That's what journeyman do, they get beat up for short money. It's getting the top tenner to fight him thats hard.
He's really done nothing to back up the massive hype, so correct on overhyped. But good luck convincing top 10 middles of that. And yes, he was being managed terribly, gotten much better under K2. But now it's HBO that's footing the bill. Besides Sergio and Chavez most of these guys should be ecstatic to challenge for a world title on HBO, what gives? Macklin would rather take 1/2 the money to fight Alcine on deep PPV undercard.
Yes, he's gotten 3 big fights consecutively, despite losing the first two. Good for him. GGG needs to be fighting better opponents though, 31 next month.
Barker would be a good test for him, I think. Having been in there with Sergio already, it would be a good measure of where GGG's at. Macklin, Andy Lee. No reason why they shouldn't be make-able fights. Sturm or Geale should be targets too. I believe they're all realistic. HBO should be able to make these fights happen. Quillin and Jr aren't realistic right now as I don't believe either would be allowed fight him. He's not ready for Sergio.
Lara would **** ggg fighting ishida wow this is just as bad as canelos resume but at least the kid is 22 and facing trout ggg is a bum saying no one will fight him.. but I'm sure there was someone better at 160