Comments Thread For: Loeffler: Golovkin, Derevyanchenko Must Be Paid More to Fight

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More than 30 minutes into an impromptu press conference to announce nothing Thursday, a reporter posed an essential question to Gennady Golovkin's promoter. Tom Loeffler was asked, rather than dragging out the search for Canelo Alvarez's replacement any longer, why doesn't Golovkin just fight Sergiy Derevyanchenko on May 5? The unbeaten, unknown Ukrainian is the mandatory challenger for Golovkin's IBF middleweight title and the primary reason Loeffler hasn't been able to announce an opponent for Golovkin's upcoming fight, tentatively scheduled for three weeks from Saturday night.
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[Junbengreat]

Ggg fans: ggg has over 300 Amateur fights and has fought every style. Hes the best MW in boxing history. He’s ready for any fighter.

Also ggg fans: ggg can’t fight Derevyanchenko because he doesn’t have enough time to prepare for south paw

[Ray*]

Not a good enough.

[icha]

Ggg fans: ggg has over 300 Amateur fights and has fought every style. Hes the best MW in boxing history. He’s ready for any fighter.

Also ggg fans: ggg can’t fight Derevyanchenko because he doesn’t have enough time to prepare for south paw

i think that the south paw was andrade not this guy, cant even use that excuse here..

[icha]

only one million available for fighters???
what kind of revenues are they getting??

[bigdunny1]

the clown Loeffler and Vanes both basically confirmed yesterday what I always felt. The money is VERY low. It also explains why Spike turned down their deal. He agreed to all the terms weeks ago when the fight was scheduled to be at the MGM Vegas on PPV. Once Loeffler realized that GGG wouldn't be able to sell at the MGM and to avoid a disaster where GGG is in a half empty arena they moved the fight out of vegas and off PPV to avoid a PPV flop. Then begged HBO to finance it but HBO isn't ****** and is only giving them a limited budget. That means you are left with two options

1. BOTH fighters take a equal discount
2. You give almost the entire budget to GGG and give literally nothing to the opponent

They are being cheap GGG doesn't want to take much of a paycut to make a better fight. Vanes himself was asked about the money and said I don't care about money if I win I'll get money after. Loeffler admitting they don't have money to offer as an excuse for ducking the IBF mandatory but how do you know what they are willing to fight for when you refuse to even negotiate a fight with Lou?

[Robbie Barrett]

They see an opportunity where they can get away with fighting a bum and they aren't going to let it go. Nobody is forcing them to fight May 5, they could easily push the fight back 1 month and fight the mandatory.

[Graz]

Using Loeffler’s logic I’m not sure anyone would be “suitable” for him or more importantly HBO. Money and only money is the driving force in any of these fights. K2 should be forced to have Golovkin fight the mandatory opponent if that mandatory is willing and able to fight. Bad business this boxing business.

[bigdunny1]

They see an opportunity where they can get away with fighting a bum and they aren't going to let it go. Nobody is forcing them to fight May 5, they could easily push the fight back 1 month and fight the mandatory.

BINGO. At first I was putting most of the blame on Loeffler just being a complete amateur clown. But listening to some of the comments yesterday especially from GGG it seems obvious Loeffler knows this is a terrible idea and wants to move the date but GGG is the stubborn idiot here. He really thinks that somehow him fighting on Cinco De Mayo even if it's a disaster against a 154lber that nobody cares about will make him a superstar. LMAO

GGG is the one who is fixated on this date. A date that has NO SIGNFICANCE to a kazaphukstan fighter. He's not mexican, he's not fighting a mexican, he's never fought on cinco de mayo, he's not fighting in vegas and he's not fighting on PPV. At this point somebody should explain to this idiot that this is hurting his image especially if it costs him the IBF belt in the process. There is no difference to a fighter like GGG fighting on May 5 then say June 15. Move the date get a real opponent more time to promote it and you can please your fans with a better fight. Everybody wins. Loeffer is over his head but he isn't an idiot. Unless this isn't about belts or fans and loeffler is just doing what GGG tells him the date should be canceled. This is a bad look for GGG and somebody needs to explain that to him.

[MaksBox]

They see an opportunity where they can get away with fighting a bum and they aren't going to let it go. Nobody is forcing them to fight May 5, they could easily push the fight back 1 month and fight the mandatory.

But then the issue is, Golden Boy/Canelo do not want GGG to fight anyone before the rematch, unless it is their own fighter.