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Canelo catchweight saga:
"If he wants to fight with me, let him come down to 155 and I'll fight him whatever day he wants. At this moment, my body isn't ready for 160 pounds. Maybe 1 or 2 more years I'll be ready for 160, I don't know, but I'd be delighted to fight someone like Gennady. He's a great fighter and I think it would be a great fight. I'd be delighted to get him in a fight."
“There is no chance that I will go to 155-pounds for a ‘Canelo’ fight. The division limit is 160 pounds, this is my weight class. I am a fighter, I am here not for business. I fight at middleweight or super middleweight. So, no chance I go to 156 or 158, that’s just business. I think I would go to 154 just for a fight with Floyd Mayweather. He is number one in the world,” Golovkin told ESPN Deportes.
“Yes, I understand that [a loss would hurt his brand],” Golovkin told The Times. “I understand this decision is maybe 20 percent Canelo’s and 80 percent [his promoter], Golden Boy. It’s business, but it’s not respectful of boxing. Everyone says Canelo is a great champion, the idol of Mexico. The idol for what? For boxing? No. Or as a businessman? Right now, he looks like a businessman.”
Kell Brook and failed CW request:
“I’ve also in touch with Tom Loeffler, Gennady Golovkin’s manager and promoter, regarding the possibility of fighting Golovkin in a catchweight contest at 157lbs,” said Hearn to the dailystar.co.uk.
https://www.************.com/2016/03...ch-weight-157/
“I think he’s too small,” Golovkin said when asked by Fighthype.com if he would be willing to fight Brook at a catch-weight of 157lbs. “My focus is on 160 middleweight division. Kell Brook and evergbody are just trash talking. If he’s ready, of course, I’ll fight Canelo because he’s middleweight champion. My focus is on middleweight division and the belts in the middleweight division. I don’t feel I’m the next [Mike Tyson]. Too much. I’m Triple G, Gennady Golovkin.”
https://www.************.com/2016/04/208692/
"I just said to Tom Loeffler that Kell would fight Golovkin at 156, 157-pounds. And he said 'well, I don't know if we'll go below 160.' And I said 'well I'm telling you, I mean it, he will do it.' I think they have plans to stay at 160, but Kell will fight him."
On Cotto and catchweight:
"My focus is at 160 right now. I want a unification fight," Golovkin said. "For me, it's very important, who's the best in the middleweight division? Who are the champions right now? A lot of champions. Miguel Cotto, Peter Quillin, Sam Soliman. Guys, you need show? You need amazing show? Just call me. I'll stay here. I'm ready for everybody."
Asked to name the fighter he wants to face first, Golovkin was clear. "Miguel Cotto. 100%, I respect him, I respect his style. This is the biggest fight for everybody. For TV, for my fans, for everybody. For boxing."
"I'll tell you the difference. Miguel has received a lot of criticism for requiring these different catch-weights. When he fought Sergio Martinez...Sergio was not obligated to fight him so Sergio agreed to 159-pounds. Then when Daniele Geale agreed to take the fight at 157-pounds, he voluntarily agreed to that. Now that they've negotiated 155-pounds [for Canelo], they both voluntarily agreed to it," Loeffler explained to BoxingScene.com.
"But when you have a mandate, and you have to defend the middleweight title at the middleweight limit, then as far as the weight is concerned, from our perspective, there is no reason to negotiate the weight. We can negotiate a lot of the other factors or we can go to a purse bid."
On Ward:
“GGG is now clearly the ‘A’ side yet Ward still would want to dictate terms, which makes no sense,” Loeffler said. “GGG would fight Ward on a 50-50 basis, the best 160-pounder versus the best 168-pounder (at) 164 (and) a 50-50 split on all proceeds. But it seems like Ward needs more tune-up fights.”
https://www.************.com/2015/07...-basis-at-164/
“Ward wants to fight Golovkin, and he wants to fight next, but it won’t happen at 164-pounds. By accepting 168 with Carl Froch and Chavez Jr., but then demanding 164 with Ward – it’s their way of saying, ‘we don’t want to fight Andre Ward,” the source revealed to Boxing Scene.https://www.frontproofmedia.com/boxi...a-boxing-voice
"Little G' turned down an official fight with us," Ward told the reporter. "The reality is for all the talk ... the proof is in the pudding. I have an email right now that shows we gave them what they want ... 50/50 ... and the man -- the promoter --turned it down, said maybe 2017."
Quickly after the video was posted, Golovkin's Los Angeles-based promoter Tom Loeffler called The Times to refute that version of events, stressing he wanted to clarify the "context" of his rejection.
Loeffler said the email from an official of Ward's promoter, Roc Nation Sports, extends a 50/50 purse-split offer to fight in 2016 after each fighter took one fight earlier in the year.
"It would've been a bad deal to take," Loeffler said.
"If the pay-per-view for the Lemieux fight is what we think it should be, Gennady would deserve more than 50% against Ward, considering Ward has barely fought outside of California," Loeffler said. "So it's unreasonable to ask us to commit to that right now."
Loeffler said his emailed reply to Ward's camp was that if Ward was still at 168 pounds in early 2017, Golovkin would be pleased to consider the bout at that point.
There are your sources. Again, Gennady is a fun fighter but he clearly ducked a lot of fights from 2015 onward. A shame, but every fighter goes through this sort of thing.
