Golovkin: "No point moving up to 168"

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  1. Birmingham

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    3/4 yr ago I think he would've done well, not now
     
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    GGG knows Jermallo will be up at 168 by the end of the year, hence why he's going to stay at 160. And mark my words, when Jermello moves up to 160, expect an immediate announcement from GGG saying that he's moving down to 154. He don't want no smoke with those twins. Real talk.
     
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    Hopkins has the Trinidad KO, the Glen Johnson KO and the W over William Joppy.

    Exactly WHO has Bumlovkin beaten @ 160?
     
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    Them skinny girls got that deep coochie bro. She can be moved around in many ways. But I personally like em thick like Lady Girl. If that's her in them pics she put up then it's right how I like it. **** her on that motorcycle.
     
  6. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    He's too old and 168 is an abysmal division.

    And I generally dislike the sentiment that boxers should always strive to move up in weight class.

    Should prime Golovkin/Pacquiao/Mayweather have aimed for heavyweight? Of course not. It stops being about skill, ability, etc, and becomes only an issue of size. But when a fighter moves to any excessively high division, it's just a gradient of that same phenomenon.

    Why should Golovkin move to 168 just because he could probably overcome the size disadvantage? It's dumb.
     
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    Clenelo, two times rofl. :fufu
     
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    Hopkins has some good wins, yes.

    He's also got the (imo) gift draw against Segundo Mercado who dropped him twice, he got comprehensively whooped by RJJ and, who could forget him basically giving his title away to Taylor by doing sweet f-all for half the fight?

    Golovkin comes to fight, hits harder, has a better chin, a better jab, a better workrate, better footwork. He's never been beaten, except in the view of bat**** crazy Adelaide Byrd. He whooped Canelo who was on the Hulk-juice and beat Jacobs who imo could give just about any MW in history something to think about. Not going to be long now before Hopkins' bum-padded record is smashed ;)
     
  9. Farmboxer

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    I agree with Golovkin, he doesn't need to go up to 168, he has the money fights at 160. He has El Pollo, Saunders, Charlo, if Charlo can beat Jacobs, which I doubt. Charlo is the best middleweight out there, he beat a cripple, then he beat the tough Pee Wee Herman!