Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
I'm rather sure I never said anything about hype. I don't think GGG has ever avoided anyone at 160. But I don't see any evidence he is cleaning out 160. Proska was at 154 last time I checked, Rosado moved up for big fights and back down to 154. Ishida came from 154. I can't recall the busy african with the tremendous back story but he came from 154.

Let me be perfectly clear. I'm good with a Geale fight, I'm not good with Kirkland because yet again 154. I'm not good with Andy Lee because Julio Cesar Chavez destroyed him and Brian Vera KOed him as well, yhat tells you all you need to know. If it's Geale that IME is his 2nd fight towards cleaning out the division to go with Macklin. That's 2 fights in the 3 years since I said I thought he was the best MW in the world. He's fighting a lot. There should be more than 2 and one isn't even signed. I fully expect him to take on Lee.

If he picks Geale, good. If not his excuse of cleaning out the division is dead and buried from my perspective.
Could that possibly be through no fault of his own? Is it fair to give a guy grief for not attempting to clean out the division when the fights are just difficult to be made, for whatever reason? He's calling out Sergio after every fight. It isn't like he's not trying to make the fights at 160 - a lot of the top 10 guys at that weight just don't want it.

Personally, I don't see why he doesn't drop down to 154 if he can. There are a lot of higher profile fights - and challenging ones - there. Why move up for the one big fight with Ward, who's probably headed for 175 anyway?