Andy Lee "Bring on GGG"

Why are you posting quotes from Sept 2012?

Someone posted these more recent quotes pertaining to this on another forum the other day.

Dan Rafael

‘Golovkin hasn’t heard the final bell since an eight-round decision win over Amar Amari in 2008. That means he has knocked out all 10 challengers he has faced in his title defenses.

There’s a reason he is must-see TV, even if HBO blew it on this fight and did not work out a deal to show the fighter WHO IS UNDER CONTRACT TO THE NETWORK and has become one of it’s cornerstone fighters (and best ratings draws).


Gabriel Montoya: ”Does Golovkin have any lateral movement? Is he strictly a HBO fighter?”

Steve Kim: ”Yes. He is. I don’t think there’s any other way to say it. He is an HBO fighter. They have absolutely made him a pillar. He’s just like the Game of Thrones. He’s just like Girls. Or he’s just like True Detective. He will only be seen on HBO and the bottom line is HBO made it very clear to me, two things. What happened this weekend (the Adama fight not being shown on HBO) will not happen, regardless of where he fights. When he fights it will be televised by HBO they just have top find a bigger venue this time around. And second of all, anytime he fights it will be exclusively on HBO. And that is a fact of life that they are dealing with each other.

Managing Director of K2 Promotions Tom Loeffler, who handles Golovkin, had this to say on the matter, via Boxing Scene’s Jake Donovan:

“It’s well known that Gennady Golovkin – when he fights in the United States – is under exclusive contract with HBO. Lara is with Golden Boy and fights on Showtime. So while he is a great fighter for whom we have a tremendous amount of respect, the bottom line is that HBO is our biggest strategic partner and it’s up to his promoter to get him accepted by HBO.

“The strange thing is that his name really never came up. His insistence took us by surprise. It’s not that Gennady doesn’t want to fight him – he’ll fight anyone and continues to prove that. But we were looking at fighters who we know can and will fight on HBO.”