Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan vs Berlin Abreu May 4th

[El Gitano]

Canelo / Spike - September 2018
Canelo / GGG - May 2019

[j0zef]

It'll be competitive. Two sucky guys match up well.

This is just wrong. Not all "bums" are the same, and not all "sucky guys" match up well.

Seriously, this is a ridiculous comment I'm not even sure how to phrase this nicely. This dude is like a top50 WW.

[Mammoth]

This is just wrong. Not all "bums" are the same, and not all "sucky guys" match up well.

Seriously, this is a ridiculous comment I'm not even sure how to phrase this nicely. This dude is like a top50 WW.

And he's fighting a top 50 middleweight, bro....

[True That]

So it was a travesty for Triple G to fight Spike, but it's okay for Canelo.

Yeah, that makes sense.

[dan_cov]

Berlin Abreu? That the opponent or venue? Sounds like a German football stadium.

[DuckAdonis]

Horrible fight

[Mammoth]

Horrible fight

Spike's just trying to fit in with everybody else at 160

[Boksfan]

New Golden Boy deal for Spike O’Sullivan – Golovkin/Canelo remains the end-goal
By irishboxing | on April 23, 2018 |

Massive middleweight names Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez remain a big possibility for Gary O’Sullivan – indeed a new deal with American promotional giant Golden Boy could see ‘Spike fight one of the pound-for-pound ranked fighters in December according to his coach and manager Paschal Collins.

In the past few months the Cork middleweight has accepted fights with Danny Jacobs, Alvarez, and Golovkin but has seen all three fall through.

Initially set to face Jacobs in New York this weekend, the Mahon man’s co-promoters Golden Boy blocked this fight.

The U.S. giant wanted to build O’Sullivan as a potential opponent for Canelo – who at that stage was still set to rematch Golovkin in Las Vegas on May 5th. The 33-year-old Leesider would fight the night before and then face Canelo in Las Vegas if the Mexican lost to GGG or in a Texas Stadium if Canelo won and claimed the middleweight throne.

Two failed drug tests for Canelo looked to have messed up O’Sullivan’s plans, but a prize that was more than just consolation reared its head.

Spike became the front-runner to replace Canelo as ‘Golovkin’s May 5th opponent. The Celtic Warrior Gym character agreed to the deal Team GGG sent out for potential replacements and looked all set for his ‘dream’ fight.

However, after the offer, which was already substantially less than the purse offer to fight Canelo in September, was halved, shifting the risk-reward scales significantly, O’Sullivan’s team pulled him out of the running.

No doubt the fighter would have still considered challenging for the IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight crowns, but Collins, Murphys Boxing, and Golden Boy all had other ideas and still plan for O’Sullivan to face one of the superstars at the end of the year.

“The risk far outweighed the reward. The reward outweighed the risk initially but then the risk started to outweigh the reward,” Paschal Collins told SportsJoe.

“Golden Boy along with Ken Casey from Murphys Boxing came along with a better offer. They said to Spike that he was marketable but that he could also beat Golovkin with the right camp.”

“They said we’re not going to prevent you from fighting him but here’s what we can do for you. They came back with an offer within 30 minutes – in writing.

“Then Golden Boy said here’s what we’re willing to do for you and they came with a three-fight deal. They made us an offer we couldn’t refuse.”

The new deal replaces and improves upon O’Sullivan’s original four-fight TV deal with the promoter – which he kicked off with a stunning upset knockout win over Antoine Douglas in December. The first fight of his new contract takes place next Friday [May 4th] at the StubHub Centre just outside Los Angeles.

Another fight would then come in the late Summer or early Autumn before, all going well, a huge fight with Golovkin or Canelo.

Collins outlined how “we can still fight Canelo or Golovkin because the third fight [of the deal] is going to be to face the winner of that rematch.

“It’ll probably be December if it’s Golovkin or probably next April or May if it’s Canelo,” Collins added before suggesting O’Sullivan’s disappointment is being offset by a big financial windfall.

