Golovkin to skip June fight, focus on fall showdown with Canelo

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According to a report by Yahoo Sports, Gennady Golovkin will elect to pass on a undisputed title unification with Billy Joe Saunders this summer and wait on a September fight with Canelo Alvarez.

It seems that Golovkin’s close 12-round decision win over Daniel Jacobs took a little bit of a physical toll on Golovkin. Saunders’ promoter, Frank Warren, recently suggested that a summer fight with Golovkin was being held up by Golovkin’s team claiming injury, but although Golovkin’s trainer denied that Golovkin being injured, he does admit that Golovkin was a little banged up after a hard fight.

“He was sore,” Sanchez told Yahoo Sports. “He had a 12-round fight. I didn’t see it the first day in the dressing room. Usually the second or third day you start to feel it and I didn’t check in with him right after. After a long training camp, I’m the last person he would want to see. He is not a complainer. It’s just natural soreness. It was a difficult fight.”
 
Can't wait for Saunder's to start claiming he's being ducked once he knows he's in the clear.
 
Smart move in some ways for GGG and his crew. If Canelo makes him wait and then doesn't fight him, he'll mar his image among boxing fans in a big way. Oscar pretty much has to say yes to the September fight if/once Canelo gets past JCC jr.

I'd like to have seen GGG take out Saunders first and then be the undisputed champion with the four main belts going against the lineal champ, but I never get what I want so f*** it.
 
Let me first say, I dont give a flying fuck if Golovkin doesnt fight that can, and in no way shape or form do I consider it a duck.

However, anyone consider the fight with Danny may have Golovkin looking for his biggest payday/win and then possibly looking towards the future? Hes not young and it would be the best possible win to go out on.
 
GGG and Jacobs both took pretty good beatings in that fight, it was a great fight. I would love to see him slaughter BJS like a turkey before Thanksgiving but I understand that a guy at his age, at this point in his career, and somebody who hadn't been through a fight like that since probably Ouma many years ago, would want a bit of time off.

And as you mentioned @PUO3 he probably doesn't want to go through a camp and fight AGAIN if he can just wait until fall and hopefully get that Canelo payday. I don't think he plans on fighting for a whole lot longer, but he's also been super active for years now, albeit against good but not great comp, so after a tough fight he probably wants a break to hopefully in preparation for another great match up with Canelo in the fall.

I'm disappointed that he won't end up fighting BJS, I have daydreams of him kicking the shit out of that :eek::eek::eek: all the time, but I fully understand it, as long as we get the Canelo fight soon. Hoping this is a good sign that him resting up might mean that he's confident a Canelo fight is close and he wants to be 100%.
 
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wilddeuces said:
Smart move in some ways for GGG and his crew. If Canelo makes him wait and then doesn't fight him, he'll mar his image among boxing fans in a big way. Oscar pretty much has to say yes to the September fight if/once Canelo gets past JCC jr.

I'd like to have seen GGG take out Saunders first and then be the undisputed champion with the four main belts going against the lineal champ, but I never get what I want so f*** it.
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I really don't think it's a good move but we'll have to wait and see. Maybe they've had some preliminary talks and are closer to an agreement than what I've read in the news. GGG not picking up the WBO just seems to give Canelo more options to avoid him.
 
wilddeuces said:
Smart move in some ways for GGG and his crew. If Canelo makes him wait and then doesn't fight him, he'll mar his image among boxing fans in a big way. Oscar pretty much has to say yes to the September fight if/once Canelo gets past JCC jr.

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I agree. I remember a tweet or something from Oscar before the Jacobs fight saying that GGG shouldnt take a fight in June/July if he wanted the Saul cause it woulf be too risky due to cuts/injury etc.. and now GGG took away all excuses out of Oscars hand and can claim he gave Oscar and Saul Everything they asked and now it on them 100%
 
Wise decision. He's been very active over the years and at his age there's no way he can keep it up.
 
Cheese said:
I agree. I remember a tweet or something from Oscar before the Jacobs fight saying that GGG shouldnt take a fight in June/July if he wanted the Saul cause it woulf be too risky due to cuts/injury etc.. and now GGG took away all excuses out of Oscars hand and can claim he gave Oscar and Saul Everything they asked and now it on them 100%
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Yeah, that's right, I remember that too, now that you mention it. Plus, he said they needed all this time for a media tour. Well, GGG is conceding to that, too.

Canelo may be the A side in this fight, but he may well look like the heel to a good number of viewers, compared to the perpetually smiling Kazakh.
 
StickAndMove said:
I really don't think it's a good move but we'll have to wait and see. Maybe they've had some preliminary talks and are closer to an agreement than what I've read in the news. GGG not picking up the WBO just seems to give Canelo more options to avoid him.
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It would be nice if he went in completely unifying all the major belts. Time will tell. Here's hoping the fight comes off in September.
 
Hopefully Canelo doesn't come up with more excuses.
 
Adamant said:
Hopefully Canelo doesn't come up with more excuses.
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There are already a lot of excuses that can be made e.g More money in chavez jr rematch, it's his first fight at 160, GGG asked for too much so we'll fight Saunders instead etc.
 
