GGG 2013 is PBF 2003

The thing is Mosley and DLH were the top attractions, but Ward and Stevenson are not but Floyd and Canelo are. Really is all Sergio's fault for not fighting the best and some blame to Sturm also. Both those guys were highly regarded champions.

 

PBF didn't move up until his 28th fight. GGG just had his 28th, so he's not far off of schedule. Floyd was the top of his division (had lineal title) when he moved, and had been for a while. GGG has yet to conquer his division because guys want huge payday to get in the ring and HBO wasn't willing to pay that in 2013 (hopefully they will in 2014.) So if we're going to compare the two, GGG won't move up until he claims the lineal title (i.e. king of the division) as Floyd had, and I think this is GGG's plan. So call up Sergio, tell him to get his ass in the ring or retire so GGG can claim the lineal title and move up like everyone wants him to.

 

I would love to see him against Froch @ 168. I think he would easily win, but it would put a name on his resume which would turn into bigger fights. He would be a bigger draw making it worth opponents risking their belts to him.

 

One guy in history has had an "easy" fight with Froch, and he's arguably the p4p King and a natural 168er. So long as Carl's resistance hasnt been ruined following the brutal battering he took from Groves, this fight would be ****ing savage

 

How can people claim such bullsh1t? Based WHAT will he beat the second best SMW in the world when he hasn't beaten a MW with a pulse yet? Froch is about 10 times the fighter Macklin is and Macklin is about the best win Golovkin has.

 

froch seems an obvious opponent for GGG. a great quality win over a great fighter who would surely give the final ruling on GGG being good or GREAT.

 

Froch has slipped wny bother with him?

GG has fought enough slipped fighters....he isn't a 21 y/o prospect with lots of time.

 

GG is waaayyy off schedule....and you know it.

Why are you giving this foreign cherry-picker so much leeway??

 

So lemme guess, you want him to jump straight at Ward in his first fight at 168?

 

No if he does that he will lose.. You don't simply jump from B level middleweight competition to top 3 p4p in the world who's also above your weight class.. That's idiotic, he's not 36, he still has plenty of time..

 

Ward fight cant happen yet for two reasons. One, Ward is in yet another promotional dispute and might not even fight in 2014. Its certainly not something GGG camp or HBO is going to risk anything on. Two, its not a PPV fight yet but in a year it well could be.

And Pibb you know good and well there was no cherrypicking, GGG was hosed by Universum even to the point of being legally tied up after he left them - he was basically in limbo for a long time, and was able to fight but basically without a promoter which meant no big fights. Story even broke in Germany where people who had worked with Sturm came forward with docs proving he had paid people off to avoid his mandatory challenger of many years ( one GGG ) which was the fight he had been both chasing and promised.. for literally years.

Once the Universum stuff was decisively cleared up he signed with K2, and since it was clear the Euros were going to go to extreme lengths to pretend he did not exist they worked on building a US career. Now that he is the top rated MW contender (for lineal) and HBO ratings star, from now is where we see if he cherry picks and can continue to dominate his opponents and live up to the hype.