Gennady Golovkin vs. Steve Rolls - June 8, 2019

[Enlightened-One]

To be fair, this is a non title fight. Any of his previous Middleweight title defences he wanted at the 160 limit.

Again, I don’t know him personally, neither do you, but all we can do is speculate.

Golovkin did criticise others for employing catchweights and a lot of his fans from this forum passionately argued that Gennady would never have considered facing certain fighters (such as Andre Ward at a 164lbs) using catchweights, since GGG didn’t believe in them.

It seemed that the majority of the BoxRec community supported GGG’s penchant to mock and decline catchweight stipulations.

I don’t really need to know Golovkin personally at all to know for certain that the above sentences are entirely accurate. I’m sure you even realise this yourself. There's far too much proof out there to support my accusation. I'm sure you've read many of the anti-catchweight forum posts that have been submitted to 'Current Scene' BoxRec board.

[Onetimeonly]

[boxing_rocks]

This is a warmup non-title fight. There is no reason it can't be at any weight. Totally different from Canelo winning 160-lb title at 155.

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This is a warmup non-title fight. There is no reason it can't be at any weight. Totally different from Canelo winning 160-lb title at 155.

[Enlightened-One]

This is a warmup non-title fight. There is no reason it can't be at any weight. Totally different from Canelo winning 160-lb title at 155.

Loeffler said that Golovkin would have no problem fighting at a catchweight against Alvarez, who fought Lara in a 155-pound bout.

“We’ve always said that if there is a compelling fight, Gennady would move up or down, we’ve talked about moving up to 168 for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. because that would be a pay-per-view fight and if it’s Canelo, then I’m sure that we could work out a catchweight if he wanted to work out a catchweight and if it’s in his best interest. So that would certainly be a pay-per-view fight,” said Loeffler.

“There wouldn’t be any issues for us to come down to fight Canelo. There would still be a title on the line for Gennady because he would be fighting under 160, so he would be able to defend the titles at 156 or whatever you have the weight be. But Gennady would be willing to come down in weight to fight Canelo. I wouldn’t say it would be at 154 but certainly, given that Canelo fought his last fight at 155, then you could say that Gennady would certainly be willing to come down in weight to make the Canelo fight.”

Team GGG would later criticise other fighters for competing in catchweight bouts (i.e. Canelo-Cotto at 155lbs).

Fight fans then jumped on the bandwagon and criticised any fighter, not named GGG, for competing in catchweights.

For the record, I don't have too much of a problem with catchweights, they're appropriate under certain conditions, but I do get frustrated about double-standards being applied or flip-flopping opinions, which is what we often witness from certain fighters and their loyal fans.

[apollo creed]

This is a warmup non-title fight. There is no reason it can't be at any weight. Totally different from Canelo winning 160-lb title at 155.

Yup it's to shake off the ring rust. 164 it's ok.

[apollo creed]

Loeffler said that Golovkin would have no problem fighting at a catchweight against Alvarez, who fought Lara in a 155-pound bout.

“We’ve always said that if there is a compelling fight, Gennady would move up or down, we’ve talked about moving up to 168 for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. because that would be a pay-per-view fight and if it’s Canelo, then I’m sure that we could work out a catchweight if he wanted to work out a catchweight and if it’s in his best interest. So that would certainly be a pay-per-view fight,” said Loeffler.

“There wouldn’t be any issues for us to come down to fight Canelo. There would still be a title on the line for Gennady because he would be fighting under 160, so he would be able to defend the titles at 156 or whatever you have the weight be. But Gennady would be willing to come down in weight to fight Canelo. I wouldn’t say it would be at 154 but certainly, given that Canelo fought his last fight at 155, then you could say that Gennady would certainly be willing to come down in weight to make the Canelo fight.”

Team GGG would later criticise other fighters for competing in catchweight bouts (i.e. Canelo-Cotto at 155lbs).

Fight fans then jumped on the bandwagon and criticised any fighter, not named GGG, for competing in catchweights.

For the record, I don't have too much of a problem with catchweights, they're appropriate under certain conditions, but I do get frustrated about double-standards being applied or flip-flopping opinions, which is what we often witness from certain fighters and their loyal fans.

Yawn. Now you're starting your ol' boring yellow-trolling-propaganda.

[Enlightened-One]

Yawn. Now you're starting your ol' boring yellow-trolling-propaganda.

I’m merely guilty of citing the very words articulated by Tom Loeffler, in relation to GGG’s willingness to compete in title fights involving catchweight stipulations, which he later criticised other fighters for doing.

I haven’t misrepresented anything.

[boxing_rocks]

Hearn says that Gassiev will have his HW debut on the undercard.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Hearn says that Gassiev will have his HW debut on the undercard.

Eddie??

What's he got to do with Gassiev?

[Thomastearns]

Yawn. Now you're starting your ol' boring yellow-trolling-propaganda.

One of the dangers of taking anything said too literally in this sport.

We probably don't know half of what really goes on.

[walter5]

Eddie??

What's he got to do with Gassiev?

They agreed on a promotional deal in March.

[Ruthless-RKO]

They agreed on a promotional deal in March.

Oh yeh.. You're right.

[ValMar]

No, thank you !

[boxing_rocks]

Lemieux is injured, so Ryder is available. Too late, damit.

[SenorPipino]

Lemieux is injured, so Ryder is available. Too late, damit.

Lemieux sure seems to get injured or become ill quite a lot these days.

[oogiebe]

Lemieux sure seems to get injured or become ill quite a lot these days.

I was thinking that same thing.

[SenorPipino]

I was thinking that same thing.

You think it's a drug thing?

[oogiebe]

You think it's a drug thing?

Who knows. Lemieux is fast becoming a none entity, regardless if it's actual injuries or VADA nerves after Miller gets nabbed.

[Ruthless-RKO]

You think it's a drug thing?

It was a hand injury.

[SenorPipino]

It was a hand injury.

But these drugs have a way of making the body more and more brittle as time goes on.

Injuries become the norm.

Lemieux has become highly injury prone. That's cause for suspicion.

And in boxing, you never really know If the announced injury is the truth or a cover.

Mares had an elbow injury when he pulled out of the Davis fight.

He later admitted he was losing his vision due to a detached retina.

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