HBO/SKY SPORTS - Matthew Macklin v Gennady Golovkin- Saturday Night Fight Chat Thread

[Beanz]

Saturday June 29 @ MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, CT USA
TV: US -HBO Boxing Time: 9:45pm
UK -SKY 1 June 30 @ 2:00am

Matthew Macklin (29 W 4 L 0 D 19 KOs) vs Gennady Golovkin (26 W 0 L 0 D 23 KOs) - middleweight
Brandon Gonzales (17 W 0 L 0 D 10 KOs) vs Thomas Oosthuizen (21 W 0 L 1 D 13 KOs) - super middleweight
Luciano Leonel Cuello (32 W 2 L 0 D 16 KOS) vs Willie Nelson (20 W 1 L 1 D 12 KOs) - light middleweight
Hector Munoz (21 W 10 L 1 D 14 KOs) vs Danny O'Connor (20 W 1 L 0 D 7 KOS) - light welterweight

[Beanz]

Matthew 'Mack the Knife' Macklin - 159 llbs
Gennady 'Triple G' Golovkin - 159 llbs

[Master]

Wish Macklin well and hope he does not take too much punishment.

[ono]

Macklin is too easy to hit cleanly and Golovkin hits way too hard. Could be a tear up for a while but you'd have to fancy Golovkin by KO.

[IamInuit]

I'm sure everyone and their dog are betting the farm on Matthew standing right there in the pocket and taking a pounding. Pretty good chance Macklin also knows this.

WAR CHANGE-UPS!!
WAR MACKLIN!!

[Silkeyjoe]

Looking forward to seeing Oosthuizen. Seen him a few times but dont really rate him. He is very high in the rankings though. Hes a big lad so wouldnt see him having a problem moving up in weight.

[amat]

Nelson not performing well the last 2 rounds. I get that he's never going to just lay outside but at least throw a short jab to break up Cuello's forward momentum. He keeps trying to time him with hooks and thats not going to work against a cagey vvet.

[TitoFan]

Nelson on his bike and seems to have nullified Cuello's attack for now.

[TitoFan]

Gave the last round to Cuello.

[Spicoli]

Can't stand Jack Lowe, but he's spot on in corner. Smarter boxing last 2 from Nelson, but that jab is an afterthought! 4-1

[TitoFan]

I have it 4-2 after 6.

[TitoFan]

4-3. Good fight.

[Spicoli]

Nelson needs to get back in his roots here...hes a slugger, and he was stunned. He needs to give Cuello pause 5-2 Nelson

[Silkeyjoe]

Nelson should have had a point taken off him in that last round. Nelson ain't gonna go far in this division

[Spicoli]

Nelson should have had a point taken off him in that last round. Nelson ain't gonna go far in this division

Chin. Its made of wet cardboard.