Comments Thread For: Canelo: I Want Golovkin First in 2018 - No Other Fight Wanted!

[Wpnkusan]

If cotto fight did 900k cotto is the man especially since cotto fought the same day that mayweather fought.

[Lester Tutor]

[angkag]

'Both sides are hoping to reach a deal before the year is out'

- Three months to get to a deal now.
- As we saw last time, GBP wants 4 months for the promotional bandwagon (May 6 JCC fight to 16 Sep GGG)
- Canelo's essentially been positioned to fight on the Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day weekends (16 Sep), basically picking up from where Floyd left off (difference being Canelo actually Mexican)

Looks like May, only question whether Golovkin will manage to squeeze another fight in between now and then.

[Reloaded]

Canelo: "Mexicans dont **** around, wont run away from a fight".

Its hard to run away in a boxing ring, casuals always think technical boxing is running, quite funny how casuals think in regards to defensive skills.

[Bronx2245]

Cotto fight did 900k. Initial reports say GGG fight did 2M buys with roughly $27M gate. Which one is the money fight?

Well if initial reports are true, then even more reason to fight GGG again immediately. I haven't seen any reports on the PPVs, which is odd because HBO knows how many people watched the re-airing last weekend, so why don't they know how many people bought the fight on the 16th?

[BigStomps]

That sounds good, but if that's true, why did he pay the sanction fee against Cotto, then again against Khan? And why the Smith fight? Smith surely isn't a name in US, and isnt the best at 154, so a belt is the only reason I can think that he would fight Mr Smith

Like I said, Canelo don't need no piece of shet belt!

[angkag]

Its hard to run away in a boxing ring,

Well, unless you are Hughie 'Shades of Ali' Fury I guess.

Sometimes boxers fight off the back foot as Canelo did against Golovkin. Monzon often (usually ?) fought off the back foot too. Fighting off the back foot and running aren't the same thing.

I guess the 'Mexican Style' (MS) thing is imagined to be JCC Sr. or Barrera style of moving forwards with constant pressure, which is Golovkin's style (and I guess why he claims to have MS), but if Canelo tried to hold his ground like Morales did against Barrera, it becomes a slug-fest (like Barrera/Morales), and that's not the smartest way to fight Golovkin when Golovkin has the power edge.

Canelo did it right.

[RespekonMyName]

Fight again in January and have the trilogy in May.

[GGG Gloveking]

Well if initial reports are true, then even more reason to fight GGG again immediately. I haven't seen any reports on the PPVs, which is odd because HBO knows how many people watched the re-airing last weekend, so why don't they know how many people bought the fight on the 16th?

If I remember correctly, HBO said they would stop releasing PPV figures. I believe it was after the GGG Lemieux fight, but I'm not 100%.

And I believe money would be the motivating factor for a rematch, rather than seeing a wounded animal

[GGG Gloveking]

Like I said, Canelo don't need no piece of shet belt!

He's spent a lot of time and money on "piece of shet" belts he doesn't need. And why did he have all that "CA World Champ" gear made up, if he didn't care about a belt? Doesn't add up to me