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

[IMDAZED]

Again, easily the dumbest poster and worst alt on NSB. The human psyche is so fascinating. People don't come here to talk boxing like an Eff Pandas, Red Foxx & co. Instead, they come to do this.

[BrometheusBob.]

This is a Space Jam level reach

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[daggum]

that punch that canelo hit ggg with was not a low blow it was borderline! legit win! too early?

[boliodogs]

You are really reaching to find some dirt on GGG. If he doesn't beat Canelo it won't be because he didn't fight his heart out trying to win. The closer the fight gets the thicker the BS gets but it won't change the results.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Timothy Bradley says we are going to see the best GGG that we have ever seen.

And Joel "I'MA STOP IT!!" Diaz already said Bradley was brain damaged from the Provodnikov fight, so we should probably listen to the opposite of what Tim says.

[satiev1]

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?

Umm no nice trolling attempt but what he said was he was going to get robbed no matter how clearly he won.

[_Maxi]

Umm no nice trolling attempt but what he said was he was going to get robbed no matter how clearly he won.

This............

[Boxing42]

I got a source that says golovkin caught the swine flu, canelo is fighting a sick old man smfh

[Mr Objecitivity]

With what's been happening and going on in boxing recently, I won't be surprised if anything controversial happens, not just in the GGG and Canelo Alvarez bout, but any other high profile bouts or big fights. It seems like boxing in USA is corrupt, especially in Las Vegas. The referees, judges and officials have already been exposed to be unfair to certain boxers.

[!! Shawn]

There is a difference between taking a diving and being told he is not going to win no matter what.