Comments Thread For: Sanchez: Golovkin Will Eventually Move Up To 168, Maybe 175

[Graz]

So a natural MW has to move weights because others are ducking him?

How about some of those other natural MWs grow a pair and actually try to earn a title by fighting the consensus no. 1 or is that too hard for them?

Exactly. I think GGGs only choice is to move up. No one in his division wants to fight him. Even when he does I don't think anyone can challenge him except Ward. He gets criticized either way for "not fighting anybody", let's see how he's perceived once he moves up.

[aboutfkntime]

I want Golovkin to stay at 160 till he breaks BHop's record. The reaction to that at this site will be fantastic!

he has 14 legitimate defences to go, that will take 4 more years

nobody will be interested after 4 more years of poor opponents

[Bandman]

lil g is a coward and hypocrite.

[kafkod]

he has 14 legitimate defences to go, that will take 4 more years

nobody will be interested after 4 more years of poor opponents

All Golovkin's defences of the WBA title are 100% legit. To any fair minded fan, that is, which rules you out, of course.

The WBA were bribed by Felix Sturm's promoters to reintroduce a "super" title at MW and award it to Sturm to allow him to avoid fighting GGG, who had been his mando for 2 years.

The WBA broke their own rules by doing that. Their "super" titles were supposed to be awarded only to unified champs, and Sturm wasn't a unified champ.

GGG has been the WBA middleweight champion since 2010, and all his defences since then are legit.

[carlos djackal]

Golovkin will not fare well in the higher weights, he's a small MW

[therealpugilist]

Hopefully Saunders or whoever that last belt has will step into the ring with GGG and we have a unified champion. Unifying all the belts, breaking BHops record and the moving up, pretty sure GGG will move up before Hopkins, who only moved up after he lost to Taylor at age 40.

he is no where near a record..would be in his 40s in order to break them.....20 full title defenses of an alphabet title (no regular, no interim dont count)...14 lineal title defenses is the record by Carlos Monzon

unify then move up to secure his legacy...160 is a waste of time at this point for him

[MDPopescu]

175 is way too much for GGG. 168 would be good enough

^^^ Right...
... but if Ward somehow beats Kovalev don't be surprised when GGG calls him out for those belts at 175... (of course, this in case: 1) Ward actually fights Kovalev; 2) Kovalev doesn't have a "rematch clause" in that supposed Ward contract; 3) Wrad doesn't 'retire' again after that supposed win over Kovalev.)

[IMDAZED]

^^^ Right...
... but if Ward somehow beats Kovalev don't be surprised when GGG calls him out for those belts at 175... (of course, this in case: 1) Ward actually fights Kovalev; 2) Kovalev doesn't have a "rematch clause" in that supposed Ward contract; 3) Wrad doesn't 'retire' again after that supposed win over Kovalev.)

Yeah, he'll call Ward out at 175 but couldn't go beyond 164

[therealpugilist]

Yeah, he'll call Ward out at 175 but couldn't go beyond 164

Naw he'll move to '75 when Ward is at cruiser weight...he dont want to get his ears boxed off.

[Metho_4u]

GGG will never fight at 175 ever, the man is 34 year old and he doesn't have the frame nor the style to be able to compete at 175, taller bigger physically stronger guys will fight him from a distance and then will clinch him and rough him up on the inside using their physical strength and even if he managed to get off some shots they won't have the effect they had at 160 lbs.

GGG will be almost totally neutralized at a higher weight against bigger good inside fighters and that's why he will never move up all the way to 175 and if he did he will be very careful with the opponent selection, GGG's chances against Ward last year at 168 were much higher than they are now or next year (if Ward beats Kovalev) at 175, I give him almost NO chance at beating Ward at 175 even though Ward looks to have slowed down significantly.

GGG should've started his career at 154, now he can't make 154 and he can't move up so much in weight either since he's already too old for that, so he's kinda stuck at the poorest talent pool in boxing today which is the middleweight division.

Luckily that's ok for him because he has no intention of moving up anyway!