Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
Solid opponent

I'm not one to often judge GGGs competition but I'm starting to wonder why he never at least makes an offer to the bigger name guys. He says he wants to fight them, what could it hurt to at least make an offer?
That is hilarious and very good point. I was talking to my gym mates after the Stevens fight and we all questioned the same. There is this spill that Golovkin is so avoided but then I thought who actually avoided him? His team keeps saying he is so avoided that he'll fight anywhere from 154 to 175. Yet the man keeps getting fights without having to leave his division. He even had guys go up to his weight. So I wondered is this all assumption that people are avoiding him because his team and commentators talk this way. Does anybody have any facts to back up that he offered any big name a fight or at least contacted them for a negotiation and was ignored? Maybe they feel this way because they expect big names to just come to him. Its real easy for us fans to fall into the avoided theory because of how he looks so I understand the portrayal around his scene. But like you said he should at least offer some of these guys a fight and then we can fairly assess if he is truly being avoided or just assumed so.