Floyd Mayweather is supposedly retired from boxing for good. But he hasn’t stopped himself from talking trash about one of the most popular boxers in the sport.
Mayweather said this past weekend that Kell Brook exposed Gennady Golovkin during last month’s matchup that Golovkin won via fifth-round stoppage after breaking Brook’s orbital bone. Mayweather, still ranked No. 10 in the Forbes Pound-For-Pound Moneymakers list, also said Golovkin – ranked No. 3 on the Moneymakers list who holds three of the four middleweight belts – should move up in weight.
“A guy like [Brook] with decent boxing skills exposed him,” Mayweather told FightHype.com, referring to Brook winning an early round or two against Golovkin before Golovkin did this.
Continued Mayweather, via Boxing Scene: “I [saw] my nephew after the Kell Brook fight, and he said [Golovkin] ‘wasn’t what I thought he was, he cool.’ I told you he’s got punching power for a stationary target. Then he said, ‘Unc, you would have stopped him, you would’ve destroyed him.’ I said, ‘Nephew, you ain’t telling me nothing new.’ He was just a fan of Triple G fighting those stationary targets.”
Mayweather isn’t the only one to think that Golovkin didn’t put out a top performance vs. Brook, especially since Golovkin seemed to struggle early against a fighter who was moving up two weight classes to meet him. In the aftermath, a number of boxers began inching forward to call out Golovkin in the hopes of earning a fight with him – though, remember, some fighters (middleweight titleholder Billy Joe Saunders, for instance) already ducked him when he had the chance to make a deal with Golovkin’s team – and some have begun to wonder if Golovkin’s 34-year-old body is already beginning to betray him.
“I had never seen Brook fight much before, really,” Derrick James, the trainer to rising star Errol Spence Jr., told RingTV.com last month. “I said he would be too fast. He exposed Triple G, I believe. … Errol would knock both of them out.”
Now, Danny Jacobs wants to test Golovkin. The two are deep in negotiations for a possible Dec. 10 date, and last week, the WBC extended the deadline for the two sides to come to a deal before a purse bid is ordered. If no deal is reached by Wednesday, the sanctioning body would order a purse bid in which any promoter could bid on the fight and have to pay Golovkin a 75-25 split. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times pointed out that Jacobs wants Golovkin to receive 60 percent while Jacobs takes 40 percent.
Either way, Mayweather thinks Golovkin (36-0, 33 knockouts) should move up to the 168-pound super middleweight weight class and fight titlist Badou Jack (20-1-2, 12 KOs) – who, you guessed it, is promoted by Mayweather.
“What we want to see is this: we’ve seen Sugar Ray Leonard go up in weight, Roberto Duran go up in weight, we’ve had so many legendary fighters go up in weight but my nephew’s favorite fighter, Triple G, has yet to go up in weight,” Mayweather said.
And though Golovkin, even at 160 pounds, would be far too heavy (and far, far too dangerous for Mayweather to ever consider fighting), that didn’t stop Mayweather from fantasizing about how he would beat Golovkin.
“He’s a guy that’s straight up and down. Really no special effects,” Mayweather said. “He’s got good punching power, but no special effects … You guys already would know what would have happened if it was me [fighting Golovkin].”
Article courtesy of Forbes
Mayweather said this past weekend that Kell Brook exposed Gennady Golovkin during last month’s matchup that Golovkin won via fifth-round stoppage after breaking Brook’s orbital bone. Mayweather, still ranked No. 10 in the Forbes Pound-For-Pound Moneymakers list, also said Golovkin – ranked No. 3 on the Moneymakers list who holds three of the four middleweight belts – should move up in weight.
“A guy like [Brook] with decent boxing skills exposed him,” Mayweather told FightHype.com, referring to Brook winning an early round or two against Golovkin before Golovkin did this.
Continued Mayweather, via Boxing Scene: “I [saw] my nephew after the Kell Brook fight, and he said [Golovkin] ‘wasn’t what I thought he was, he cool.’ I told you he’s got punching power for a stationary target. Then he said, ‘Unc, you would have stopped him, you would’ve destroyed him.’ I said, ‘Nephew, you ain’t telling me nothing new.’ He was just a fan of Triple G fighting those stationary targets.”
Mayweather isn’t the only one to think that Golovkin didn’t put out a top performance vs. Brook, especially since Golovkin seemed to struggle early against a fighter who was moving up two weight classes to meet him. In the aftermath, a number of boxers began inching forward to call out Golovkin in the hopes of earning a fight with him – though, remember, some fighters (middleweight titleholder Billy Joe Saunders, for instance) already ducked him when he had the chance to make a deal with Golovkin’s team – and some have begun to wonder if Golovkin’s 34-year-old body is already beginning to betray him.
“I had never seen Brook fight much before, really,” Derrick James, the trainer to rising star Errol Spence Jr., told RingTV.com last month. “I said he would be too fast. He exposed Triple G, I believe. … Errol would knock both of them out.”
Now, Danny Jacobs wants to test Golovkin. The two are deep in negotiations for a possible Dec. 10 date, and last week, the WBC extended the deadline for the two sides to come to a deal before a purse bid is ordered. If no deal is reached by Wednesday, the sanctioning body would order a purse bid in which any promoter could bid on the fight and have to pay Golovkin a 75-25 split. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times pointed out that Jacobs wants Golovkin to receive 60 percent while Jacobs takes 40 percent.
Either way, Mayweather thinks Golovkin (36-0, 33 knockouts) should move up to the 168-pound super middleweight weight class and fight titlist Badou Jack (20-1-2, 12 KOs) – who, you guessed it, is promoted by Mayweather.
“What we want to see is this: we’ve seen Sugar Ray Leonard go up in weight, Roberto Duran go up in weight, we’ve had so many legendary fighters go up in weight but my nephew’s favorite fighter, Triple G, has yet to go up in weight,” Mayweather said.
And though Golovkin, even at 160 pounds, would be far too heavy (and far, far too dangerous for Mayweather to ever consider fighting), that didn’t stop Mayweather from fantasizing about how he would beat Golovkin.
“He’s a guy that’s straight up and down. Really no special effects,” Mayweather said. “He’s got good punching power, but no special effects … You guys already would know what would have happened if it was me [fighting Golovkin].”
Article courtesy of Forbes
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