GGG should fight Callum Smith at 168 to save his legacy.

[Madison Boxing]

His resume' consists of exactly what though? It's not really all that good of a resume' and the top spot at 168 should be vacant until proven otherwise.

Majority of the top guys at that weight class didn't enter the tournament unlike at say CW, so just because Smith won doesn't make him the top dog at 168.

Its not smiths fault the others didnt want to prove themselves

[KTFOKING]

His win over Groves is the best win anybody has at 168. Pretty much everybody has him ranked #1 at SMW.

I don't know if a win over a past his best Groves gets you the top spot. Plant was equally as impressive if not more impressive beating Uzcategui.

We need to see more from all these guys before saying one is better than the other. But aside from Groves, that resume' is not impressive at all. Could say the same about Plant minus the Uzcategui win. And then Benavidez looks the goods but what top guy has he beaten?

[KTFOKING]

Its not smiths fault the others didnt want to prove themselves

You are right about it not being Smith's fault. However, he doesn't just get the claim as the top dog with a past his best Groves as his really only solid win.

If there was a WW tournament and it consisted of say Berto/Ortiz/Alexander/Porter/Khan/O'campo/Peterson/Lipinets and Khan came out on top, would anyone really be saying he is the top dog at WW since the other elite fighters at 147 didn't enter the tourney? No, no they wouldn't. Now, if let's say majority but not all top guys entered the tournament and Smith won? Then yeah, his claim as the best would be more valid.

[pillowfists98]

I don't know if a win over a past his best Groves gets you the top spot. Plant was equally as impressive if not more impressive beating Uzcategui.

We need to see more from all these guys before saying one is better than the other. But aside from Groves, that resume' is not impressive at all. Could say the same about Plant minus the Uzcategui win. And then Benavidez looks the goods but what top guy has he beaten?

That's just revisionist history. Smith was the underdog going into the Groves fight.

[Madison Boxing]

You are right about it not being Smith's fault. However, he doesn't just get the claim as the top dog with a past his best Groves as his really only solid win.

If there was a WW tournament and it consisted of say Berto/Ortiz/Alexander/Porter/Khan/O'campo/Peterson/Lipinets and Khan came out on top, would anyone really be saying he is the top dog at WW since the other elite fighters at 147 didn't enter the tourney? No, no they wouldn't. Now, if let's say majority but not all top guys entered the tournament and Smith won? Then yeah, his claim as the best would be more valid.

Groves isn't some bum. Its no worse a win than spences best win against brook and ive seen him as high as p4p number 3 based on that. Probably a better win than any of Crawford's whos p4p numver 1 on some list. People just dont count the 168 tourney cause it was a uk fighter who won it, its that simple.

[KTFOKING]

That's just revisionist history. Smith was the underdog going into the Groves fight.

Okay? That was close to a pick-em fight.

By those standards Plant was a 4:1 underdog when the odds opened up. And he was still a far bigger underdog the day of the fight compared to Smith against Groves.

[KTFOKING]

Groves isn't some bum. Its no worse a win than spences best win against brook and ive seen him as high as p4p number 3 based on that. Probably a better win than any of Crawford's whos p4p numver 1 on some list. People just dont count the 168 tourney cause it was a uk fighter who won it, its that simple.

So people county the CW tournament because it had a Ukranian win it but it doesn't count the 168 tournament because it had a Brit win it? Huh? How the hell does that make any sense?

No, the tournament counts, why wouldn't it? It's just win the other top guys don't enter it, the winner of the 168 tournament doesn't get the same respect as Usyk who had damn near ALL the other top guys in the tournament.

To be clear, I'm not saying Smith is/isn't the top dog at 168, but he's done nothing to separate himself from the pack. Nothing about his resume' says he is the best. And like I said, Plan'ts win over Uzcategui is as impressive, if not as impressive as the Groves win for Smith. Let the division play out a bit before claiming someone is the best.

[boliodogs]

If he's truly not interested in the Canelo trilogy then why bother staying at 160 if you aren't going to fight the top dog? GGG is almost 37 years old, the clock is ticking and knocking off the #1 guy at 168 would be massive for his legacy. As much as I would love to see Golovkin beat the hell out of Charlo, the Smith fight is the best one out there for him.

Of course he is interested in fighting Canelo again. Oscar said he was going all out to make the Canelo vs GGG third fight and then one day later it's official that Canelo is fighting Jacobs next. It's plain as day that Canelo fighting Jacobs was always the plan and a third fight with GGG NEVER was the plan. No offer was ever made to GGG for a 3rd Canelo fight and that's why we have heard nothing from GGG about this offer that never existed. GGG was the middleweight champion for many years with 20 successful title defenses and 18 of those were won by KO. That's a good legacy right there. GGG fighting Smith would be a great fight for GGG and a fight I think he would win. His team has said they were very interested in GGG fighting Callum Smith for the 168 pound world title so maybe it will happen.

[Robbie Barrett]

Of course he is interested in fighting Canelo again. Oscar said he was going all out to make the Canelo vs GGG third fight and then one day later it's official that Canelo is fighting Jacobs next. It's plain as day that Canelo fighting Jacobs was always the plan and a third fight with GGG NEVER was the plan. No offer was ever made to GGG for a 3rd Canelo fight and that's why we have heard nothing from GGG about this offer that never existed. GGG was the middleweight champion for many years with 20 successful title defenses and 18 of those were won by KO. That's a good legacy right there. GGG fighting Smith would be a great fight for GGG and a fight I think he would win. His team has said they were very interested in GGG fighting Callum Smith for the 168 pound world title so maybe it will happen.

Cool fantasy bro....


Golovkin was an hype job. They built him up as unstoppable force that nobody could stand up to. Then he got pushed back by a smaller fighter moving up.

[boliodogs]

So people county the CW tournament because it had a Ukranian win it but it doesn't count the 168 tournament because it had a Brit win it? Huh? How the hell does that make any sense?

No, the tournament counts, why wouldn't it? It's just win the other top guys don't enter it, the winner of the 168 tournament doesn't get the same respect as Usyk who had damn near ALL the other top guys in the tournament.

To be clear, I'm not saying Smith is/isn't the top dog at 168, but he's done nothing to separate himself from the pack. Nothing about his resume' says he is the best. And like I said, Plan'ts win over Uzcategui is as impressive, if not as impressive as the Groves win for Smith. Let the division play out a bit before claiming someone is the best.

I consider Callum Smith the number 1 168 pound champion and someone must beat him at 168 before they can rightfully call themselves number 1 at 168. I think he is much better than Zurdo and Plant.