GGG had a chance to fight Quillin and instead signed an exclusive contract with HBO and still does.
GGG accepts step aside money.
GGG is only willing to move up a full weight class as long as it's not Ward and it's a ppv.
Fast forward a couple years, after Wards self inflicted exile from the sport, he contacted Golovkin about a fight AFTER Golovkin just signed a fight with Lemieux with the expectation of fighting the WBC winner after that (Cotto/Canelo). Roc Nations offer? Sign to fight at 168 for a year down the road at an unknown date and unknown purse. Not much of an offer, especially considering they had Lemieux on deck and obviously wanted to get the WBC mandatory enforced. You don't take a fight in a weight class above you at an unknown date when you're expecting a Canelo fight to happen. Of course when Golovkin wasn't mandatory to WBC and was in a position to fight wherever he wanted, he offered Ward a fight and he turned it down outright.
Canelo has done none of that. After 3 years, he got the Mexican Holidays by switching networks, fighting a non ppv fight, and defeating Cotto. Canelo acknowledged that even though he brings in the most money he still took the high road and accepted being the "B" sider vs any other big name fighter until now.
And he even fought a catchweight fight.
ALL of GGG's fights are free because he doesn't take the risks.
Golovkin vs Sergio Martinez
Golovkin vs Felix Sturm
Golovkin vs Peter Quillin
Golovkin vs Dmitry Pirog
Golovkin vs N'dam
Golovkin vs Cotto
Golovkin vs Canelo
Golovkin vs Froch
Golovkin vs Chavez
Golovkin vs Mundane
These are all fights Golovkin has tried to make and was flat out rejected (with exception to Pirog who pulled out due to injury). Many of those fights were big risks.
I've said it before at a full 160, GGG kills Canelo. At catchweight, GGG's boxing skills should be enough to defeat Canelo. So why won't he do it? Money! He wants more than he deserves. That's the "fucking around" Canelo is talking about.
If Canelo loses he will still make so much money that a rematch at GGG's demands will get him so much more and he can retire before he's 30, not 40 like Floyd
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