Román González vs. Edgar Sosa is set, on the 5/16 Golovkin vs. Monroe Jr. undercard!

I've always thought if they got guys like Gonzalez/ Estrada/ Inoue/ etc, and create a Krusher/ GGG like following only slightly smaller (think prime Donaire/ Darchinyan level).

Much better for boxing than trying to make a quick buck by promoting coddled hype jobs like Broner and Ortiz as the next Mayweather/ De La Hoya

 

The fact that many guys have taken the trolling to heart and believe Raymi is anything beyond a joke is... well, a joke.

 

Agree with this completely.

I've always clamored for HBO/Showtime/anyone to get involved with sub-135... particularly 112 for the last 5 years.

 

:nut

Raymi KO'd Wach in sparring bro

come on :-(

 

Great fight! Gonzalez will win I'll be rooting for Sosa even in defeat.. I hope Estrada rematch will get done soon that will be more competitive :good

 

Yeah I thought Segura would stop Sosa... aaaaaaaand that didn't exactly work out as thought.

 

Part of the reason I wish theyd held off on making Monroe fight. That, and if Monroe was able to get a bit more exp first I think he'd have a genuine shot.

But I wouldn't worry too much. The people who are going to really hate on the fight are just the usual suspect who basically gate on Golovkin anyhow.

Remember - pretty recently HBO minted a bunch of stars feasting almost entirely on actual bums before they jettisoned Haymon. GGG and Gonzalez aren't going to be much the worse for wear as long as the performance is entertaining, even if there is a percentage of the clueless who are ignorant enough to confuse these opponents for bums.

To a casualish guy, youd think a guy who won a tourney and beat up the guy who beat Chavez would be considered legit, and the only people who even know who Gonzalez is, or that 35 is old for flyweight.... basically all post here.

 

I think Gonzalez will be alright, if he wipes out Sosa- like Golovkin was after crushing Proska on his HBO debut.

Golovkin won't get a lot of credit, but then again, he won't get any credit off the usual suspects for beating any fighter at 160.

 

This is great news! Can't wait for domino effect and enter Gallo Estrada, Chihuas Rodriguez, Monster Inoue, and Amnat Ruenroeng! Likes of Viloria are still very dangerous he can upset an elite and he's done it before. GGG and Chocolatito on the same card, genius!

 

How many more opportunities is the WBC going to hand Sosa for this belt?

 

Edgar Sosa is a top 10 Flyweight and has been for a good minute now.

On surface value: beating Sosa > beating Monroe

Maybe Monroe goes on to be a legend and the win is a GREAT one 5 years from now. Or maybe he retires after the fight and goes down as a (relative to a top fighter) nobody who beat Bryan Vera and won an ESPN2 tournament once.

You guys value your own personal hopes and expectations of future events way too much. How many times will you have to be proven wrong about various fighters' potentials to realize you can only value on WHAT HAS HAPPENED, not what you think or hope might happen under ideal circumstances in the future... C'mon.

I guess Denis Grachev has an ATG historic win over Ismayl Sillakh from a few years ago. Because I can bump all the threads where all of you guys thought in 2010/11 that Sillakh would be the #1 LHW in the world by 2012. So, is Grachev dispatching Sillakh an A+ victory because you guys all thought Sillakh would go on to be great?

 

What are those fighters rated at? Are any of them even top 10 in their division? I'll check boxrec.

How the hell did Usyk get to 12th place fighting six cans? This division must be more **** than I thought. Kudrashov is 11, with only 16 fights. Makabu is listed as 17th. Dorticos is 15th. Probably all hype jobs anyway if Usyk could get to 12th place fighting that kind of opposition.