Who should GGG fight on May 5th?

[sicko]

Derevyanchenko been in his Mandatory Spot for the Longest but at the same time that is not a guy you want only a few weeks to prepare for so it will be Spike O'Sullivan

[bigjavi973]

why is BJS and charlo in the poll?

charlo has a fight on the 21st but he said that hell drop that to fight ggg no?

and I did say BJS even tho that would be after may 5th of course

[bigjavi973]

This question was already polled I believe, but I can't be bothered looking it up.

Derevyanchenko was the front runner, Boo Boo second with negligible interest in Spike or the Mexican kid. Charlo and BJS weren't included because they ain't available for that date.

My opinion? For about the 30th time Derevyanchenko 100% unless the fight is postponed until Saunders becomes available at which point I'd probably pick the unification. After those 2 it needs to be Charlo and after that Murata if the regular champ still is regular champ by then. Frankly they should tell Canelo and GBP to go fuck themselves, but I'm doubting that's how it's gonna go down.

i tried to see if there was one I didnt see a poll......

[bigjavi973]

so its pretty much down to derevyanchenko and BJS

[Citizen Koba]

i tried to see if there was one I didnt see a poll......

S'Okay, I only knew cos I answered that one too.

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...d.php?t=778394

Anyway. The people have spoken! If Golovkin wants to maintain any credibility he needs to fight Derevyanchenko next, then Saunders when he becomes available, then Charlo then Murata (or whoever is WBA regular by then)... and he needs to fuck Canelo off.

[bigjavi973]

S'Okay, I only knew cos I answered that one too.

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...d.php?t=778394

Anyway. The people have spoken! If Golovkin wants to maintain any credibility he needs to fight Derevyanchenko next, then Saunders when he becomes available, then Charlo then Murata (or whoever is WBA regular by then)... and he needs to fuck Canelo off.

thats pretty much it....

before it was understandable dudes actually didnt wanna fight him (especially guys his weight class) but then team ggg began flip flopping and now we see for ourselves that if they dont take this fight or the BJS fight this year they were bullshitting this entire time

[yankees7448]

alright fellas its that time.....

clenelo clearly messed up this time.....

thats passed already we already know hes likely to get suspended etc....


while on that.....


ggg's team is looking for their fighter to try and fight anyways on may 5th.....

the names that they (we have heard) are spike sullivan and vanes marty..... who posted on his ig that hes on that 30 day weight after he got the call up.....


then there is the IBF mando in Sergy Derevyanchenko...

ggg hasn't made an ibf obligation since 2016.... so its well passed its due time for it and derevyanchenko is the ibf mando...

Lou dibella, derevyanchenko's promoter, has clearly stated that he intends to communicate with the IBF to force the mando fight now that the canelo fight is not happening. He has also stated that sergy is READY for the may 5th fight so no rescheduling will need to happen.....


all of a sudden team ggg wants to cancel this date altogether (which imo the only way to respect that if he fights BJS in his very next fight)....

imo they should.... scratch that ... they NEED to defend that ibf title of its a clear duck....



ima put a poll up of 4 names.... and a 5th option of cancelling and fighting BJS

Charlo, Derevyanchenko, Sullivan and vanes

Its such a silly poll. Billy Joe Saunders is recovering from an injury and won't be ready until sometime in June. Charlo's busy. O'Sullivan already turned the fight down. Sergei D want too much money to make a short notice fight profitable. Of the people on the list the only option that is even remotely realistic is Vanes. And that option sucks.

[bigjavi973]

Its such a silly poll. Billy Joe Saunders is recovering from an injury and won't be ready until sometime in June. Charlo's busy. O'Sullivan already turned the fight down. Sergei D want too much money to make a short notice fight profitable. Of the people on the list the only option that is even remotely realistic is Vanes. And that option sucks.

please link me where derevyanchenko and dibella said they want more money?

this is the 1st I heard of this.....

[Citizen Koba]

thats pretty much it....

before it was understandable dudes actually didnt wanna fight him (especially guys his weight class) but then team ggg began flip flopping and now we see for ourselves that if they dont take this fight or the BJS fight this year they were bullshitting this entire time

Depends which 'entire time' you're refering to, but certainly things started going downhill IMO the moment team GGG seems to have become fixated on securing a Canelo/Cotto fight at almost any cost. Should have just forced Cotto to drop the strap (or fight) back in early '15 and moved on with his career. Should have fought Saunders at the earliest opportunity. Should have just got on with making the best fights available at any given time.

Of course, the temptations are obvious, and I can't exactly blame GGG for looking for the paydays any more than I would another fighter for doing the same, but effectively putting himself at the mercy of other fighters' whims has ultimately proved harmful for his career IMO. Hindsight's a wonderful thing though, and of course we've no way of knowing how things might have worked out otherwise - and anyway I suspect Golovkin's accountant may not agree with me.

[yankees7448]

S'Okay, I only knew cos I answered that one too.

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...d.php?t=778394

Anyway. The people have spoken! If Golovkin wants to maintain any credibility he needs to fight Derevyanchenko next, then Saunders when he becomes available, then Charlo then Murata (or whoever is WBA regular by then)... and he needs to fuck Canelo off.

WTF with this credibility bull*****. People here don't understand that boxing is a business and GGG's promoters aren't going to put on an event guaranteed to lose money just to keep GGG busy. That is why these no names (that Mexican welterweight), has beens (Vanes Mater"whatever the **** his name is) and never was (Irish guy who looks like Snidely Whiplash). Andrade and Sergei D. would want so much money that the fight would need to be on PPV to even have a chance of being successful but they aren't PPV draws. GGG would be lucky if that fight would earn the low 150k buys that the Lemieux fight earned since both guys are less popular than Lemieux was at the time.

GGG's team is trying to recover from a relatively last minute cancelation of a fight they have been preparing for. They are trying to get him to fight the best possible opponent under very trying circumstances (short notice, low cash offer). Its not easy.