HBO will produce the following for GGG/Lemieux buildup....

Lemieux is fluent? Just because he has a strong accent doesn't mean he is a poor speaker.

"Hello, what's up LA. I'm super happy to be here. Can you feel the excitement? Good point pointed out by Eric Gomez. . . I do believe I can win, but I don't just believe it. I understand what I have to do to win. I'm not a dreamer. I'm a realist. I'm not going into this fight because I believe I'm going to win, or I hope I'm going to win. I'm going into this fight because I know I'm going to win. . . and with that, I've come a long way and to be facing, well, the "Goliath" of the division [laughs]. That's pretty funny. Anyways, it's an interesting fight, you know? I like Golovkin. He's a respectable guy. He's a good champion, and he has good values. But in the ring, there is nobody likes nobody. We're two pit bulls unleashed, and we're going for the neck."

Poor english speaker?

"Good afternoon everybody. I feel at home. First of all, thank you so much. [points to stage] Look at this. It's four belts. Thank you very much HBO PPV. Thank you so much MSG family. Thank you very much promotion. Gentlemen, this is great deal. This biggest present for everybody, for fans, for TV, for us- of course. Thank you very much for team. It's an amazing time for us. Yeah, right now, I'm very excited. I'm very happy. Right now, I understand Bernard. More respect to Bernard. I understand right now situation- PPV, unification, great opponent. Oh, this is amazing time. You know. . . I don't know who win because I am not God. Thank you God. I promise amazing show because a lot of great champions, Chocolatito Gonzales, and all these other guys. A lot of champions in this event. Oct 17th, Madison Square Garden... I think great day for sport. Respect my sport, respect boxing. Thank you guys. Everybody understand? Everybody look new story, new step to story. Please welcome to MSG Oct 17 or watch TV. Thank you very much."

Obviously Golovkin english level isn't as high, but I wouldn't say poor english by any means. He gets his points across, and he's come a long way. Go watch his post fight interview after fighting Proska in his HBO debut. That's poor english.

Lemieux is fluent. Golovkin is getting there. He's really, really close.


Sorry for the long rant, that just bugged me. I understand each of them better than the Mayweather's (not kidding) and some americans who've been taught english their entire lives... while Lemieux and Golovkin are on their 4/5 language...

 

That's the problem with reading instead of hearing- some times you can't understand the tone.

But oh well, that's for all the Golovkin haters who think he can't be marketed as well:deal

 

It's a great post. His loss if he didn't read it. :yep