Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin is 'No. 1 Choice' For Callum Smith, Says Hearn

[Fangedgrowl]

No problem with that match up, that is a BIGGER and more dangerous Challenge than Rocky Fielding so he would be One Upping Canelo a bit here

Yes, Like it. Think GGG needs to stay at 168 after this.

[uppercut510]

Well personally I'd prefer to see him face Smith. I'd like to see how he does at 168. Especially against a legit guy.

Him and Smith are 2 fighters I'm a big fan of, and it would take place in a stadium that's special to me as I've been going there for the football almost every other Saturday since I was a toddler.
So it ticks all the boxes for me. Each to their own though.

I thought he said he was too small for 168, id personally rather see him fight charlo since hes the mandatory and the same division.

[Chrismart]

I thought he said he was too small for 168, id personally rather see him fight charlo since hes the mandatory and the same division.

I've no idea to be honest mate.

I'd like to see him face Smith, but I'd be surprised if he went up and then back down in weight at this stage in his career, and I think Canelo 3 will be the idea before hanging them up.

[Dontbeahater]

Comparing Mikey and Golovkin? No. Merely pointing out an error and asking a question to determine if the poster I was responding to is exhibiting double standards or not. The Mikey vs Campbell fight just happened to be next on the list of those 'ordered' by the WBC on Oct 3rd on the site I looked at.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2018/10/3/17933516/wbc-orders-golovkin-charlo-santa-cruz-russell-jr-other-fights

And sure, you have the right to hate on whoever you want, and you certainly don't need to justify it to me - freedom of speech is a wonderful thing. It seems a bit pathetic to me to use that right hate on any fighter, but we're all entitled to make our own minds up on how to behave.

I'm all for that but after listening to the years of ggg hype train, I was seriously expecting a lot more from him. Just shows how fast public opinion changes if action don't match words. I hope ggg fights 2 dare to be great fights before he retires so he can show his true potential.

[aboutfkntime]

Sergio did but cotto fight was there for ggg. Ggg just wouldn't compromise to meet cotto at 155 or 156. I mean only all the top boxers in history have compromised when they were building their names up but I guess ggg is truly special!

exactly !

props to you for knowing whats up

lets not blame Cotto for a decision that was made by Golovkin

and no way had Golovkin done anything to step in front of Martinez money-fight with Cotto..... in fact, he still hasn't

Are you comparing Mikey and ggg? Mikey doesn't have the hype that ggg had. And he's daring to be great against Spence.
Mikey has fought bigger fighters before. Ggg has never....

Ggg deserves all this hate since the hype He and his team created was impossible for him to back up unless he took difficult fights and destroyed them.

Guess what he took fights everyone thought he would kill ( Canelo Jacobs) and was exposed as not a fraud. He's a good boxer but he's not what ggg said he was.

Now with no resume, everyone will pick him apart. If he was humble and didn't call out everyone /make new excuses at every turn, he would have much more respect with fans.

good post !

[rickJen]

Arum and Hearn see Golovkin as a money fight for their fighters.
Not as big as the Canelo, though, but certainly more lucrative than Monroe-level fight.
Haymon don't see the same thing. He sees GGG a threat for Charlo.

[aboutfkntime]

I'm all for that but after listening to the years of ggg hype train, I was seriously expecting a lot more from him. Just shows how fast public opinion changes if action don't match words. I hope ggg fights 2 dare to be great fights before he retires so he can show his true potential.

and another good post, agree with you entirely

like you said, their actions do not match their words

just like the bottom line in this article.....

Golovkin & Ward: Who Is Ducking Who?

" Whatever you think of Golovkin the fighter, there is a serious mismatch here between his team’s words and their deeds "

https://www.thefightcity.com/golovkin-vs-ward-gennady-golovkin-andre-ward-kovalev-boxing/

[aboutfkntime]

again.....

this article is quoting Hearn, saying Golovkin is SMITH'S first choice

it says nothing about Golovkin, who may not even be aware of the comment

there is NOTHING to indicate that this fight will happen

EVERYTHING indicates that this fight will not happen

just another ggg-fantasy-fight

[Usetoloveboxing]

Sergio did but cotto fight was there for ggg. Ggg just wouldn't compromise to meet cotto at 155 or 156. I mean only all the top boxers in history have compromised when they were building their names up but I guess ggg is truly special!

I'm not even getting into that debate. I've read this argument on this thread for years, didn't comment then, not going to now. Anyone who knows boxing knows how boxing works. Lord forbid Charlo ever takes step aside money, this thread will be in fine form.

[kushking]

Dude hasn't got a title, ergo he doesn't have a mandatory. The WBC have stipulated that he must beat Charlo if he wants to be instated as mandatory to Canelo - but that is in no way a mandatory fight in the ordinary sense. Sanctioning orgs have no leverage to make anyone fight anyone unless they have a belt, and even then a fighter is always entitled to just drop that trinket in the trash. Woulda thought anyone with even a basic understanding of how the sport works would know that.

Do you consider that Mikey is also 'ducking' Luke Campbell?

If ggg was fighting someone better than Charlo then it'd be comparable to mikey,til then its all talk & ducking. Or should say silence & ducking.