“We know what deal we have, we can’t disclose it right now, but it’s a three-fight deal. Financially, he can earn more money than some world champions have earned in the last two years for his next three fights. That’s how much they [Golden Boy] want to market him because it’s not always about being a world champion.”


What the **** is this bull****?

It's not about being a world champion? Delahoya just went full ******ed.

[Citizen Koba]

New Golden Boy deal for Spike O’Sullivan – Golovkin/Canelo remains the end-goal
By irishboxing | on April 23, 2018 |

Massive middleweight names Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez remain a big possibility for Gary O’Sullivan – indeed a new deal with American promotional giant Golden Boy could see ‘Spike fight one of the pound-for-pound ranked fighters in December according to his coach and manager Paschal Collins.

In the past few months the Cork middleweight has accepted fights with Danny Jacobs, Alvarez, and Golovkin but has seen all three fall through.

Initially set to face Jacobs in New York this weekend, the Mahon man’s co-promoters Golden Boy blocked this fight.

The U.S. giant wanted to build O’Sullivan as a potential opponent for Canelo – who at that stage was still set to rematch Golovkin in Las Vegas on May 5th. The 33-year-old Leesider would fight the night before and then face Canelo in Las Vegas if the Mexican lost to GGG or in a Texas Stadium if Canelo won and claimed the middleweight throne.

Two failed drug tests for Canelo looked to have messed up O’Sullivan’s plans, but a prize that was more than just consolation reared its head.

Spike became the front-runner to replace Canelo as ‘Golovkin’s May 5th opponent. The Celtic Warrior Gym character agreed to the deal Team GGG sent out for potential replacements and looked all set for his ‘dream’ fight.

However, after the offer, which was already substantially less than the purse offer to fight Canelo in September, was halved, shifting the risk-reward scales significantly, O’Sullivan’s team pulled him out of the running.

No doubt the fighter would have still considered challenging for the IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight crowns, but Collins, Murphys Boxing, and Golden Boy all had other ideas and still plan for O’Sullivan to face one of the superstars at the end of the year.

“The risk far outweighed the reward. The reward outweighed the risk initially but then the risk started to outweigh the reward,” Paschal Collins told SportsJoe.

“Golden Boy along with Ken Casey from Murphys Boxing came along with a better offer. They said to Spike that he was marketable but that he could also beat Golovkin with the right camp.”

“They said we’re not going to prevent you from fighting him but here’s what we can do for you. They came back with an offer within 30 minutes – in writing.

“Then Golden Boy said here’s what we’re willing to do for you and they came with a three-fight deal. They made us an offer we couldn’t refuse.”

The new deal replaces and improves upon O’Sullivan’s original four-fight TV deal with the promoter – which he kicked off with a stunning upset knockout win over Antoine Douglas in December. The first fight of his new contract takes place next Friday [May 4th] at the StubHub Centre just outside Los Angeles.

Another fight would then come in the late Summer or early Autumn before, all going well, a huge fight with Golovkin or Canelo.

Collins outlined how “we can still fight Canelo or Golovkin because the third fight [of the deal] is going to be to face the winner of that rematch.

“It’ll probably be December if it’s Golovkin or probably next April or May if it’s Canelo,” Collins added before suggesting O’Sullivan’s disappointment is being offset by a big financial windfall.

“We know what deal we have, we can’t disclose it right now, but it’s a three-fight deal. Financially, he can earn more money than some world champions have earned in the last two years for his next three fights. That’s how much they [Golden Boy] want to market him because it’s not always about being a world champion.”


What the **** is this bull****?

That starts to smell a little like GBP deliberately tried to get in the way of Spike vs GGG after initially setting it up. One can only speculate as to why... its not like there ain't a dozen guys that they could have got for Canelo next that could have taken O'Sullivans place.

[j0zef]

And he's fighting a top 50 middleweight, bro....

Not sure how to take crap like this seriously. Spike lost to BJS, who's a top5 MW, and Eubank, who's a top5 SMW. I know it's fashionable to bash Golovkin's opponents, but do people actually bother using their heads when spewing stuff like this?