Gennady Golovkin vs. Steve Rolls - June 8, 2019

[boxing_rocks]

By then they must have found a way?

Adama came before Murray.

If they really wanted, they could have found a way a year earlier. They just didn't like the opponent.

[boxing_rocks]

First episode of Wahlberg's "40 Days":

[JohnMcMinn]

Lots of shade being thrown at Abel Sanchez in this video.

I was a few blocks away from G's open workout at MSG yesterday but I had to make an appointment. I really wanted to call and cancel so I could see it. Oh well.

When is BoxRec going to change GGG's name to Gennadiy? He seems to have officially added the i now.

[boxing_rocks]

When is BoxRec going to change GGG's name to Gennadiy? He seems to have officially added the i now.

Golovkin's first name is Геннадий. Both Gennady and Gennadiy don't represent that exactly, so I don't know what was a point of that change. Maybe he just wanted his Kazakh and American passports match.

[JohnMcMinn]

I'm not a linguist or anything, just seems like that's his preferred English transliteration now. Doesn't really matter that much in the long run.

[Ilya Muromets]

I think the booky odds are a ridiculous 70-1 in favor of GGG.

[SenorPipino]

I think the booky odds are a ridiculous 70-1 in favor of GGG.

I've seen plenty books pricing it at 100-1.

Fury is only 50-1 over Schwarz a week later.

[Ilya Muromets]

I've seen plenty books pricing it at 100-1.

Fury is only 50-1 over Schwarz a week later.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Fury-Schwarz odds go down even more. People are heavyweight upset-minded now.

[SenorPipino]

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Fury-Schwarz odds go down even more. People are heavyweight upset-minded now.

Probably true.

I can't imagine the odds increasing on Fury. No value in a 50-1 favorite.

[boxing_rocks]

I think the booky odds are a ridiculous 70-1 in favor of GGG.

Yeah, it should be at least 200-1.

[ironbeard]

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Fury-Schwarz odds go down even more. People are heavyweight upset-minded now.

Especially Schwarz after Saturday night.

[boxing_rocks]

Episode 2

[Ilya Muromets]

Yeah, it should be at least 200-1.

Ha ha!

[Ruthless-RKO]

[northern]

He was never out of form or out of the mix.

To anyone who follows boxing or has seen him fight, no he's never been out of the top names at middleweight, for the person who doesn't follow the sport or has just gotten into it and sees him coming off a loss or even anyone who wants to say "he's finished at world level" .
This is a fight to prove he's far from done.

[Enlightened-One]

To anyone who follows boxing or has seen him fight, no he's never been out of the top names at middleweight, for the person who doesn't follow the sport or has just gotten into it and sees him coming off a loss or even anyone who wants to say "he's finished at world level" .
This is a fight to prove he's far from done.

For any “person who doesn't follow the sport or has just gotten into it and sees” this as a competitive fight, by regarding Steve Rolls as a decent opponent, they’re wrong. It’s a mismatch!

[Ilya Muromets]

For any “person who doesn't follow the sport or has just gotten into it and sees” this as a competitive fight, by regarding Steve Rolls as a decent opponent, they’re wrong. It’s a mismatch!

Rolls is 19-0 with 10 KO's but he's fought nobodies from fat city. The last guy he fought was ranked #164 in the world, the guy before #265. He went the distance with both of them. This is a ridiculous mismatch with a guy with an inflated record.

[boxing_rocks]

I agree that it definitely looks like a mismatch. Rolls did spar with Adonis, BJS and Lemieux, so he is likely not a club fighter and there is a slight possibility of a surprise.

[boxing_rocks]

[jamamb]

his punch technique is just like ggg

[boxing_rocks]

his punch technique is just like ggg

[jamamb]

he looks better then shojohan ergashev, who was my favorite uzbek prospect but then looked pretty dumpy last fight

[diddy]

Golovkin is all the way down to 25-1 now in some spots. 2 weeks ago this fight would've closed at -10,000. Its just proof that many bettors are idiots that can be manipulated. The next big fight that happens after what is perceived as a huge upset when a fat short guy knocks out a guy who looks like Adonis and this is the reactionary BS you get. The comeback on Rolls is "+1450. There's no way in hell Rolls has a 1 in 14 chance of beating GGG. His only path to victory is disqualification. Andy Ruiz is at least a world class fighter who has shown he can compete at the top level. And Joshua has shown a suspect chin. The ingredients were there for a possible shock in retrospect. GGG has shown no such chin issues and Rolls has never fought anywhere even remotely close to this level.

[boxing_rocks]

[Ruthless-RKO]

The 37-year-old Golovkin officially weighed in at 163 pounds for his 12-round super middleweight match versus Steve Rolls on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The contracted maximum for their fight is 164 pounds, halfway between the middleweight and super middleweight limits.

Toronto’s Rolls stepped on the New York State Athletic Commission’s scale at 163½ pounds at Madison Square Garden.