GGG vs. Dominic Wade (18-0, 12 ko's) April 23rd

[caldo2025]

I can't wait to hear the Floyd girls blab on about this fight and criticize GGG for taking a fight like this. But this is what happens when you have a boxer that wants to unify all of the titles. If none of the current titleholders want to fight you then you have to deal with mandatory defenses in order to keep the titles you already have. That is all this is about. But even GGG's mandatory (Tureano Johnson) declined the GGG fight so the mandatory defense goes to the next chap in line and that lucky fellow is Wade. This is going to happen every time GGG fails to land a unification bout unless he abandons his goal to unify the belts.

At this point, I think Boxing would be best served if GGG did abandon this goal especially if he's unable to get Canelo in the ring later this year in a fight that I give very low probability of actually happening. GGG could then turn into a free agent in which he could make fights up and down from that 160 spot on the scale and make some real money and memories for us all. In the current state of boxing, a unified champion idea is next to impossible unless you're happy picking through garbage waiting years to find a gold watch. GGG at this point needs to adopt Floyd's mantra and go where the money is and forget about belts altogether before it's too late.

Thoughts?

[sucracristo]

I think Boxing would be best served if GGG did abandon this goal

it is GGG that keeps agreeing to step aside for the wbc. it's his own fault.
he could have added the wbc and be mandatory for wbo by now.

[klitoris]

Dude what are you talking about. People aren't fighting GGG because he will end their career, not because GGG wants to unify. GGG didn't have to take this mandatory really.
He would fight all the top fighters in the division like Jacobs, Saunders or Eubank Jr.
But the fact is:
Haymon will never sacrifice his cash cow Jacobs to GGG
Warren won't let Saunders anywhere near GGG
Hearn won't let Eubank anywhere near GGG


Jacobs is GGG's mandatory for WBA and he refuses to fight.

That simple fact is: The MW division is an accumulation of pu$$ies when GGG is in it. And all these pretenders like Canelo, Saunders and Jacobs and their promoters are unifying their efforts in their campaign to get GGG out of the division by constantly stating that GGG should move up to 168.

Fortunately K2 was very smart in getting themselves the WBC Interim Belt. Now Canelo has no choice but to fight him or to drop the belt and publicly accept the fact that he is scared to fight Golovkin.

[klitoris]

I think Boxing would be best served if GGG did abandon this goal

it is GGG that keeps agreeing to step aside for the wbc. it's his own fault.
he could have added the wbc and be mandatory for wbo by now.

How would he be mandatory for the WBO?

[SenorPipino]

Let him go out there and prove himself against real fighters. Not this Wade fellow.

It's not the 70s or 80s anymore. No one cares about unified titles or even if you have a championship.

As Pernel Whitaker sagely remarked back in the 90s; "It's not about titles these days. It's about who's the best P4P."

[sucracristo]

I think Boxing would be best served if GGG did abandon this goal

it is GGG that keeps agreeing to step aside for the wbc. it's his own fault.
he could have added the wbc and be mandatory for wbo by now.

How would he be mandatory for the WBO?

how did he become mandatory for the wbc? if he didn't keep stepping aside for the
wbc he would have it already and would have angled himself for the wbo same way,
via intercontinental or other wbo title. he could have guaranteed himself all 4 majors
+ the ibo by the end of 2016 if he didn't keep stepping aside.

[klitoris]

it is GGG that keeps agreeing to step aside for the wbc. it's his own fault.
he could have added the wbc and be mandatory for wbo by now.

How would he be mandatory for the WBO?

how did he become mandatory for the wbc? if he didn't keep stepping aside for the
wbc he would have it already and would have angled himself for the wbo same way,
via intercontinental or other wbo title. he could have guaranteed himself all 4 majors
+ the ibo by the end of 2016 if he didn't keep stepping aside.

You can't fight for the WBO intercontinental if you're already a champion with other sanctioning bodies.
He took WBC step aside money, but ultimately GGGs team knew that Canelo nor Cotto could run away without dropping the belt.

[littlepug]

feck me what's going on with the middles ? everybody is frightened of suffering a loss like its the end of their career, canelo is a cash cow so won't risk it, Saunders is still learning on the job so won't risk it and Jacobs looks like he's probably gonna milk it before cashing out, they all pro boxers now in the literal sense rather than pro fighters like they used to be

[cold187]

Don't mind. Feed wades 0 to GGG.

