Gennady Golovkin: "Lucien Bute was the strongest fighter I ever fought pro/amateur."

Carl "The baady snatcha" Frotch

 

Weird. Very unexpected. I'd have been surprised to even say he considered Bute stronger than Khomitsky, let alone strongest he ever faced.

 

Yep hard to believe...

 

bute stinks....never was anything special...

ward would have decimated bute at any point....anyone who suggests anything otherwise should be dismissed

 

You tube of that fight...

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Gaydarbek was nothing special and that loss was an exchange between Kazakhstan and Russia in those Olympics, so basically it was a fixed fight. So no wonder he doesn't consider Gaydarbekov anything special.

 

:huh

You have proof of that? :huh

 

Ward was terrified of Bute and shamelessly ducked him.

:deal

 

I'll buy that he didn't think Bute's ratio of risk to reward floated his boat - not that he was "terrified" of him, though. :nono

 

So you're saying Golovkin threw that fight? Because Gaydar certainly won fair and square, and with a broken hand by all accounts.

 

It was a case of high risk. But it was definitely not a case of low reward. Beating Bute would have give him some rewards at the time.

 

That doesn't make the ratio winsome on its own, though. You're talking short-term value on a single fight. Ward had the chance to face all his tourney mates (even long after the S6 was over, just picking off the runners-up) to milk that for $$ spread over a few years. Half a dozen medium dollar matches trump one top dollar match, especially if the half dozen all happen to be lower risk. :good

 

Could of he had meant punchers?

 

Sanchez should use that one when Golovkin ducks.:rofl