fukk the politics... They need to fight.
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This board already hates Roach, they gonna hate him more now:
Roach: Golovkin-Canelo No Longer a Walkover, Very Competitive - Boxing News
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is no longer under the impression that WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) will steamroll right over WBC champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs).
Golovkin is the mandatory challenger for Canelo's WBC title. The two camps have begun negotiations for a fall showdown.
They have 15 days to reach an agreement before the WBC holds an official purse bid on May 24th in Mexico City.
Roach was ringside last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He watched Canelo score a crushing one-punch knockout of former champion Amir Khan in the sixth round of an HBO Pay-Per-View headliner.
Roach, who trained Khan in the past, was very impressed with the series of moves that Canelo utilized to set up the finisher. Roach worked the corner of Miguel Cotto when he lost a twelve round decision to Canelo last November at the Mandalay Bay.
"You could see that he was getting closer [to Khan]. He threw a few right hands to the body earlier and I think he was doing that to measure him. That was a beautiful move [to set up that right hand]. I think [Canelo is] becoming a better fighter than people think. Him and Triple G is not just a walkover anymore. I think its a good fight," Roach told BoxingScene.com.
Roach is still siding with Golovkin to win the contest. He considers Golovkin to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.
"Triple G is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, today I think. It's a very competitive fight at this point. I think its a good fight. I don't think its a blowout. I think its an interesting good fight," Roach said.
If Canelo refuses to go forward with the mandatory defense, then the World Boxing Council will remove him from the position of middleweight champion and transfer that recognition to Golovkin.
I agree with him about everything except the winner and lil g being #1 P4P.
His skills nor resume points to him being #1 P4P imo
Breh we hypothesize about shyt that'll never happen literally every day in this bish. I'm assuming fight happens at 160, in which case I have Canelo by TKO/SD.Can the fight become official and we see what weight it's gonna be at first breh?
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Thanks breh. I was streaming the interview and they were chopping it up and not playing it as one continuous segment, so that is much better.
Found this too. Fight hype gaining steam.
At 160? lil g wins.
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Shane tweeting that it's a done deal. Anyone see this?
i saw steve kim retweet it.. shane probably making shyt up
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Shane just love the attention I'm waiting on Floyd to do something to get the spotlight back
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A lot of Canelo supporters should bet big since they so confident in a Canelo win I remember seeing Canelo getting +250 when they had preliminary odds up vs GGG a few months back. Might have to get me a piece of that myself.
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My 3rd eye was discovered the moment I inhaled my first $3 bag of green when I was a teen. At times my 3rd was blurry and this isn't one of those times.
I see 97g victorious over Cinnamon.
I want #TheCartel to win though
I see 97g victorious over Cinnamon.
I want #TheCartel to win though
My 3rd eye was discovered the moment I inhaled my first $3 bag of green when I was a teen. At times my 3rd was blurry and this isn't one of those times.
I see 97g victorious over Cinnamon.
I want #TheCartel to win though
First of all...peace
why do you see GGG beating Canelo?
My 3rd eye was discovered the moment I inhaled my first $3 bag of green when I was a teen. At times my 3rd was blurry and this isn't one of those times.
I see 97g victorious over Cinnamon.
I want #TheCartel to win though
Me too.
There isn't a fighter today that I would favor over lil g at the full 160 limit
I don't think golovkin can hurt Canelo bad enough to stop the out boxing he's gonna get