Barker said he was willing, but Hearn was clear he would not let it happen. Sturm spent years ducking him. When he lost his belt and Geale vacated, GGG said: Sturm, you want your belt back? I'll give you first dibs. Sturm goes the IBF route. I still have hope Geale will fight him, but Hearn was explicit they're targeting him, as is any other MW promoter in need of a belt. I missed a few more names: I really don't think anyone wishes that on Lee, at this time. Have you seen his last 2 fights? Macklin has been in play for each of GGG's 3 HBO dates, always came up with some excuse. Maybe it's all legit, but you'd think the guy would be hungry for his first title. I'll get you the links
In the interview with Barker's promoter, he said he had imense respect for Golovkin but he wouldn't be a good promoter/manager if he were to put Barker in with Golokvin after he was stopped by Sergio, the risk is too high and the reward too low.
The best part is how excited nuthuggers will be on this forum. "OMG GGG ZOMG". He's fighting an older, faded fighter and needs to fight a legit top MW. Period
Funny thing is, Vanes is one of the few that did say he'd be willing to fight him, but Vanes says a lot of things. So what's the latest, which top 10 middle is willing to fight him on HBO in june?
heres an idea. plan a good fight earlier. the last junior middleweight he fought in jan was a "stay busy fight", same with this one....and the excuse back then was he will fight someone top 10 in the summer. but not looking that way according to you and most everyone else
The january date was planned well in advance, nobody stepped up but a couple of fringe guys. You saw the excuses Macklin and Quillin put out, Geale dropped his belt. The june date is known well in advance, still 3 months for someone to step out. What's your guess, which contender will call him out for june, if any?