Are we going to pretend that Golovkin didn't just pull off a huge power play here?

[fernandtg]

Where is aboutfntime?

He's around, saying that the Saunders deal is a complete lie by "team bullsh!it"

[IMDAZED]

I’m glad he held his ground. Where was Canelo going, really? The Jacobs fight was a reach.

[TonyGe]

If anyone got the W in these negotiations is Canelo. For the simple fact that he was able to expose GGG for the hypocrite he truly is. I mean GGG is the same guy that claimed is “all about the belts” or that he’s “no business man”. Yet, let himself get stripped of one of his precious belts by not agreeing to fight his mandatory b/c there wasn’t enough money in it for him. I mean are you all gonna ignore that fact like it isn’t true. Canelo was able to show GGG true colors in these negotiations not only that it was never about unifying the division like the excuse he used for not fighting Ward even though he said anyone from 154-168 but that all he ever cared about was the $$$. Cong**** Canelo for exposing GGG as the biggest diva in the boxing game today.

Wow it took all that to make yourself look foolish. You should have just said I don't have a clue so we didn't have to wade through a that drivel desperately looking for something plausible.

[Eastlos]

Wow it took all that to make yourself look foolish. You should have just said I don't have a clue so we didn't have to wade through a that drivel desperately looking for something plausible.

Sad how you desperately dismiss facts but unwittingly believe GGG actually came out a winner in these negotiations. Even though GGG was stripped of one belt and showed the only thing that really mattered to him was the money, LOL.

[Joe Beamish]

Round 1 goes to Golovkin. He gave everyone a lesson in negotiation.

That said, it's all about winning the fight. Can a 36 year old with a punch-eating style defeat a chemically enhanced boxer in his prime with a judge or two on the GoldenBoy payroll? Won't be easy.

[Smash]

The only idiots are the anti golovs who cried with everything he did since canelo cancelled the fight, golovkins plan panned out perfectly, actually even better then he planned it i would say, he had his eye on this sept rematch and thats what he got, hes laughing all the way to the bank

[sensfulviolence]

Team GGG bent Oscar over like he was at one of his coke parties.

All the bluster from GBP just revealed that they were really invested in the fight. They used the "this is the last offer!!!" line like 10 times!!

I also have to give props to the editorial staff of the Ring. Stripping Canelo of the (by then laughably illegitimite) Ring title undercut GBP a bit, days before the deal was signed. I can imagine they had to push up against alot of pressure from the business side folks at the RIng.

[TonyGe]

Sad how you desperately dismiss facts but unwittingly believe GGG actually came out a winner in these negotiations. Even though GGG was stripped of one belt and showed the only thing that really mattered to him was the money, LOL.

At this point in his career the money is important. If he can get the rematch fight for revenge and an unequaled payday good for him. Just because at the end of his career he is going for a money fight doesn't mean he didn't care about unifying. Look at Mayweather. Berto and then McGregor those fights were a joke. A lot of the guys who defended these are criticizing Golovkin for preferring to fight the second best Middleweight rather than an obscure fighter that brings nothing to his legacy and no money. Beating Canelo is the most meaningful fight he can take in his mind and he's going to get it. I applaude him.

[Eastlos]

At this point in his career the money is important. If he can get the rematch fight for revenge and an unequaled payday good for him. Just because at the end of his career he is going for a money fight doesn't mean he didn't care about unifying. Look at Mayweather. Berto and then McGregor those fights were a joke. A lot of the guys who defended these are criticizing Golovkin for preferring to fight the second best Middleweight rather than an obscure fighter that brings nothing to his legacy and no money. Beating Canelo is the most meaningful fight he can take in his mind and he's going to get it. I applaude him.

Now who’s looking foolish, LOL... First Mayweather is one of the biggest cherry pickers in the history of the sport, so you won’t hear any argument from me defending his antics. However, no one at the very least I are criticizing GGG for fighting Canelo but for fighting another bum in Vanes instead of his mandatory Deverychenko even though he knew the IBF wouldn’t sanction it. Don’t give him a pass because of his age this is the man that throughout his career claimed all he cared about was the belts and unifying the division but when he had a chance to do so i.e. last yr before the first Canelo fight GGG had a contract in place with Saunders to fight in Kazakhstan but turn it down for the more lucrative Canelo fight. GGG was expose for the fraud he was in these negotiations wether you see it that way or not the prove is in the pudding. He choose to get stripped instead of fighting his mando proving he couldn’t care less about the belts and held out for the most money he could to fight Canelo showing he was always the businessman he claimed to despise so much. Take your rose color glasses and see GGG for the hypocrite he is not the idol you think he is.

[Joe Beamish]

Agree. Golovkin is going to punish Canelo for all this drama. The youngster needs a lesson in discipline and Golovkin is going to deliver it. Get ready for the pain.

Why didn't this happen the first time?

Being more mad and trying even harder isn't going to change the matchup. Canelo is evasive enough -- and delivers enough punishment of his own -- to get to the cards.

And you know what happens when Canelo gets to the cards.