If GGG is such a bad man why hasn't he moved up in weight ?

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  1. inner2deepz

    inner2deepz Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Yeah in comparison to when Hopkins did it yeah it doesn't sorry the level of opposition isn't even close and since fighters are judged on who they fought and how they beat them. You don't get points for beating a bunch of not worthy challengers
     
  2. kirk

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    right lol. So now any defense record that isn't on par with another one doesn't mean ****.... lmao. Brilliant stuff.
     
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    If you don't mind.... could you rank Hopkins 10 best defenses? just out of curiousity.
     
  4. Mandibular Fortitude

    Mandibular Fortitude Active Member banned Full Member

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    If he moved up in weight the standard pee brain would also claim he's running away from Lara. lol
     
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    Mandibular Fortitude Active Member banned Full Member

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    But should it not be taken into account what they did at the weight before deluded haters attack GGG. If it's OK for them, why not Golovkin?
     
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  6. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What are these deluded haters attacking GGG about that relates to other great middleweights?
     
  7. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    Because his body is a middleweight?

    "He should be good enough to face bigger guys."

    Why not have him move up to heavyweight?

    If you think he should ignore his body's natural size, then he should move up to heavyweight. Clearly that's where the biggest challenge lies.
     
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  8. Steve_Fox

    Steve_Fox Well-Known Member Full Member

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    hes cherrypicker , only wanted can chavez jr , shot retired froch
    ducked ward, tried to make it look like he wanted the fight but was demanding a 164 cw lol
     
  9. Mandibular Fortitude

    Mandibular Fortitude Active Member banned Full Member

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    Why was it OK for them to stop at middleweight but not Golovkin? As it stands right now, GGG has had nowhere near as many fights as any of them. Why can GGG not have a goal to surpass Hopkins record? Why can GGG not have a goal to unify the division like Hopkins did? Of which he's been on record multiple times saying that's his goal.
     
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  10. Todd498

    Todd498 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Meh... why not continue to crack 160lb skulls and eventually set the title defense record there while waiting for Canelo to get the stones to fight at a weight he can EASILY make??!
     
  11. Manfred

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    Different mindset about fighters then and now, I would wager that if Hagler and Monzon were fighting today they would get the same flak that GGG is getting. However, their legend is written and cannot be changed. Putting focus on them is irrelevant. Those fighters met the expectations of their times now it's up to GGG to meet the expectations of his.
     
  12. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Makes no sense to move up until he beats Saunders or whoever has the WBO belt.
     
  13. Blackclouds

    Blackclouds Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Doesn't make sense for the reason he didn't go up was Canelo (and BJS). If ggg wanted the Canelo fight he wouldn't have turned down 15 million dollars. His next ppv is at huge risk of bombing and the opportunity could go away since Canelo doesn't need him, it's the other way around. ggg could've went up instead of fighting a blown up welterweight fighting down. How can that be defended? Could've easily fought a SMW fight then came back down to handle his business there. I didn't get a piece of his paycheck, the **** should I care that he got a payday from Brook?

    First of all, I didn't make ggg pretend he'd fight all comers from 154-168. That came from him. If we can agree ggg plays the boxing politics game as hard as anybody else ever did it then there'd not be as much of a problem. ggg is out for the money, not legacy, he doesn't appear to give a **** about legacy. Lol @ pretending to be the baddest man on the planet, complete with giving mad dog mean mugs and banging his gloves at Brook, a terrible childish display. Who's impressed by that BS?
     
  14. Caper

    Caper How about a fair shake? banned Full Member

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    I'd save the real criticism for when and if he beats BJS/Canelo gets called out by the Jack/Degale winner and decides to finish his career at 160lbs. Even then it wouldn't be an utter tear up of his career story just a ? On his potential impact at a weight class above.
     
  15. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Why does he have to move up?