Re: GGG opponents- Andre Ward aside, because it will not happen within 2 years!

Originally Posted by
Spicoli
Saunders or Jacobs. Jacobs is as good as he'll get and I don't doubt he'll get in there next week. Haymon and whatever remaining ties with GBP may not.
Id rather see him get Saunders. At least if he wins, he can say at that point he has all the belts and can start picking targets he wants to challenge himself with. Otherwise with this kind of mandatory schedule, he'll never be able to hold on to all the belts at one time as the alphabet orgs bumrush trying to get their sanctioning fees. Jacobs had a chance and balked and said he needed a year, so did saunders (wanted more money) but at least GGG is still recognized in some form as WBA (Super) champ. Get the belt you don't have a version of, take your picture with all the belts giving canelo the finger and then move on to your next chapter.
I think if Golovkin beats Jacobs like a drum, its even less likely that Saunders signs. Where as if Saunders signs and gets beat, Jacobs probably just figures he has more time to prepare.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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