Gennady Golovkin lists his 2015 opponent hit list

I know.

I can't believe Golovkin fans are so foolish as to claim Ward, Mayweather, Pacquiao, Alvarez, Froch, and Chavez Jr, none of which compete at 160, are all "ducking" because they won't move up or down in weight to fight him at 160. Madness.

 

I don't think Golovkin should be expected to go to 168 or 154 for any reason.

Likewise, I don't think Ward/Froch should be expected to drop to 160 nor Mayweather/Pacquiao should be expected to go up to 160.

And there lies the double standard that Golovkin fans love to push.

 

Yes, after his debut on HBO up until recently every interview he was in he talked about wanting to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao and about how he would go down to 150 for those matches. And his fans regurgitated that over and over and over... So, yes. Being a Golovkin fan I'm shocked you aren't exactly aware of that.

 

(deep exhale) You didn't get what I said at all. Just forget about it...

 

"Not Ward. Not now. My focus 160 now. In future, sure."

Well, Mayweather and Pacquiao's focus is 147, two divisions south. And 154 isn't 160, Mr. Golovkin.

He needs to get ranked at 147 or quit leaching off their names and getting rabid fanboys with no consistency to make themselves look stupid by reiterating illogical nonsense. Because when you realize his massive double standard in the fights he wants and fights he doesn't want, you realize he looks like an a$$ too.

 

And you are right, kirk. I can admit it.

But you know from where I sit I could have written that last paragraph or two word for word about you.

I can admit I have developed some sort of bias/agenda/strong opinion/whatever you want to call it on discussing Golovkin on this site. But I've long been open that the opinions I regularly speak about on ESB are the ones I find to be completely improperly portrayed by extremists and generally accepted by the majority. I have found myself having to defend one of my least favorite boxers, Adonis Stevenson, in recent days because I find the revising of past events most seem to be doing to be less than accurate and in some cases straight up opposite of what they themselves said just months before. And that in no way is boasting Adonis up. Yet people will see it that way.

The truest answer is somewhere between the two extremes, as always. But you have to admit it is easy to get riled by extremist groups. And there may never have been a more extreme group of fanboys than Golovkins' (I was this exact same way about Bute in his "unstoppable divine future-GOAT" prime).

Not that my goal is to "bring balance" to the discussion, but, yeah, sort of I guess. The extremists who dislike him are lesser than those who worship the stitching on the crotch of his trunks... I'm sure you can fill in the rest of how I feel about it. I'm not apologizing or taking back anything I've said. I just get highly annoyed by the extremes and double standards, is all. I'm annoyed typing up this justification so I'ma just stop... If you read me say something stupid or unacceptable, fire away at me, kirk!

 

Yes. But it works the other way around equally.

And Golovkin fans, the vast majority of those involved in discussions about Golovkin, refuse to accept that.

 

didnt even play the vid yet but bet ward is not top 3 in there lol

 

OK. Only because you're kirk and you asked so nicely and you made me get all sensitive with that last post...

So, it appears as though 150 lbs, the famous between-classes weight division invented by fans for Sergio to fight Floyd or Manny back in 2011, might not apply here (even though I've heard GGG or Sanchez say that in youtube/Seckback interviews and such and def right after GGG made the HBO debut against Proksa... my brief google search brought nothing from 2010-2013 and I'm not about to watch the endless videos, of which the video titles indicate would be further proof on my behalf).

Regardless of 150, he says it for 154 and the amount of articles for that are plentiful; you don't need me to link them. That still is the double standard I've been saying in this thread about who Golovkin wants to fight and who he doesn't want to fight and what weights the fights should be at, etc... While Golovkin is just doing and saying his thing, his fans genuinely defend him at all costs even when there has been a clear double standard.

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http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/...olovkin-eyes-daniel-geale-floyd-mayweather-jr

Golovkin (29-0, 26 knockouts) will defend his WBA middleweight title against Geale (30-2, 16 KOs) in the hopes that an impressive victory will get him a fight against RING number one-ranked pound-for-pounder Floyd Mayweather Jr., RING champion in the welterweight and junior middleweight divisions.

“No one at 154 or 160 can stay with Gennady for 12 rounds,” said Sanchez. “Gennady would go down to 154 to fight Floyd and at 168, there are six or seven different guys. They all say that the want to fight him but it’s a different story about getting in the ring with him.”

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http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/gennady-golovkin-next-for-floyd-mayweather-after-manny-pacquiao/

^ This one was published March 13, 2015. And he's still talking about their desires for Mayweather and Pacquiao as if it were serious and logical while still maintaining a double standard, though occasionally straying from it here and there over the years, when talking about Ward or Froch with weight and then Chavez Jr with weight, etc.

(I will no longer say that Golovkin stated for a Mayweather or Pacquiao fight AT 150 until I or someone else find an actual source I'd vouch for... but I also would hope anyone else reading acknowledges that Golovkin, still, wants Mayweather or Pacquiao at 154 and routinely brings that desire up)

 

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