Comments Thread For: Hopkins To Golovkin: Make a Statement, Fight Kovalev-Ward Winner

[robertzimmerman]

u got to remember ggg fans dont want ggg making statements like that they would rather he call out 154 pounders and fight ww while chasing unification in a weak division

Nonsense.

Stop trying to generalise and appreciate people's circumstances.

[robertzimmerman]

Nonsense. He's a dude, always has been. He's to sell a product, namely himself. Prime he'd toy with GGG, right now it's a 50/50 depends if it was at 175, id still favour Bernard at 175 now over GGG.

It's not nonsense at all. Bernard is asking him to do something that he didn't do himself when he was in his current position.

[robertzimmerman]

How quickly Hopkins forgets how he waited yrs to finally land a fight with 2 welterweights in tito and Oscar. He didn't move up in weight until he was 40 yrs old and was out of options at middleweight because he couldn't get the decisions over Jermaine Taylor.

Bingo!

This is the best comment so far in the whole thread.

100% truth.

[Larry the boss]

It's the same as demanding Kovalev move up to CW. Doesn't make sense. 25lbs in both directions is a huge jump in weight. Golovkin would look comically outsized at 175, as would Kovalev at 200.

I wouldn't fancy Golovkin's chances against murderous LHW punchers like Kovalev, Stevenson or Beterbiev; same with Kovalev against CW ****ers like Lebedev, Huck or Glowacki.

175-160=25?????? huh

[robertzimmerman]

97K is content with calling out 147-154 lbers. He makes Brook go up more than 10 lbs, but he can't do it himself. No way would he mention Ward's name without stuttering. Ward has him shook.

154-175 can get it doe.

A terrible post.

[turnedup]

I respect Bernard but the business Bernard is an ******. Let's all pretend you aren't stating this to push the big bad boogie man away from your golden goose.

[Bronx2245]

Bert Sugar/Sports Illustrated: #3

ESPN: #5

Ring Magazine: #6

oh what the hell I'll throw in Bleacher Report: #3

Somebody should tell those guys Willie Pep can't possibly be that great, he never moved up doe. Ring Magazine ain't credible doe! Bert Sugar DKSAB doe! ESPN is for casuals doe!

Find me 4 with just as much cred as these and I will admit I'm wrong. And The Don never admits he's wrong.

Good sources! I have to take their word, but honestly, I don't know how good was Willie Pep or his opponents! I know the era I have witnessed and the great ones of my time all had multiple titles in multiple weight classes, with Hagler the exception! So if GGG wants to stay at 160, and his career is measured by Dominic Wade and Kell Brook, and you're cool with that, DO YOU! I'm ridin' with Roy Jones Jr., B-Hop, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao!

[Bronx2245]

You have to appreciate that everyone's circumstances are different.

There is nothing wrong with GG wanting to remain at MW in the hope that he eventually ends up holding all of the belts.

No one is saying that there's anything wrong with staying at 160! I just compare GGG's resume vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Ceasr Chavez Sr., Pernell Whitaker, Roy Jones Jr., B-Hop, Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao. I can't put him in that company yet! Honestly, a defeat of Canelo still doesn't do it for me! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

[Bushbaby]

Damn, even B-Hop is on board the canelo duckapade??

[PunchyPotorff]

Why don't you tell your own Golden Boy fighter to fight Golovkin instead of handing titles over? Stop diverting the attention away from Canelo being a ducker.

Oh this is funny. You play deflectorama, and expect any non-delusional person to take the bait? Please friend, don't hold your breath on that one. LOL