Two basic boxing reason top MW are avoiding Golovkin

Technically speaking, I believe that distinction belongs to Jermain Taylor.

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High enough to justify the high risk, I would think.

I can't speak for any of these fighters, but losing against GGG is a long shot, whereas winning a few carefully chosen title defenses can be viewed as lower risk.

That's the upside. There is, of course, also a downside flip side to this.

I would think the reward would need to be significantly more than a combination of 3 "average" paydays for any given fighter, personally, if I were evaluating situations from the perspective of someone's team where GGG was a potential foe.

But maybe that's just me.

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But he did win all 4 titles, and technically speaking, your opinion doesn't change that.

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There most certainly is a down side. That's why his business approach is looking for a bigger reward if they're to assume the risk of taking the fight.

Risk vs Reward essentially defines the business side of boxing.

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