Comments Thread For: Froch: If Eubank Faces Golovkin in September - I'd Be Shocked

[HeroBando]

Hopkins' record was against a lot of lower level guys too (3 damn robert allen fights), and plenty of undersized guys like De La Hoya and Trinidad. Hopkins was a pretty big favorite against anyone after ko'ing Tito

Why do you bother with that worm? He still doesn't know what an interim belt is

[Shadoww702]

At least Eubank won't be an INSANE 100-1 underdog!

[vitali1999]

Hopkins' record was against a lot of lower level guys too (3 damn robert allen fights), and plenty of undersized guys like De La Hoya and Trinidad. Hopkins was a pretty big favorite against anyone after ko'ing Tito

I have to disagree with you. Hopkins beat everybody. He beat low level, medium level and high level. He beat them all.

[kiaba360]

And the questions remain.....

1) how will Golovkin raise his profile without fighting a world-class opponent?

2) will the boxing public really accept Golovkin breaking Hopkins record by defending the WBA's second-rate INTERIM title against lower-level fighters who were all significant underdogs?

Do you believe GGG has fought any world-level opponents?

[Progrssive_Jedi]

Only a Moron would say GGG hadn't beaten World level Talent

GGG has beaten 6 top ten fighters in four years. Six people ranked in top ten of Ring mag MW.

People make mistake of thinking that how a fighter is viewed now is how they were when GGG fought them. Many of these guys have never hit the canvas until GGG beat them. They change after that.

That's why guys like Canelo, Jacobs, Sergio, Sturm, Cotto, Suanders, etc don't want to fight GGG. It's not they'd lose, it's how'd they lose. Many don't come back. That's what Canelo and Oscar are afraid of.

At least Eubank won't be an INSANE 100-1 underdog!

Not so sure. Wade beat better fighters than Eubanks---which is exactly what you'll be posting over and over again if Eubanks fights GGG and gets blown out.

You'll be all over talking about how Eubanks was unproven, crap, etc.

[PoserExposer]

Froch SHOULD give him credit because Eubank has the bigger balls than Froch when he faces GGG.

[Bandman]

no names on his resume jump out because everybody running scared.

[bluzi]

One thing ppl need to realise that GGG might not pay big now BUT if Eubank/Jacobs/BJS beats him they become MEGA stars in boxing , they won vs the boogyman and they got their national fan base to propel them to mega paydays , if Jacobs beats GGG he becomes America`s most fav figther over night he will get payed amazingly well afterwards , they dont want to take the risk because they really dont believe they can win the fight Jacobs says maybe in 1.5 years , who make plans for 1.5 years in boxing ?
Hope Eubank follow up on his big mouth and take the fight.

[aboutfkntime]

Hopkins' record was against a lot of lower level guys too (3 damn robert allen fights), and plenty of undersized guys like De La Hoya and Trinidad. Hopkins was a pretty big favorite against anyone after ko'ing Tito

There was a few, of course..... but the state of the middleweight division in general was a lot higher, and Hopkins fought a bunch of world-class guys as well.

I don't see how anybody can argue that the WBA's second-rate INTERIM title could possibly count as a genuine defence..... that rubbish didn't even exist in Hopkins era, and the WBA themselves have admitted that they have too many champions and they have promised to eliminate those "titles" as they become vacant..... so yea, if the WBC themselves admit those interim belts are rubbish how can anyone else refer to them as genuine defences?

[aboutfkntime]

Do you believe GGG has fought any world-level opponents?

No, not really..... not genuine world-class opponents.

Murray was fringe world-class at 160, but Lemieux is not..... I can see Lemieux losing to a number of fighters who are not world-class.

I would maybe give you Murray on a good day.