Rubio is a solid challenger.

great!!! ggg is fighting another former jr middleweight.

 

....Who has developed into a very capable middleweight contender. As long as GGG continues to face fighters at this level, I can't really complain.

 

it's time for unification bouts. rubio is a step backwards. i could see if he had been in some wars...taking on rubio would make sense...but he's been demolishing everyone. time to step it up. if the others aren't stepping up to the plate...then rubio is justifiable.

 

Rubio hasn't developed into anything...stop hyping that trash.

You can complain ....but you're too much of a di.ckrider to do so.

 

Damn shame isn't it?

Dude has balls like a hummingbird.

 

it's probably not his fault. i don't want to see him fight any more no hopers. he's ready now! quillen, jacobs, cotto, korobov....those are the only guys i want to see him against at 160. he needs a better team behind him.

 

I'm a GGG fan but Rubio is ass. He's got like 60+ fights and what's his best win? Knocking out a hypejob in Lemieux? He was too terrified against Pavlik to let his hands go, same with Chavez and it will be the same against GGG. It's just a question of whether GGG stops him or not (he will). He needed a gift to win a decision against Enrique Orenelas lol and let's not forget the Kofi Jantuah fight. What a KO....Just stop the Rubio hype, this guy is a bum.

 

Yet you said Geale was going to destroy Golovkin. And when GGG took him apart, you went into hiding as SweetScienceGu and opened a new account to call Geale a bum :think

 

Are you a moron? When did Rubio last fight at JMW? Like 10 years ago or something?

****, I guess you gonna criticise Kovalev for fighting a 'Middleweight' in November as well.:roll:

As has been pointed out, Rubio ain't exactly an elite fighter but he's certainly a legitimate challenger, and there's very few at 160 I'd confidently pick over him at the weight.

At MW he's lost to a prime Kell Pavlik and a supersized JCC jr, you wanna s#it on the guy for the sake of your agenda? No-one is surprised or impressed.

Myself, yeah, I'd prefer a bigger name than Rubio, but they're in kinda short supply... Quillin and Korobov are kinda tied up right now, Cotto's got himself an extension, Soliman looks to still be fighting Taylor (in spite of Jermaine's recent firearms and battery incident) and Murray is Golovkin's frontrunner for his next Monte Carlo fight.

Just who should Golovkin fight?

 

Yeah, because Cotto is massively hated :blood

 

I could complain...But then I'd be acting like a petulant little six year old girl. And you've got that aspect well covered, Songhai. No need for me to tread on your territory...little girl. :good

A unification bout at MW isn't in the cards; and I'd rather GGG face another contender than someone who isn't rated at all. Rubio fits the bill of a tough, rated contender who will come to fight. I get the feeling you would much rather have watched Golovkin face someone who wasn't rated, just to give you opportunity to ***** some more. But that places you in the minority, in this regard. Even some posters who have been critical of GGG's resume can't really fault Golovkin for fighting two ranked contenders in a row if a unification bout can't be made.

 

I'd like to see a unification bout too, but this is about as good a contender as GGG could face given the fact that Soliman is committed to facing Taylor and Quillen-Korobov is set.

Who else is out there? Murray looked uninspired agianst Bursak, Macklin's already been beaten. Sturm and Martinez are both well past their best before date. The guys at the top level of MW aren't avaialble. Not too many guys at the second level to choose from; and Rubio's among the best of that bunch.