I decided to make a list of champions that have officially DUCKED Gennady Golovkin since he became the Regular WBA champion in 2010.
1.Felix Sturm - WBA (2010-2012),IBF (2013-2014)
Golovkin was the Mando of Sturm when he was the WBA champion, he never EVER faced him.
2.Daniel Geale - IBF (2011-2013),WBA (2012)
Golovkin was the Mando of Geale but Geale elected not to face him and got stripped of his WBA title.
3.Sergio Martinez - WBO (2010),WBC (2010) (2012-2014)
Golovkin has been calling out Sergio Martinez since he made his american Debut on HBO, Martinez never EVER responded and faced inferior opponents eventually losing his titles in 2014.
4.Miguel Cotto - WBC (2014-2015)
Golovkin Called out Cotto instantly when he won his world title in 2014, Golovkin was the mandatory challenger to Cotto yet Cotto chose to fight Geale AND Canelo. When asked about Golovkin in post fight press conference he didnt know what to say making facial expressions indicating that he does not want the fight.
5.Peter Quillin - WBO (2012-2014)
When Quillin was the middleweight champion K2 promotions made him an offer (As stated by Tom Loefler) to face Gennady in the states yet Quillin never responded, later in 2015 in an interview Quillin stated he wants $5-10m in order to face Gennady pricing himself out of the fight.
6.Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam - WBO (2012)
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam was the mandatory challenger to Gennady Golovkin, he opted himself out of the fight and lost his mandatory position thus avoiding Gennady Golovkin.
7.Sam Soliman - IBF (2014)
Soliman won the IBF title in 2014 from Felix Sturm, immedietly after winning the title he called out Gennady Golovkin, then Golovkin fought his countryman Daniel Geale. Sam Soliman saw the fight and changed his mind stating he will NOT fight Golovkin after what he saw.
8.Darren Barker - IBF (2013)
Barker won the IBF title in 2013 when he beat Daniel Geale, later in the year Golovkin offered to Barker to fight him in England with a very low purse and his only demand was for them to give Team Golovkin 10 FREE tickets. The promoter realised Golovkin was the real deal and never accepted the fight.
9.Canelo Alvarez - WBC (2015)
After Canelo won the WBC title from Cotto he was obliged to fight his Mando Gennady Golovkin, Canelo insisted Golovkin should come down to 155 or there is no fight. In order for Golovkin not to lose the super fight he accepted that Canelo should take one more fight before facing him in order for the nagotiations to be more fair in september (Make the Fight at 158-160). This move was criticized and will remain in history as a duck EVEN if Canelo eventually fights Golovkin, a true champion would have fought at 160.
10.Billy Joe Saunders - WBO (2015)
BJS won his major title beating Andy lee, and has stated in MANY interviews that he doesnt intend to fight Golovkin EXCEPT if TeamGGG offers a ridiculous amount of money, which he doesnt deserve. Golovkin offered him $3.2m to fight yet he asked for more money to make the fight happen, thus officially ducking him by pricing himself out (Even if the fight does happen, the amount of money needed to make it would be immense, meaning that if Team Golovkin did not have the money it would be a duck)
ok so since 2010 we had 10 CHAMPIONS that ducked Gennady tripleG Golovkin, I think something like this has never ever happened in the span of 5 years, its just sad. The amount of fear he produces is unreal. If I forgot ANY other champions that ducked him feel free to add them.
