Comments Thread For: HBO Exec on The Rise of Golovkin, Securing Top Opponents

[aboutfkntime]

Far cry from all the b1tch'n and moan'n you did back in the day about Floyd's opponent selection. What happen to your "real champions fight em all" approach to following the sport?

[hitking]

GGG has a casual fan base which is growing with every fight. Most of them live outside the USA though, so they don't watch his fights on HBO PPV.

OK, but I'm sure HBO doesn't care about his fanbase that's not making their network money. So that's moot to the discussion don't cha think.

[aboutfkntime]

" anyone from 154-168 ", sounded real fkn cool..... didn't it ?

[cupocity303]

Far cry from all the b1tch'n and moan'n you did back in the day about Floyd's opponent selection. What happen to your "real champions fight em all" approach to following the sport?

I was actually defending Floyd's opponent selection back in the HBO forum days. You're getting senile Hitster.

[cupocity303]

That is exactly right.

They don't want to risk looking bad, and they don't want to risk failing to put him away.

That would completely crack Golovkin's aura, considering that Lara would be Golovkin's first world-class opponent and a significant underdog.

I agree. He is clearly better than Lara. Lara is a solid journeyman who will spoil and try to make everyone look bad. But when the lights are on him, the best you get out of him is the performance he put up against Canelo - which wasn't much.

It's just that everyone focused on Canelo himself, as if he was exposed. If you put the focus on Lara himself and ignore Canelo --- Lara didn't do anything to deserve a win in that fight. No knockdowns, no clear outboxing of Canelo during any of the rounds. If you're gonna move around that much, you're better be putting on a clinic.

[kafkod]

OK, but I'm sure HBO doesn't care about his fanbase that's not making their network money. So that's moot to the discussion don't cha think.

The international revenue K2 earn from Golovkin's fights means that HBO don't need to dig deep into their pockets to fund them.

Another thing to remember is that the 2 delayed screenings of GGG/lemieux broadcast by HBO were both watched by over 1.25 million viewers.

HBO did ok with that fight.

[kafkod]

I agree. He is clearly better than Lara. Lara is a solid journeyman who will spoil and try to make everyone look bad. But when the lights are on him, the best you get out of him is the performance he put up against Canelo - which wasn't much.

It's just that everyone focused on Canelo himself, as if he was exposed. If you put the focus on Lara himself and ignore Canelo --- Lara didn't do anything to deserve a win in that fight. No knockdowns, no clear outboxing of Canelo during any of the rounds. If you're gonna move around that much, you're better be putting on a clinic.

Or at least, you better be clearly landing more punches than your opponent, like Fury did against Wlad.

Lara didn't do that against Canelo.

[cupocity303]

Or at least, you better be clearly landing more punches than your opponent, like Fury did against Wlad.

Lara didn't do that against Canelo.

You had to rub it in, didn't ya.

[hitking]

Or at least, you better be clearly landing more punches than your opponent, like Fury did against Wlad.

Lara didn't do that against Canelo.

I thought Lara did more offensively against Canelo than Fury did against Wlad. To be honest, I thought there was a lotta BS-ery and smoke-n-mirrors in Fury's performance against Wlad. Reminded me a bit of Mayorga's rematch against Forrest. Honestly, had expectations not been so low for Fury heading in. I don't think his performance would have been recieved as well as its been.

[REYESdelBOXEO]

Ggg quit hiding !

* UNLEASH THE CANELO *
Where you at Mr. 154-168 pound killa?!?! GGG or should we say DDD a.k.a Diva Duckin Daily!!!

CANELO ALVAREZ will school and knock DDD out cold , on some Kirkland and Baldomir KO of the year type stuff!!!

Ward calls out DDD at 168, he be like "I little guy" "catch weights are great "

Lara calls out DDD at 154 or 160, he be like "I fight Monroe Jr. instead , difficult style"

CANELO calls out DDD , he be like " that's second question " "catch weights are the devil "

REALITY CHECK : GGG\DDD = Fraud , Propoganda , Gimic, Publicity Stunt

"But don't forget guys, big drama show , I'm ready now not future , only the best guys"!