he's already scheduled to fight his next fight, and likely stay there depending on how he's feeling in another year, at 154lbs.

Golovkin and his camp, since the weight is now the linchpin to them, should stop talking about junior middleweights and welterweights that he wants to fight.

Golovkin has very little leverage to force any star to fight him at 160, and he's too chicken**** to take on the fights that could possible get him there.

[Kigali]

I explained this already, disgraceful POS.

Hopkins gave an interview a month ago, he received a big money offer from Oscars promoter Arum for 158. It was a voluntary, nobody getting stripped. Hops didn't like the CW, tried negotiating for 159, 158.5, they wouldnt budge so he relented cause the money was too good, and opponent a legit midget. Ggg received no offer from Canelo at all, not 158 for big money, not even 155. Get it, ******? Don't let me using this discredited talking point again a$$wipe

[boxingitis]

He also wasnt an opponent he had a chance of beating.....common sense....swerve on him

At 168 Ward would probably win. At 160 Gennady would probably win.

[therealpugilist]

At 168 Ward would probably win. At 160 Gennady would probably win.

yea cuz ward would have to cut an arm and all his toes to make 160...why do you think they wanted 164? so ward could be drained and give GGG a chance, which he has no chance at beating Ward

[boxingitis]

Alvarez handed the WBC 160 belt back to the WBC, and he's already scheduled to fight his next fight, and likely stay there depending on how he's feeling in another year, at 154lbs.

Golovkin and his camp, since the weight is now the linchpin to them, should stop talking about junior middleweights and welterweights that he wants to fight.

Golovkin has very little leverage to force any star to fight him at 160, and he's too chicken**** to take on the fights that could possible get him there.

There are no stars bigger than GGG other than Canelo. Why would he go up or down in weight to fight someone less popular than him for one title, when he has 4 ex Lara and Zurdo Ramirez. You can argue GGG should have met Alvarez at 155, but Canelo said he was ready to fight GGG at 160, he was ready right in the ring after the fight. If your ok with Canelo vs GGG at 155, you must be ok with GGG vs Ramirez at 161 for SMW title.

[boxingitis]

yea cuz ward would have to cut an arm and all his toes to make 160...why do you think they wanted 164? so ward could be drained and give GGG a chance, which he has no chance at beating Ward

You didnt complain when Chad Dawson was weight drained vs Ward. Right?

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

GGG should move up to 161 lbs and force the SMW fight him at that weight for their titles, or He should force them to come down to 160 like ANDRE WARD made CHAD DAWSON come down to his weight.

This is not true, dawson asked to go down