Comments Thread For: Loeffler: Bidding War For Golovkin, Surprised By HBO Withdraw

[Bronx2245]

I was actually thinking about that fight too.

GGG has always been compared to B-Hop, well let's see how he does @ 168? Smith vs. Golovkin should bring in some money in the UK! GGG doesn't like Las Vegas, might as well go see what it would be like in London!

[KTFOKING]

I say that because there are other sports programing on ESPN.

But TR has 30 dates to fill on ESPN and ESPN+ not including the international cards. You would need a Haymon type of stable to pull that off. So they are looking for as many cards as possible from other promoters.

[Motorcity Cobra]

That was before HBO pulled the plug.

Yea I know. I find it weird that they'd tell him that while knowing they were going to announce they are canceling boxing after that Canelo-GGG fight. If they didn't know it seems like a rash decision

[filup79]

I would like to see GGG vs. Callum Smith @ 168! I don't think he'll do it because he won't be able to come back to 160 (not at his age) if he beefs up for 168! So I think GGG should wait to see what network deal Canelo makes, and then plan a course to Canelo from there!

Floyd could go up to fight at 154 for a fight even though he didn't hit 154 on the scales but GGG can't do the same? If GGG was the elite fighter people say he is, he would have no problem.

[Eff Pandas]

The Top Ten (TBRB) & Who They Are Affiliated With:

GBP/Free Agents Currently: Canelo & Lemieux
Queensberry/Open to dealing with others: BJS
PBC/Showtime+Fox: Charlo & Derevyanchenko
Arum/ESPN: Murata
Matchroom/DAZN: Andrade & Murray
Free Agent: Jacobs (supposedly his deal with Matchroom + HBO is up after his next fight so he could up up resigning with Matchroom/DAZN or going back to PBC/Showtime+Fox)

And Kautondokwa seems completely unaffiliated outside of Africa at the moment, but if BJS gets stripped then it sounds like DAZN will offer him a one fight deal that would likely be extended if he beat Andrade.

Looking at the landscape I still say the sexiest immediate option is Murata in Japan on ESPN. BUT if its not a one fight deal perhaps with a rematch clause if he loses or its close idk that that makes sense for GGG. Beyond that the fights that most interest me are GGG vs Charlo & Derevyanchenko so I'm rooting for Showtime/Fox. And its worth noting where Canelo & Jacobs land could help make this decision for GGG if he waits for those decisions to be made.

[yankees7448]

GGG should link himself up with PBC and Showtime. They've got plenty of great fighters in that corner of the boxing universe and I am pretty sure Canelo will go to Showtime as well.

[Bronx2245]

Floyd could go up to fight at 154 for a fight even though he didn't hit 154 on the scales but GGG can't do the same? If GGG was the elite fighter people say he is, he would have no problem.

a) Floyd didn't do it @ 37, b) GGG is not on the same level as Floyd! I do think he could go up to 168 and be successful, but I don't think he can go to 168, and back down to 160, in the same year!

[j.razor]

I was actually thinking about that fight too.

That fight is wack. We want

Jermall vs golovkin!

[j.razor]

I can honestly see Hearn using GGG to lure a younger middleweight like Charlo over to DAZN. Or just to put in against Andrade or the Miracle Man who are already on his books

PBC Fighters know what they have & will not settle for less so I doubt Jermall goes with hearn. hearn has to put up the guarantee money up front. I still want to see

Jermall vs golovkin!

[j.razor]

How so? GGG has no belts. Charlo will chase Alvarez who possesses the belts and the golden financial ticket. If anything, he'll use Andrade and Jacobs to lure GGG. One or both of those guys may have a title for GGG to chase.

You don't believe that do you? We know Triple L is NOT going to fight another good fighter for the rest of his career cuz we already saw what happened….LMMFAO!

Jermall vs golovkin!