The Golovkin-Martirosyan Match Serves As An Excellent & Revelatory Proxy Measuring Stick.

No one dictates anything to me. You shouldn't project Lancey boy. I have stated multiple times that I appreciate GGG's skill, and was a fan of his, but I became skeptical of him after the Rubio fight when he failed to step up when he was getting endless hype from HBO.

Now, that I come to kill time on this website by schooling the GGGoons, that's completely different than what you're suggesting Lancey boy.

I call it how I see it, just like most members do.

Look Lance, this is how pathetic you are my friend, you rarely discuss boxing, you're more interested in coming here to discuss other members here and how awful you think they are, you should look up what projecting is buddy, maybe you have to admit before you can progress.

 

Your friend? I'm not your friend loser. And yes, you do let fans dictate your feeling and thoughts. Clear as day when every other post of your is referring to what fans say or claim. Nice try ASSOl...but you aren't bright enough to compete.

 

Vanes is more accomplished at 154lbs than Dominic Wade was 160lbs, but I'm still getting a similar vibe to this fight. Martirosyan's extended layoff and generally unspectacular performances when he was active don't stand him in particularly good stead going into a cash-out fight for him. Yes, he performed admirably against Jermell and Lara x2 (though, IIRC, I didn't have him winning/drawing either of the Lara matches and didn't have an issue with Charlo getting the nod, either ), but I suspect he wouldn't have performed quite as well coming off an almost two year absence from the ring.

It's no more of a measuring stick for how Golovkin fares against the likes of Jermall, Hurd et al than Wade would have been. Probably ends in very similar fashion, too.

Not GGG's fault...But, it is what it is.

And, what it is happens to be a not particularly appealing stay busy fight for Golovkin after the original opponent fell out. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

You went from James5000 to James500 to James50 to James5 to Little Jimmy in one post.

 

Always with the good stuff Drew

To me, this has the makings of a stay-busy fight. Expecting the next fight to be back on schedule against a top guy.

 

It absolutely is-and in a perfect world, I would have preferred to see GGG take Derevyenchenko up on the latter's offer to step in. That said, I don't hold it against him-he wanted to fight the rematch with Canelo, and it wasn't his fault that Canelo opted out. Options were limited for him after that.

Still, I just don't see it as being any more significant than the fight with Wade was, in the scheme of things.

 

96-94 Vanes. GGG fighting Charlo's conquerer.

Deal with it.

 

SD has not shown anything that would suggest he could beat GGG. And the haters would discredit the win and say that SD took the fight on short notice, didn't have a full training camp, etc..

 

He's a full fledged middleweight with a ridiculous amateur pedigree, excellent technique, a great engine and fairly heavy hands. He's more talented and better schooled than (more than) half the guys that Golovkin has defended against during his reign. And, he wanted the fight. Short notice or no, the Technician is a far more appealing foe than Spike, or Vanes. To claim otherwise is to be disingenuous...and that's something we wouldn't want to be called, would we?

 

Rigondeaux had an even more insane amateur pedigree, demonstrated obscene skills at the pro level, schooled a HOF in his prime, and then was uncompetitive and wilted against a fellow P4Per. With Tureano as arguably his best win, you can't say that he's ready for a guy like Golovkin. In fact, when Golovkin was rumored to fight Tureano, people flipped the hell out.

I never said that Spike and Vanes were more appealing fights. I don't even think that they're harder fights.

But you know as well as I know that a win over SD would be discredited based on SD's resume and the lack of a proper training camp.

 

Wade wasn't ready for Golovkin, and his best win was a gift wrapped SD over Soliman. SD proceeded to wipe out King Sam in 2. So, his pro resume is twice as good as Wade's was...and, like Wade, he's also IBF mandatory.

Call me crazy...I would have much rather watched that fight than GGG run through Vanes.

 

I agree. Mostly.

Saunders, Deveryanchenko, Jacobs 2. In that order.