Why is GGG the only fighter given a pass on weight?

Golovkin has already filled out his ideal body frame, anything more and it is extra weight that may not benefit him. Many boxers start out at a lower weight, and then move up in order to fill up their frames. Golovkin has started his pro career at the middleweight limit (his pragmatic weight).

 

He's also given a pass on fighting bums and begging small fighters to give him a free payday.

 

For me, barring not being able to make the weight anymore, moving up or staying in your current weight division should be based on the talent around. If your division is stacked or if there is young talent coming through, stick around. If you have cleared out the division and there are better challenges in a higher weight, move up.

Too many fighters and fans think that moving up in weight to win a belt against lesser opposition is superior to staying in one division and facing better opposition.

Each situation is different and should be discussed and rated as such.

As for GGG being given a free pass on weight; considering this board is full of GGG threads everyday, and a 21 page thread today, alone, I would suggest that GGG doesn't get a free pass. Post Floyd, he is the most diversive person in boxing. Strange really when you consider he does what most fans want - knocks people out.

Anyway, I wouldn't put to much stock in it. Most of the people on here are more interested in trying to win unwinnable childish arguments than in discussing and understanding boxing. Therefore, these opinions largely have no basis in fact as the people who hold them developed them not from objectively ****ysing what has occured in boxing, but from arguing with fellow board members and changing their opinion to suit the point they want to make.

 

Dunno mate.

 

HBO is great at leading the sheep.

How many TKO'S in a row is it now... lol
(Vs. All those great opponents)

 

:dead

 

Is he given a pass? The whole point of IB's thread was to respond to the pressure being put on GGG to move up. The only fighter I can think of where nobody is pushing them to move up is Kovalev. Then there's guys like Brook, and Spence who are big for their weight class with less pressure than GGG. GGG is also pressured more than the entire SMW division where only Ramirez is in the talks and even then only because of his Large frame and youth.

 

Not from me, the only time I think a fighter should move up is when they're obviously massively draining themselves to gain a size advantage.

 

In fact, before Ward moved up I said that I'd like to see him fight DeGale and others, never spoke about Kovalev.

Crawford as well, never spoke about him fighting any of the welterweights.

 

Does GGG really get less criticism than Crawford or Chocolatito?

 

Nop.