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GGG already sort of took a dive in his first legacy fight. Who says he won't again?

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  • #31
    Originally posted by Boxing Logic View Post
    In a taped media dinner before the GGG-Lemieux fight, Max Kellerman asked GGG about coming up short in the biggest fight of his career, the gold medal match at the Olympics. GGG revealed that before the match, his coach told him Khazakstan was only allowed one gold medal in boxing that year*, and that it was going to go to the other Khazak fighter in the finals. So, GGG revealed, he didn't actually "come up short" in a real fight, but rather he basically phoned in that performance knowing it was predetermined that he would lose.

    When you're told before a fight that you're supposed to lose, and then you don't try to win, and you keep it a secret for years, isn't that called taking a dive?
    After working his whole life to reach the pinnacle of amateur boxing, an Olympic gold medal, when GGG was told before hand that the judges had a pre-determined winner, did he report it to the media? No. Did he go to the Olympic commission to try to prevent getting robbed? No. Did he file a complaint or appeal? As far as I know, no.

    Instead, it seems GGG went along with what the establishment wanted, and even, as far as I know, kept it a secret for them for the next decade-plus. And back then, all that was on the line was a gold medal.

    This time, it's a 26 year old Mexican cash cow who, if he wins, is on track to generate billions for the sport of boxing over the next decade. GGG on the other hand is 35 years old, and if he wins, he may not be able to generate nearly as much money over the rest of his career.

    So if GGG was willing to essentially take a dive in the first legacy fight of his career when all that was on the line was a gold medal, without telling anybody about it or taking any steps to stop it and protect his chances to achieve his dream, how do we know he won't take a dive when billions of dollars are on the line now?

    Who knows, maybe he'll even get a cut from the rest of Canelo's career earnings, like Oscar does from Pacquiao fights? If you were willing to do it once already for no other reason than your coach told you to, then why should fans believe you won't be willing to do it again for tens of millions of dollars?
    wow what is the source for this?

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    • #32
      Most of the dubious decisions we see in amateur boxing go in favor of those irrelevant -stan countries, not the other way around.

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      • #33
        Did you ask yourself if maybe GGG is lying? I think his story is incredibly ridiculous

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        • #34
          Originally posted by hateinyaeyes32 View Post
          Did you ask yourself if maybe GGG is lying? I think his story is incredibly ridiculous
          I don't think he's lying. He's on a small team tight knit. He felt that the team comes first so he was good soldier and followed orders. Look at his family situation. His brother didn't go on with his career because the family decided that G would continue because he was older by a few minutes. The guy lives in a foreign country that was struggling. Independent thinking isn't encouraged in those environments. I think it's perfectly plausible that G is telling the truth.

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