Which mega-fight do you expect to happen first ?

ValMar · Post by **ValMar** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:24

What do you expect ?

Onetimeonly · Post by **Onetimeonly** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:32

Canelo/GGG might be the only one we ever see.

jamamb · Post by **jamamb** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:33

canelo - ggg or usyk vs josh

oogiebe · Post by **oogiebe** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:43

Loma vs Garcia. I figure Loma's camp would look at this matchup more favorably after Garcia's performance vs Spence. I'm just about giving up on the HW matchups.

Onetimeonly · Post by **Onetimeonly** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:45

Who voted for loma/Garcia? That's never happening.

Onetimeonly · Post by **Onetimeonly** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:46

oogiebe wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:43 Loma vs Garcia. I figure Loma's camp would look at this matchup more favorably after Garcia's performance vs Spence. I'm just about giving up on the HW matchups.

Garcia gave up almost 3 years of his career because of arum. They hate each other.

oogiebe · Post by **oogiebe** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:49

Onetimeonly wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:46
oogiebe wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:43 Loma vs Garcia. I figure Loma's camp would look at this matchup more favorably after Garcia's performance vs Spence. I'm just about giving up on the HW matchups.
Garcia gave up almost 3 years of his career because of arum. They hate each other.

Meh...it's an easy big money proposition, politics aside.

jamamb · Post by **jamamb** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:50

to me its a big boost for the chances when u have both guys on the same side---see dazn and ggg vs nelo and josh vs ussy

Onetimeonly · Post by **Onetimeonly** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:54

oogiebe wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:49
Onetimeonly wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:46
oogiebe wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:43 Loma vs Garcia. I figure Loma's camp would look at this matchup more favorably after Garcia's performance vs Spence. I'm just about giving up on the HW matchups.
Garcia gave up almost 3 years of his career because of arum. They hate each other.
Meh...it's an easy big money proposition, politics aside.

Never gonna happen. Much less next.

Thomastearns · Post by **Thomastearns** » 20 Mar 2019, 14:56

Isn't Canelo GGG already pencilled in for Sept. Crooked Vegas once more?

Irresistible gravitational force of money. The usual crooks beavering away behind the scenes. This time Golovkin can play brinkmanship too.

Just for the icing on the cake boys how about bringing back the one and only Adalaide Byrd?

It'll be just like old times.

Best Coast · Post by **Best Coast** » 20 Mar 2019, 21:15

ValMar wrote: ↑20 Mar 2019, 14:24 What do you expect ?

Great question amigo. I say GGG-Canelo because it's a trilogy!!

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 21 Mar 2019, 07:16

I'm swerving Alvarez V Golovkin 3 as that would be part of a series, but out of the others, I'd bet on Usyk V Joshua.

Usyk is on a mission to be HW champion and he does not strike me as the type who would bitch about money etc; he just wants the belts, so negotiating with him should be easy in theory.

kbackup408 · Post by **kbackup408** » 21 Mar 2019, 07:40

Syntax Error wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 07:16 I'm swerving A!cares V Golovkin 3 as that would be part of a series, but out of the others, I'd bet on Usyk V Joshua.

Usyk is on a mission to be HW champion and he does not strike me as the type who would bitch about money etc; he just wants the belts, so negotiating with him should be easy in theory.

The Ukrainian block boxers are so easy to negotiate must be a promoters delight - they just want the best fights willing to fight home or away!

The Asleep Lamps · Post by **The Asleep Lamps** » 21 Mar 2019, 10:24

What fight should have happened first was Joshua vs Wilder, followed by Mikey Garcia vs Lomachenko, with Crawford vs Spence signed for later this year. Welcome to my fantasy.

tiny_acres · Post by **tiny_acres** » 21 Mar 2019, 10:36

The Asleep Lamps wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 10:24 What fight should have happened first was Joshua vs Wilder, followed by Mikey Garcia vs Lomachenko, with Crawford vs Spence signed for later this year. Welcome to my fantasy.

and pussy should grow on trees and vodka comes out of the garden hose.

Utopia? Boxing sure ain't it

SenorPipino · Post by **SenorPipino** » 21 Mar 2019, 12:47

tiny_acres wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 10:36
The Asleep Lamps wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 10:24 What fight should have happened first was Joshua vs Wilder, followed by Mikey Garcia vs Lomachenko, with Crawford vs Spence signed for later this year. Welcome to my fantasy.
and pussy should grow on trees and vodka comes out of the garden hose.
Utopia? Boxing sure ain't it

Vodka coming out of the garden hose?

That would really cut down on expenses!

jamamb · Post by **jamamb** » 21 Mar 2019, 12:49

ya but dear gawd imagine your poor lawn

tiny_acres · Post by **tiny_acres** » 21 Mar 2019, 14:03

jamamb wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 12:49 ya but dear gawd imagine your poor lawn

You'd be so drunk you wouldn't care

SenorPipino · Post by **SenorPipino** » 21 Mar 2019, 15:24

tiny_acres wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 14:03
jamamb wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 12:49 ya but dear gawd imagine your poor lawn
You'd be so drunk you wouldn't care

If I could get all that vodka for the price of water, I'd gladly turn my lawn into a rock garden.

oogiebe · Post by **oogiebe** » 21 Mar 2019, 15:29

SenorPipino wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 15:24
tiny_acres wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 14:03
jamamb wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 12:49 ya but dear gawd imagine your poor lawn
You'd be so drunk you wouldn't care
If I could get all that vodka for the price of water, I'd gladly turn my lawn into a rock garden.

LMFAO! Score!

jinlanaudiere · Post by **jinlanaudiere** » 23 Mar 2019, 23:26

Usyk VS Joshua, which would be a cracking matchup, seems to have a real possibility of happening late this year, or early 2020.

SenorPipino · Post by **SenorPipino** » 24 Mar 2019, 09:38

jinlanaudiere wrote: ↑23 Mar 2019, 23:26 Usyk VS Joshua, which would be a cracking matchup, seems to have a real possibility of happening late this year, or early 2020.

Usyk will have 2 or 3 fights this year. Or even extending into 2020

A Joshua fight won't happen until at least next summer. Probably later.

candyslim · Post by **candyslim** » 27 Mar 2019, 04:29

At least we can be confident it will happen. Two fighters who don't swerve a challenge.

I voted GGG v Canelo III though. The most likely and the one I'm probably least excited about. There seems to be a basis for a new "law" here relating to the inverse probability ratio of most likely and least anticipated fights.

Don't get me wrong. Those two will produce another great fight which will be worth watching, but if it's in Vegas the result will be the same and GGG is getting older. Who knows, maybe Canelo will even deserve the decision next time. I'm past caring really - been there, seen it, got the postcard

Enlightened-One · Post by **Enlightened-One** » 27 Mar 2019, 05:03

Only a third of these fights are likely, due to fighters being stablemates or free agents, such as:

• Prograis vs. M. Garcia 2020 (2020, due to WBSS)
• Canelo vs. GGG (September 2020)
• Usyk vs. Joshua (2020, due to AJ's mandatories & two bouts per year schedule)

Deontay Wilder is technically a free agent and after he beats his WBC mandatory challenger, Dominic Breazeale, he should be able to face Tyson Fury next (since ‘The Bronze Bomber’ insists he’s a free agent).

So I reckon the Wilder-Fury rematch is likely to happen first. There “shouldn’t” be any political obstacles (since Bob Arum and Al Haymon do work with each other frequently) and this bout is worth too much money for it not to take place.