Quote Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe View Post
He's faced decent fighters in Macklin and Stevens. Not his fault others won't fight him. Geales excuse was BS and Sturm been ducking him for years. Quillin won't fight for promo reasons and I don't see him as a legit contender anyway and Martinez decided on Cotto instead.

He should fight Lara, Canelo or Chavez Jr next at whatever weight. He shouldn't fight Ward cz money really wouldn't be that good for such a risk.
Geales reason was perfectly valid. No reason he should have to give up his Australian PPV money and not be seen in his homeland. HBO was willing to go along with Geales idea of having it a week earlier or a week later. It was GGGs team that thought tthe venue was a sticking point. No theatre is worth giving up a good fight.

I disagree with the OPs assessment that GGG is a fake but I agree he needs top opponents. The fact that they proved themselves to be liars in that "we're focused on cleaning out 160"excuse has put them on the spot. After they get paid against Chavez they need a real opponent. If people are forced to bring up Stevens and pretend he's a good opponent your resume is lacking. Stevens has a punch and absolutely nothing else.