[caldo2025]

Dude what are you talking about. People aren't fighting GGG because he will end their career, not because GGG wants to unify. GGG didn't have to take this mandatory really.
He would fight all the top fighters in the division like Jacobs, Saunders or Eubank Jr.
But the fact is:
Haymon will never sacrifice his cash cow Jacobs to GGG
Warren won't let Saunders anywhere near GGG
Hearn won't let Eubank anywhere near GGG

Jacobs is GGG's mandatory for WBA and he refuses to fight.

I'm sort of glad that Eubank and Saunders passed on the option to fight GGG because I see those fights not making it out of the 3rd round. But Jacobs is a name that interests me a lot. In fact, i'll go ahead and say that right now, Daniel Jacobs is the only Middleweight in the world that would test GGG. He's long and fast and throws lead. Canelo is going to take an absolute beating if he agrees to keep his belt and satisfy the defense.

With the change atop HBO now, the door is slightly ajar to work with Haymon's stable. What do you think a fight between Jacobs and GGG would look like? I think it would be GGG's toughest test in his career.

[expe]

How would he be mandatory for the WBO?

how did he become mandatory for the wbc? if he didn't keep stepping aside for the
wbc he would have it already and would have angled himself for the wbo same way,
via intercontinental or other wbo title. he could have guaranteed himself all 4 majors
+ the ibo by the end of 2016 if he didn't keep stepping aside.

You can't fight for the WBO intercontinental if you're already a champion with other sanctioning bodies.
He took WBC step aside money, but ultimately GGGs team knew that Canelo nor Cotto could run away without dropping the belt.

Even if he was able to, he'd then end up at purse bids on the wrong end of a 75/25 split.

[ScottDetonator]

Hearn won't let Eubank anywhere near GGG

To keep you in the loop, Hearn has nothing to do with the Eubank's at the moment. They only had a couple of fights together.

[Tarkus]

Does anyone knows anything about this Wade guy. Is he any good?

[Bard of Boxrec]

Let him go out there and prove himself against real fighters. Not this Wade fellow.

It's not the 70s or 80s anymore. No one cares about unified titles or even if you have a championship.

As Pernel Whitaker sagely remarked back in the 90s; "It's not about titles these days. It's about who's the best P4P."

You do realise Wade is an American which means he must be good?

[ikorolev]

Let him go out there and prove himself against real fighters. Not this Wade fellow.

It's not the 70s or 80s anymore. No one cares about unified titles or even if you have a championship.

As Pernel Whitaker sagely remarked back in the 90s; "It's not about titles these days. It's about who's the best P4P."

You do realise Wade is an American which means he must be good?

He also must be slick

[armageto]

Does anyone knows anything about this Wade guy. Is he any good?

He was fortunate to beat Soliman his last time out. G3 in 3 or less......

[jujigatame]

I thought Wade lost to Soliman although it was close. Either way, he's basically on the level of Monroe which means he's getting smashed.

[amwsnw]

When the home town boos a decision you know it was bs. Soliman an beat wade. Ggg will destroy him.

[BAD INTENTIONS]

Is Erislandy Lara fighting anyone?

We rode Canelo for years for not fighting Lara, and now GGG is getting a pass.

[SenorPipino]

Thanks for your support of all things American, Blowe and Ikovey.

I see you guys have finally come to your senses about what's good and needed in boxing.

However, when Wade struggled with the now shot Aussie Soliman, I figured he must be hiding some European roots.
Sure, the middleweight division is pretty lame (It's ruled over by junior middles) but Wade doesn't deserve a #1 ranking. At best he's #5.

[ikorolev]

Is Erislandy Lara fighting anyone?

We rode Canelo for years for not fighting Lara, and now GGG is getting a pass.

Except Lara hasn't fought at MW. Why is he just talking and fighting JMW bums instead of moving up and fighting another Haymon MW like Jacobs, Khytrov, etc.

[crusader]

Is Erislandy Lara fighting anyone?

We rode Canelo for years for not fighting Lara, and now GGG is getting a pass.

Except Lara hasn't fought at MW. Why is he just talking and fighting JMW bums instead of moving up and fighting another Haymon MW like Jacobs, Khytrov, etc.

We can't get GGG or another top MW? Let's go with washed up versions of Delvin Rodriguez and Jan Zaveck!

And of course Lara is with Haymon and hasn't fought himself into a mandatory spot.