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Geale did have a better option though. Geale vs Barker just had like 900k viewers on HBO I think it was? The fight was exciting and close. So, he could had gone for that rematch and it would had justified not facing GGG yet. Murray could had just fought anyone domestically and gotten paid because we know these UK fighters draw a lot.
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....they've placed him against opponents who were in the final part of their careers
.... and this is exactly what they are gonna say about you once the fight is over,Comment
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Could Golovkin even beat Ann Wolfe?Comment
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Danny Jacobs is only partly correct.
I cracked the Team Golovkin blueprint a long time ago.
boxing is all about matchmaking, and styles make fights
don't EVER forget that fact, and you will not go wrong
their strategy = standard risk/reward, just like everybody else..... and their preferred style is "available"..... as-in, they are simply playing to Golovkin's strengths, which is good management..... if Gennady can land on them, then he will fight them, because they back GGG's power to eventually break his "available" opponent down
e.g.
they will fight, in order.....
1) money opponents, who are " available "
2) name opponents, who are " available "
3) any no-hopers, who are " available ", for that 2mil chq
they will NOT fight, in order.....
1) notorious mover/spoilers, who will not be " available "
THAT is why Golovkin has not faced any genuine world-class opponents, and that is why they avoided making fights with Mora/Ward/Lara
that became obvious to me back in 2012 when Loeffler used every excuse in the book as he stuttered and stammered his way past a question from an interviewer suggesting that Mora would be an ideal opponent
an ex-champion who has clearly faded is the perfect opponent for an up-and-comer who is trying to establish himself on the world stage, that fight was a no-brainer..... and yet, Loeffler used half-a-dozen silly excuses to kill any talk of that fight, and then proceeded to discuss opponents who were much worse
I needed 1 genuine reason, because that fight was a no-brainer..... but all I heard were a bunch of silly excuses..... and the only reason why you would use a bunch of silly excuses, is because you do not have 1 genuine reason.....
and then, Loeffler did the exact same thing to Ward/Lara..... two other mover/spoilers who are notoriously difficult to look good against..... he used every excuse in the book to rubbish those unthinkable fights LMAO
I am not suggesting that Mora would have beaten Golovkin..... I am saying that Team Golovkin were unwilling to risk Gennady struggling to land on Mora, failing to put him away, and failing to look good..... or heaven forbid, the worst..... just like with Ward/Lara
they were all UNNECESSARY high-risk/low-reward fights..... so they did not happen
I know whats up, it is all about styles/matchmaking
nothing new here, boxing has worked this way for years
maybe they have taken Gennady's training wheels off, but personally I doubt it..... which is why they will not accept that FORTUNE from Canelo
they want to break Hopkins record, then they will make the Canelo fight..... which is fkn lame
Golovkin will suddenly forget that he is a businessman, and make that fight for "the good of boxing" and for "the fans"..... like Pacquiao did when he suddenly overcame his fear of needles
my house is a kool-aid free zone, seen it all before..... but you cvnts can drink whatever you like LMAOComment
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All of them with the exception of Murray were smaller. Lemieux and Stevens were the smallest by far and Macklin is not much bigger than either of those two. Murray is the same size as GGG they are both good sized MW.
Look at how much bigger he was than David. http://www.fightbookmma.com/wp-conte...h-lemiuex1.jpg
On fight night GGG looked like a power lifter compared to Lemieux
The difference between him and Stevens is ridiculous. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lW_zly-i1g0/hqdefault.jpg
Macklin, another smaller guy:http://www.boxingscene.com/uploads/6...klin%20(6).jpg
Not small in height but they are nowhere near the size of GGG. The only live guy he fought that matched up in size was Murray and it was no coincidence that GGG couldnt steam roll him like everyone else. He took the shots much better than they could.Comment
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Mora is a bastard and makes it hard on anyone he fights. He has one of the most difficult styles to fight against. He doesn't fight to beat you he fights to make you look bad. Very skilled boxer though, really tricky.Comment
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Its funny how size has become subjective now it suits. These guys, who like Stevens moved down in weight are nowhere near Golovkins size. Lemieux, who weighed in ten pound more than Golovkin 30days out and is an inch shorter, and held a middleweight title is much smaller too is he? Well obviously not in weight. Clearly not in height. So smaller how. I mean, which is it. It's not height. It's not weight. If your talking about visually then the fact that Golovkin in big in the lats and delts might give him the illusion of being bigger, but what does its mean? As for Murray taking shots well, that's what he's known for. Nobody else has put him away, including Groves who hit him with everything, and whatever you say about him, George has good power a division up.Comment
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