Boxing schedule for the month of February
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I was able to stave off my usual altitude sickness during the drive up to the remote San Bernardino mountain town with thoughts of all the hype I’ve heard on Golovkin in recent months. It began with a text message from Sam Garcia late last June.
“Perro is getting lit up in sparring by this Russian dude!” read the text message from Garcia, an assistant trainer for junior lightweight prospect Eloy Perez, who frequently trains in Big Bear.
“Perro,” of course, is Alfredo Angulo, the rugged junior middleweight contender who was preparing for his HBO-televised fight against Joachim Alcine last July when he locked horns with Golovkin at Sanchez‘s gym. Garcia later gave me a more-detailed account of the sparring session. Lightweight contender Urbano Antillon, who is trained by Sanchez, supported Garcia's story.
“Alfredo Angulo is a very strong, very competitive, prideful guy who has a great team behind him, but Golovkin is on another level,” said Garcia, who says he watched three sparring sessions between the two over the course of one week. “His strength, his demeanor, his skill, everything he did in there was just too much for Angulo, which surprised the hell out of me.
“I’ve seen Angulo spar many times before and he‘s always the one doing the hurting. He’s so damn tough I’ve never seen him take a step back, let alone get hurt. I was expecting him to test this Golovkin guy that I’d never seen before, but ‘Superman’ was in there taking and giving, and he hurt Angulo a couple times, especially to the body. Angulo had to get on his bike against Golovkin, which was just bizarre to see.”
“Perro is getting lit up in sparring by this Russian dude!” read the text message from Garcia, an assistant trainer for junior lightweight prospect Eloy Perez, who frequently trains in Big Bear.
“Perro,” of course, is Alfredo Angulo, the rugged junior middleweight contender who was preparing for his HBO-televised fight against Joachim Alcine last July when he locked horns with Golovkin at Sanchez‘s gym. Garcia later gave me a more-detailed account of the sparring session. Lightweight contender Urbano Antillon, who is trained by Sanchez, supported Garcia's story.
“Alfredo Angulo is a very strong, very competitive, prideful guy who has a great team behind him, but Golovkin is on another level,” said Garcia, who says he watched three sparring sessions between the two over the course of one week. “His strength, his demeanor, his skill, everything he did in there was just too much for Angulo, which surprised the hell out of me.
“I’ve seen Angulo spar many times before and he‘s always the one doing the hurting. He’s so damn tough I’ve never seen him take a step back, let alone get hurt. I was expecting him to test this Golovkin guy that I’d never seen before, but ‘Superman’ was in there taking and giving, and he hurt Angulo a couple times, especially to the body. Angulo had to get on his bike against Golovkin, which was just bizarre to see.”
Looks like 50 cent made a deal with Polish promoter to have James Kirkland fight undefeated Polish fighter Damian Jonak which will be featured on the April Golovkin undercard. This must mean Golovkin vs Geale or a slight chance of Martin Murray. Winners fight than Martinez Hopefully.
So Golovkins four fights could be:
Adama
Geale
Kirkland
Martinez
That would be sick.
So Golovkins four fights could be:
Adama
Geale
Kirkland
Martinez
That would be sick.
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GGG wont fight Ward. Ward would beat his ass. Kirkland would beat his ass to. Who cares if he fights Geale or Murray, them dudes aint shit. Fight some real shit. Its funny to see people call out GGG and how 206 defends him so badly lol. Funny shit. Got Em!!
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Why should Golovkin have to move up in weight to fight Ward? Why doesn't Ward move up and fight Kovalev? Why doesn't Floyd move up to fight Sergio Martinez? Right, because there are weight divisions.
Geale and Murray are ranked much higher than Kirkland, because you know, they are Middleweights and Kirkland is a junior Middleweight. Murray arguably beat Sergio Martinez in Argentina.
So the top MWs are Martinez, Golovkin, Murray, Quillin, Geale. The idea is to fight the best, no?
Further, Golovkin KOs Kirkland and people like bigface will just say Oh look he beat another blown up junior middleweight. Can't win either way.
Still, I don't see how anyone can hate on Golovkin. Dude has skills, power, the amateur background and the willingness to fight the best. Nothing was given to GGG like things were given to guys like CaneLOL, Chavez, Broner, etc. He's climbing his way to the top the hard way.
Geale and Murray are ranked much higher than Kirkland, because you know, they are Middleweights and Kirkland is a junior Middleweight. Murray arguably beat Sergio Martinez in Argentina.
So the top MWs are Martinez, Golovkin, Murray, Quillin, Geale. The idea is to fight the best, no?
Further, Golovkin KOs Kirkland and people like bigface will just say Oh look he beat another blown up junior middleweight. Can't win either way.
Still, I don't see how anyone can hate on Golovkin. Dude has skills, power, the amateur background and the willingness to fight the best. Nothing was given to GGG like things were given to guys like CaneLOL, Chavez, Broner, etc. He's climbing his way to the top the hard way.
Not to mention GGG is willing to go down in weight but none of those guys want to fight him either.
To say that Kirkland would bomb on GGG with so much certainty seems ridiculous. Glen Tapia gave Kirkland a lot of problems. Angulo damn near had him knocked out. He was knocked out by Ishida who then got then got the piss beat out of him and spectacularly knocked out by GGG.
To say that Kirkland would bomb on GGG with so much certainty seems ridiculous. Glen Tapia gave Kirkland a lot of problems. Angulo damn near had him knocked out. He was knocked out by Ishida who then got then got the piss beat out of him and spectacularly knocked out by GGG.
The same reason GGG wants to fight Mayweather. Why is it ok for him to want to fight such a small fighter in Floyd but yet he doesnt have to move up to fight Ward or he wont even call Ward out. Cmon dude. Got Em!!
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Dude Floyd & B-Hop will never happen stop it. U can take him serious but I never will when it comes to him fighting Floyd. Thats a joke. Got Em!!
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