Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter: No Word From Lara and His Team

[HeroBando]

Paul Williams, another ducked fighter made his HBO debut against Walter Matthyse in 2006. He stepped up and fought Antonio Margarito, the most avoided welterweight a year later and beat him. He couldn't land Cotto, Floyd or Pac; so he moved up and fought Sergio Martinez in 2009; 3 years after his HBO debut.

Uh ok, and whos the most avoided MW, and why isnt he accepting GGGs offer? His first HBO date was vs Pirog, who dropped out. PWill also had an awful time making WW, was a miracle he ever did. And what was Sergios best win before PWill, Bunema? Weak post, but thats becoming a trend with you in these Ggg threads. Must be a very emotional topic for you

[BattlingNelson]

Bat, I get you like GGG and I get HBO is mass marketing the hell out of him. That said, him not getting his mando shot has happened to a ton of other fighters and you never gave a damn.

Not true.

GGG isn't special. He isn't going to be treated differently. The Sanctioning bodies are going to do what they always do-not enforce mando's when they can get a big sanctioning fee for an optional defense.

Lets see. I'm sure Cotto will have to pay 7 figures to GGG to allow the Canelo fight or be stripped.

Since this is the case, GGG can either make tough fights for himself or choose easy opponents with no risk. He is choosing the latter.

Really? What MW could he have fought that he hasn't fought?

[i'm a fun haver]

Geale was a tune-up you're ****ting on for Cotto, this is true.

Geale is also GGG's best win, this is also true. So when you dump all over Cotto you're doing it to "your boy" too. And it's really a lot worse because as I stated, that's GGG best win lol.

Cotto doesn't want any part of Golovkin.
Cotto knows that night ends in pain.
Nobody storms out of the ring like a little b*tch after catching an L like Miguel Cotto lol

[Beater_of_ass]

No no no no. Murray is the best GGG has fought+beat.

He (Murray) could of been undefeated lineal world champion with wins against Martinez (who Cotto fans want to credit to Miguel as a great win) and Sturm. Both of which were away fights, in Germany and Argentina.

Give Murray credit he's been so very unlucky..

Go figure... Geale actually won on the road though. And he's won the MW title twice, Murray never did. Murray is his 2nd best win, but the fact that a guy who never held any title in this day in age is near the top gives people a valid reason to criticize. He makes it worse when he talks the way he does and the fights the people he ends up fighting.

[T18Z]

Yeah god forbid he challenge himself. Floyd is a unified world champion in 2 weight divisions right now.




I'd rather he have 2 tough fights per year than 4 fights; with 2 of them being Monroe and Adama level opposition.

Reducing his activity won't increase his chances of gaining bigger fights. He's staying active because he's raising his status within the boxing community and United States.

The above information is common sense. You should consider using some.

[-PBP-]

the monroe jrs and adamas are stay-busy opponents (and yet they are still better than the rod salkas and eric molinas of the world). he fights four times a year; not every outing is going to be equal due to other fighters' conflicting obligations and an admittedly shallow talent pool. if the choice is between a 2014 consisting of murray and let's say lemieux, and a 2014 consisting of murray, monroe jr, johnson and lemieux, why not choose the latter? golovkin stays in practice, takes care of two future challengers, and hbo get two extra bills, likely drawing ~1m viewers apiece

GGG is a pound for pound ranked fighter and should be held to a higher standard than Danny Garcia (who was coming off a loss in actuality) and Deontay Wilder who had 40 amateur fights.

I want to see him be a challenge seeker and hold titles in multiple divisions to increase the universe of potential challengers.

[The Big Dunn]

Chavez Jr turned down something like a 12-17 million dollar deal which required him to face Golovkin. Arum already reported this.

Instead he's gone on to fight Fonfara, get KTFO, quit and now nobody even cares for him. He even had such a nerve to tell Golovkin to go and fight Kovalev

Bob Arum: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. turned down ‘crazy’ offer to face Gennady Golovkin

Yeah, he didn't want to sign a long term deal with Bob/TR, he didn't rebuff GGG for fear of fighting him. Him losing to Fonfara has no bearing on the real reason the GGG/Chavez jr fight didn't materialize.

So, as I said to Neetzche, please do not over exaggerate or mischaracterize why that fight didn't happen to fit the "GGG can't find quality opposition" agenda.

[BattlingNelson]

I'm not talking about Geale and Murray. Those were good wins. But fights like Willie Monroe and Adama are unacceptable. If that's the type of opponent that he is going to fight until he finally gets his golden ticket than that would be a great waste of prime talent.

Dude. GGG is a very active fighter. Surely fighting Monroe is better than not fighting at all right?

[HeroBando]

Yeah god forbid he challenge himself. Floyd is a unified world champion in 2 weight divisions right now.




I'd rather he have 2 tough fights per year than 4 fights; with 2 of them being Monroe and Adama level opposition.

Its shameful how you keep touting Floyds SWW unified belt, yet feel its unfair for others to call him out at SWW cause hes too small.

[-PBP-]

Uh ok, and whos the most avoided MW, and why isnt he accepting GGGs offer? His first HBO date was vs Pirog, who dropped out. PWill also had an awful time making WW, was a miracle he ever did. And what was Sergios best win before PWill, Bunema? Weak post, but thats becoming a trend with you in these Ggg threads. Must be a very emotional topic for you

LOL. Not at all. This is the best year in boxing that I can remember. Floyd/Pac, Canelo/Cotto, boxing on network TV, etc.

What would make this year even better is to see GGG join the fun and accomplish something extraordinary.