Comments Thread For: Golovkin: No Big Fights at 168, I Make 160 Easy - I'm Not Big 160

[Obliterator]

After going through all the comments it's apparent that GGG needs to stay and clean out the division. He's comfortable there, there are big fights to be made and there is no sense in moving up right now when the three top guys at 168 are trying to negotiate/hurt which is the whole reason he made that statement. I'm convinced he should stay right now. We probably won't see him up there til 2018 since he has Jacobs, Eubank and Saunders to deal with. Who knows, maybe he'll never go up. If we start getting some top guys from 154 at 160 then I don't see him moving up.

[Kigali]

After going through all the comments it's apparent that GGG needs to stay and clean out the division. He's comfortable there, there are big fights to be made and there is no sense in moving up right now when the three top guys at 168 are trying to negotiate/hurt which is the whole reason he made that statement. I'm convinced he should stay right now. We probably won't see him up there til 2018 since he has Jacobs, Eubank and Saunders to deal with. Who knows, maybe he'll never go up. If we start getting some top guys from 154 at 160 then I don't see him moving up.

How is fighting a WW cleaning out the dead MW division??

If he were 24 I'd say,sure, clean out MW....but he's 34 and should be making big strides...not baby steps,especially at his age.

[Metho_4u]

Metho_4u,



Why would he fight more WW's? Brook wasn't planned. He was a last minute replacement for Eubank. Who's at 160? Well there's some good fights there if he can get them. But that's the problem. It's whether he can get them. But I would be more than happy to see him fight Canelo, Jacobs, BJS and Eubank. A Jack fight at SMW isn't really appealing, unless he was to beat DeGale and Ramirez and establish himself as the main man at the weight. I'd love to see GG fight DeGale at some point. But DeGale is currently focusing all his intentions on Jack, as he wants to unify. So if GG could get those MW fights within the next 12-18 months, that would be great and he could then move up to SMW afterwards. Regarding Canelo, it wouldn't have made any difference if GG had've jumped at the chance to fight him at 155. Because Oscar doesn't want the fight yet regardless of the weight.



It's never that simple is it. It's not a good idea moving up and then coming back down, but the opportunity also has to be there. He's also now got mandatory obligations from 3 of the 4 Org's.

Bull****, I just read an article that they knew 2 days prior that negotiations fell apart, and I don't really care either way. The guy even had to get permission to fight Brook because of these mismatches that have been going on.

[Metho_4u]

Brook was a last minute replacement to salvage the event and HBO's long standing date. There was never going to be a CW. You have to take into account that GG he already signed to fight Eubank at MW. He'd handed the contract back in. When the fight was made official, it was exactly 9 weeks to the weigh-in. A press conference was quickly together and then the fighters started their camps the following week.

Sooooo, why did they hang all their hopes on Eubank? Why didn't they have a back up opponent already set? It had to be a WW? Maybe Lara would've done it, I mean big scary GayLoveKin I know, but surely there must have been another brave soul to get into the ring with him right?

[Obliterator]

How is fighting a WW cleaning out the dead MW division??

If he were 24 I'd say,sure, clean out MW....but he's 34 and should be making big strides...not baby steps,especially at his age.

I believe that's been covered already. I'm not going to repeat everything again because it gets old. (Eddie hearn......eubank Sr demands...brook taking the fight..you get the picture). Anywho...I agree with him taking on bigger risks but obviously he wants more money with them. Can't really think of anyone besides Canelo Making him big money.

[NateHound]

Just exposing the truth...........now I'd love to see ho you defend your previous statement.
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Fair enough, well that one's on me. Still, having said that... do you really think he's not suited perfectly to Middleweight? I don't get why people feel the need to pressure fighters into multiple weight classes.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Fair enough, well that one's on me. Still, having said that... do you really think he's not suited perfectly to Middleweight? I don't get why people feel the need to pressure fighters into multiple weight classes.

Fighters moving up or down for challenges is normal. Everyone brings up the Marvin Hagler example but the difference is Hagler had competition there and there was no super middlweight to move up to. The Hagler situation is rare, not the norm. If he wants to sit in the MW division and wait on Canelo then fine by me. But that one win isn't going to make him an ATG and his reluctance to move up or down for challenges will hurt him in the long run. We keep hearing he's a small MW so why doesn't he move down to fight a 154 lber? He's 34. Hagler retired at 32.

[Shadoww702]

And?

What would a SMW weigh at the 30 day mark?

What's your point?

Between 160-169

[Shadoww702]

Maybe he will, maybe he won't. Does it matter?

When you say you can beat anyone from 154-168 it does???

GOD DAMN!!! A BUNCH of FKN RTARDS on this site.

[Shadoww702]

We'll find out. But I'm sure of it.

I'll bet on it RIGHT NOW??? But I'm NOT going to let you pull some POS Sam Hinkie BS on me!!!! Keep postponing paying me until I'm 100 years old and your finally right.