Originally posted by JStill Unbiased
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that was a great fight. bringing it up is just a means of throwing water on the idea of golovkin not fighting lara because he's "afraid" etc.
lara's not on the top of the list of golovkin opponents primarily because he is a JMW. golovkin would be a big favorite, and id bet a few bucks that the posters who said golovkin was ducking lara would be chastising him for fighting a JMW.
lara is just brought up as a boogeyman by people who are blatantly prejudiced against golovkin. if he moves up to middleweight he can get a mandatory ranking for one of golovkin's belts. if hbo gives golovkin a good looking offer they can make the fight without it.
the roadblocks to this fight are not golovkin being afraid of the JMW who went life and death with a fading angulo. the major roadblock is the weight. lara is more than welcome to head to 160 lbs, but for now he's fighting at 154 without being particularly dominant and cannot be taken seriously as a threat to one of the best p4p fighters on the planet, and a true MW.
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