It's a wise decision for GGG because he just hasn't looked good in his past two fights.
Sure, he should beat Saunders but imagine what another bad showing would do for him? And a bad showing against a guy like Saunders?? Yikes.

There's only 2 fights he should be taking next: rematch with Danny or the Canelo fight.
People are doubting him now. Even if he won dominantly over BJS most would think "So? You should have done that."
 
PUO3 said:
Let me first say, I dont give a flying fuck if Golovkin doesnt fight that can, and in no way shape or form do I consider it a duck.

However, anyone consider the fight with Danny may have Golovkin looking for his biggest payday/win and then possibly looking towards the future? Hes not young and it would be the best possible win to go out on.
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Well, I mean yeah, Golovkin has said he wants the big paydays and to unify the division. I don't think the Danny Jacobs fight was some revelation for him in that regard. He has gone on record stating those two desires countless times. He's been rather explicit about that so really only Saunders (WBO title) and Alvarez (lineal title and big payday) make sense. Beyond that, I don't know what he'd be getting out of bed for. I could see him retiring after those two, and why not? The division hasn't been unified since who, Taylor or Hopkins? It'd be nice to see that happen, even if for a brief time, rather than seeing fighters cherry pick they pick up this belt or that belt and then vanish to God knows where. So, I agree, I think the meaningful fights for him make sense.
 
MC Paul Barman said:
It's a wise decision for GGG because he just hasn't looked good in his past two fights.
Sure, he should beat Saunders but imagine what another bad showing would do for him? And a bad showing against a guy like Saunders?? Yikes.

There's only 2 fights he should be taking next: rematch with Danny or the Canelo fight.
People are doubting him now. Even if he won dominantly over BJS most would think "So? You should have done that."
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I agree that he should wait for Alvarez, because this public move buts Alvarez in a position. Even though he is the A side, he will feel compelled - without any excuses on hand - to fight Golovkin. If he doesn't fight Golovkin in September, then who knows if GGG ever gets that payday. I don't think the concern about a showing against Saunders is there, so much as Oscar putting Alvarez in a spot where he can't back out of a September fight. GGG and his team saw that and will say, "Fine, we'll wait, but if you don't sign for September, the joke's on you." He can always get Saunders after, and if he never does, then that's a shame because people want to see that WBO belt change hands, believe that.

The rematch with Danny doesn't do anything for Golovkin's remaining timeline. He won, so he can move on. Even if people would like to see the rematch (myself included), it doesn't make sense for him because he won and there are names he hasn't bested yet. To my knowledge there was no rematch clause in the contract, so people should move on.

Regarding his other 'showing' against Brook: fighting against a skillful smaller guy, the big guy should expect to get outmaneuvered, at least for a bit, since the speed is on the side of the smaller guy, and let's not overlook Brook's boxing acumen - the man knows how to move. No shame in a faster, smart boxer giving him fits for a bit. But Golovkin found him and started to rack up damage and buried him inside of five. That's not a bad showing, it's a slow start against a clever maneuverer. Battleships can't turn on a dime like corvettes can (the escort vessel, not the car). Small, smart boxers are gonna make guys a bit bigger look slow, at least until the big guy can tire him out, catch up to him, and rack up damage. I think that fight speaks to the skill of Brook, more than the inferiority of GGG. You think Danny Garcia would be able to move like that and keep a combination hitter like GGG off of him?

Against Jacobs, he was in against a legitimate threat that was underrated by many. And, to be honest, Jacobs was the best version of himself in every way that night - I'd say, anyway. That's as good as he gets. He was big, he fought smart, and he is a highly athletic competitor on most occasions. He just couldn't convince the judges that his punches mattered - and I can see their point. There is four criteria for scoring, but Golovkin did enough to win. That's what champions do.

I think Brook is probably a top 2 or 3 welterweight in a good division. I think Jacobs is the second best MW right now after Golovkin (Canelo isn't officially becoming a MW until after Chavez). Let's give these two guys more credit then use their talent than say "bad showing", because look at those two guys - a fast welterweight is gonna keep a slower guy off him for at least a bit (or the whole fight a la May vs Canelo), and the second best MW that is moving up to SMW is gonna cause problems for the number 1.
 
did i miss something??

GGG took a lot of punches???

It was a piss poor fight with very few hard shots landed, he just got outboxed by a slightly bigger guy and hit a few times

If he has to take time off after that then he is fucked/shot or was injured going in

Apologies to the fans of him, but that was NOT a hard fight, he was just getting outboxed for a few rounds

Imagine what someone like Nigel Benn would have done to him if he thinks that was tough...
 
PUO3 said:
Let me first say, I dont give a flying fuck if Golovkin doesnt fight that can, and in no way shape or form do I consider it a duck.

However, anyone consider the fight with Danny may have Golovkin looking for his biggest payday/win and then possibly looking towards the future? Hes not young and it would be the best possible win to go out on.
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You think he may retire after Canelo?
 
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