"If he wants to fight with me, let him come down to 155 and I'll fight him whatever day he wants. At this moment, my body isn't ready for 160 pounds. Maybe 1 or 2 more years I'll be ready for 160, I don't know, but I'd be delighted to fight someone like Gennady. He's a great fighter and I think it would be a great fight. I'd be delighted to get him in a fight."
“There is no chance that I will go to 155-pounds for a ‘Canelo’ fight. The division limit is 160 pounds, this is my weight class. I am a fighter, I am here not for business. I fight at middleweight or super middleweight. So, no chance I go to 156 or 158, that’s just business. I think I would go to 154 just for a fight with Floyd Mayweather. He is number one in the world,” Golovkin told ESPN Deportes.
“Yes, I understand that [a loss would hurt his brand],” Golovkin told The Times. “I understand this decision is maybe 20 percent Canelo’s and 80 percent [his promoter], Golden Boy. It’s business, but it’s not respectful of boxing. Everyone says Canelo is a great champion, the idol of Mexico. The idol for what? For boxing? No. Or as a businessman? Right now, he looks like a businessman.”
Kell Brook and failed CW request:
“I’ve also in touch with Tom Loeffler, Gennady Golovkin’s manager and promoter, regarding the possibility of fighting Golovkin in a catchweight contest at 157lbs,” said Hearn to the dailystar.co.uk.
https://www.************.com/2016/03...ch-weight-157/
“I think he’s too small,” Golovkin said when asked by Fighthype.com if he would be willing to fight Brook at a catch-weight of 157lbs. “My focus is on 160 middleweight division. Kell Brook and evergbody are just trash talking. If he’s ready, of course, I’ll fight Canelo because he’s middleweight champion. My focus is on middleweight division and the belts in the middleweight division. I don’t feel I’m the next [Mike Tyson]. Too much. I’m Triple G, Gennady Golovkin.”
https://www.************.com/2016/04/208692/
"I just said to Tom Loeffler that Kell would fight Golovkin at 156, 157-pounds. And he said 'well, I don't know if we'll go below 160.' And I said 'well I'm telling you, I mean it, he will do it.' I think they have plans to stay at 160, but Kell will fight him."
On Cotto and catchweight:
"My focus is at 160 right now. I want a unification fight," Golovkin said. "For me, it's very important, who's the best in the middleweight division? Who are the champions right now? A lot of champions. Miguel Cotto, Peter Quillin, Sam Soliman. Guys, you need show? You need amazing show? Just call me. I'll stay here. I'm ready for everybody."
Asked to name the fighter he wants to face first, Golovkin was clear. "Miguel Cotto. 100%, I respect him, I respect his style. This is the biggest fight for everybody. For TV, for my fans, for everybody. For boxing."
"I'll tell you the difference. Miguel has received a lot of criticism for requiring these different catch-weights. When he fought Sergio Martinez...Sergio was not obligated to fight him so Sergio agreed to 159-pounds. Then when Daniele Geale agreed to take the fight at 157-pounds, he voluntarily agreed to that. Now that they've negotiated 155-pounds [for Canelo], they both voluntarily agreed to it," Loeffler explained to BoxingScene.com.
"But when you have a mandate, and you have to defend the middleweight title at the middleweight limit, then as far as the weight is concerned, from our perspective, there is no reason to negotiate the weight. We can negotiate a lot of the other factors or we can go to a purse bid."
On Ward:
“GGG is now clearly the ‘A’ side yet Ward still would want to dictate terms, which makes no sense,” Loeffler said. “GGG would fight Ward on a 50-50 basis, the best 160-pounder versus the best 168-pounder (at) 164 (and) a 50-50 split on all proceeds. But it seems like Ward needs more tune-up fights.”
https://www.************.com/2015/07...-basis-at-164/
“Ward wants to fight Golovkin, and he wants to fight next, but it won’t happen at 164-pounds. By accepting 168 with Carl Froch and Chavez Jr., but then demanding 164 with Ward – it’s their way of saying, ‘we don’t want to fight Andre Ward,” the source revealed to Boxing Scene.https://www.frontproofmedia.com/boxi...a-boxing-voice
"Little G' turned down an official fight with us," Ward told the reporter. "The reality is for all the talk ... the proof is in the pudding. I have an email right now that shows we gave them what they want ... 50/50 ... and the man -- the promoter --turned it down, said maybe 2017."
Quickly after the video was posted, Golovkin's Los Angeles-based promoter Tom Loeffler called The Times to refute that version of events, stressing he wanted to clarify the "context" of his rejection.
Loeffler said the email from an official of Ward's promoter, Roc Nation Sports, extends a 50/50 purse-split offer to fight in 2016 after each fighter took one fight earlier in the year.
"It would've been a bad deal to take," Loeffler said.
"If the pay-per-view for the Lemieux fight is what we think it should be, Gennady would deserve more than 50% against Ward, considering Ward has barely fought outside of California," Loeffler said. "So it's unreasonable to ask us to commit to that right now."
Loeffler said his emailed reply to Ward's camp was that if Ward was still at 168 pounds in early 2017, Golovkin would be pleased to consider the bout at that point.
There are your sources. Again, Gennady is a fun fighter but he clearly ducked a lot of fights from 2015 onward. A shame, but every fighter goes through this sort of thing.
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