If Golovkin had been given a gift decision against an opponent of the caliber of Herrera, he'd be considered utterly exposed and no one would be giving him a pass for refusing the rematch.
Anyway, Golovkin's and Garcia's situations aren't even comparable because the biggest obstacle preventing Golovkin from getting big fights is the fact that he's being avoided by other big names in the division.
That would be me and i stand by it.Until giving Garcia hell he was nothing more than a fringe contender.Look at his last 4 fights were he loses to Alverado and Mayfield and then beats 2 other low level fighters.sorry but that's fringe contender stuff.
Mate i like Danny Garcia but thats how i feel about his last 2 opponents.Still fighting and beating Kahn and then Mathysse the best in his division makes him the best; so no argument there.
I don't feel i have double standards.I was just calling it how i see it.
I honestly believe you have a problem with GGG's success.I don't think you outright think "he's white i don't like him" but i think your opinion of him stems from him being a white man and you having some deep routed problem with it.I'v heard all your excuses about how Klitschko is one of your favorite fighters and i'm sure you think he is but it's very easy to put Klitschko in your goodbooks when he's a guy that threatens none of your favorite black fighter legacy's and when he's a giant beating up smaller men
I'v also heard all the points you have to make about Golovkins opposition but why is you always fail to touch on the other facts? the fact that the big names have steered away from him.the fact that he very active and the blatent fact that he's an immense talent.any fool could tell you he's something special but you won't have it.Why is that? The man hasn't put a foot wrong but you are a critic.Why is that?Fair enough some fans get carried away on him but that shouldn't mean you should be outright critical of him
When GGG fought Adama or the Japanese guy or whoever he wasn't classed by many as the best in his division.He was clearly game to fight the best and most importantly he's very active so if he fights a couple of low level guys it no so bad cus he's fighting so often.That's the difference be between him and Garcia
I think that one major difference between Garcia and Golovkin is that Golovkin has been avoided by the biggest names in his weight class. It was much the same when Martinez first took the lineal championship. The other 160 pounders wanted nothing to do with Sergio so he took whatever fights made the most sense. Garcia is the man at 140 and has been for some time. Everyone wants a piece of him, and he could make big money taking on the best in his division. He took on Khan and Matthysse who were his closest rivals and he beat them which makes him the best 140 fighter, period. I hope no one is arguing that. The criticism is that he fought the 77th ranked fighter in his division, who had to move up in weight to fight him. There was similar criticism when Mayweather chose to fight Marquez when he came back from his mini retirement, but that was JMM, one of the top 10 P4P fighters. I think Spadafora, who was working the corner, would have been a better choice than Salka.
I agree that Herrera was never a pushover. He is a tough and awkward fighter, HOWEVER, the perception was to Garcia's team, that he was not as skilled and definitely that he was feather fisted so fighting him, a Mexican, in Puerto Rico was supposed to be not as difficult as it turned out to be.
In the scheme of things, this won't be a huge problem for Garcia IF he fights legit challengers at 140 from her on out. I can see fighting lesser opponents when you move up in weight, to get acclimated, but when you are the top of your division, you need to fight the top of your division, if they will agree to fight you. I don't see a double standard.
The difference is this: Garcia CAN get the big fights, while GGG is still avoided like the plague.
Garcia has a name, he has the drawing power, he has the strong record. GGG isn't to that level yet, he's still trying to make his way up.
Garcia's record and reputation speaks for itself, a win over Khan and Matthysse is goddamn impressive, so he had ZERO business picking on a 77th ranked lightweight.
At least GGG fought Geale next. Danny who could've fought Viktor Postol or a rematch with Herrera accepted BS.
I am afraid there is.
Remember the guy Juan Manuel Marquez fought before his fourth bout with Pacquiao? That same guy. Likar Ramos was kayoed earlier by, Jorge Solis who himself was annihilated by Pacquiao and Yuri Gamboa.and Takashi Uchiyama at junior lightweight.
Golovkin also fought and stopped Osamanu Adama who has lost earlier to Don George, Dyah Davis and Daniel Geale and has had to import two Japanese patsies Makoto Fuchigami and Naburo Ishida who was actually a junior middleweight for his title defenses!
TO ALL MISTY EYED GGG WORSHIPPERS: So you are sold to the idea of GGG being avoided like plague by the top, big names in the division? If that were so, why did GGG even had to make it difficult by signing an exclusive contract with HBO when some of the potential foes being projected by his own promoter, the likes of Quillin, Jacobs and others as Canelo Alvarez, Erislandy Lara are with Showtime?
If you are hot like GGG, you will not want to limit your exposure by tying yourself up with a single network. Big selling guys like Cotto and Marquez and at one time Donaire made sure they can enjoy the best of both worlds by making themselves free to fight for either HBO or Showtime.
And what about the WBA? It could very well assign top challengers of his choice regardless of promotional or network ties by ordering a purse bidding. What has his handlers been doing to avail of this option? NOTHING! Because they would rather hide dbehind the excuse that GGG is avoided and continue going about their merry ways of putting one patsy after the other against him because fans like you lap it up enthusiastically!
Consider where they were in boxing when they fought the fighter you mentioned. Danny was being held on a very high esteem right now in boxing and fighting a fighter of Salka's caliber who was force to fight at Welter being a Lightweight is a no-no. Some said that Triple G is not an elite fighter fighting bums while Garcia was one of those considered to fight Pacquiao and Floyd as they said he is now on the same level as them but not GGG who was untested and fought no named opponent. Direction of criticism is more on a fighter who was being held on a higher stature. if Andre Ward is fighting today. we won't be talking of The triple G.
You guys praise Golovkin and criticize Garcia for fighting Salka. Where was this outrage when Golovkin fought Adama?
One person said he fought 2 no names (referring to Herrera). Mauricio Herrera is a name fighter who had been on ESPN and HBO before fighting Garcia. He faced Karin Mayfield, Mike Alvarado, and Mike Dallas Jr.
