IBF strips Gennady Golovkin of belt for failure to fight challenger

[Master]

GGG is recognised as the undisputed champion and does not need the belts to show that at this stage of his career. Pick one belt and sell the rest to the highest bidder as Lennox did after he became the champion and let the youngsters fight for his scraps whilst GGG makes the biggest matches he can.

[Primo Carnera]

GGG is recognised as the undisputed champion and does not need the belts to show that at this stage of his career. Pick one belt and sell the rest to the highest bidder as Lennox did after he became the champion and let the youngsters fight for his scraps whilst GGG makes the biggest matches he can.

"GGG is recognised as the undisputed champion and does not need the belts to show that at this stage of his career."

no disrespect, but what a load of bollocks that is. He's fucked about for years now banging on about unifying the belts, blah blah. If he really wanted to do that , why :
a. Fight Canelo in the first place seeing as Canelo doesn't have any of the said belts?
b. Why wait for him and chase and beg for a rematch despite the fact that not only does he not have a belt, but he's fucking banned for cheating!
GGG has only had one serious challenge in recent times from a relevant MW (Jacobs) and it's debatable whether he actually won that , so no, he's not recognized as undisputed any more.

" Pick one belt and sell the rest to the highest bidder as Lennox did after he became the champion and let the youngsters fight for his scraps whilst GGG makes the biggest matches he can."

another priceless soundbite. He's not having much luck making these "Big Matches" is he?
This all serves GGG right . He's either made some stupid decisions or been badly mismanaged. either way, he's made a very good job of MINIMIZING his earning potential in the twilight of his career when he would really want to cash out.

at the risk of repeating myself, in the last 2 years, He could've beat BJS , he beat (?) Jacobs , he could've took on Charlo, maybe even gone up to SMW , and all the time his stock would be rising and he would be earning more.
This isn't just aimed at him, everywhere you look , you see guys who want to earn mega bucks and not fight the best because of the risk factor. But the big bucks only really come when you beat the best of the best. they all want a short cut unfortunately.

[Master]

GGG has been avoided for many years before he became champion and he has beat every available threat put in front of him.

Stop re-writing history to make out triple G has avoided anyone.

[Batman]

GGG has been avoided for many years before he became champion and he has beat every available threat put in front of him.

Stop re-writing history to make out triple G has avoided anyone.

He didn't avoid anyone he just chased the money

[Master]

GGG has been avoided for many years before he became champion and he has beat every available threat put in front of him.

Stop re-writing history to make out triple G has avoided anyone.

He didn't avoid anyone he just chased the money

When no one better was available.

[Primo Carnera]

GGG has been avoided for many years before he became champion and he has beat every available threat put in front of him.

Stop re-writing history to make out triple G has avoided anyone.

He didn't avoid anyone he just chased the money

When no one better was available.

Who said he avoided anyone? He just backed th wrong horse. Went down the wrong route. You live and die by your decisions. And he hasn’t learnt a fucking thing. Latest is negotiations are back on as he’s prepared to take 45%. STOP FUCKING BEGGING!!!
And anyway, you haven’t explained that if he wanted to unify the belts, why was he wasting his time with Canelo? Canelo doesn’t have a belt??

[El Kabong]

This seems a bit harsh no? Canelo gets popped for PEDs and GGG is stripped of his title for it? Kinda shitty.

There's a few things title holders can do
1. Stagnate and take 0 risks a la Sven Ottke
2. Make the big money fights like most of the best known fighters
3. really challenge themselves to unify divisions or move up or down in weight to conquer other challenges


GGG probably spent too much time on #2 and not enough time on #3...I don't think he did #1 but it is a shame he's been stripped.

[J_Undisputed]

Both sides have a point. He beat canelo already; he beat jacobs. I'd have been happy to see him fight Derevyanchenko, force a fight or flight with Saunders to get the WBO or even fight Charlo (Even though I think he needed 2 more fights at middle), Murata for some door prize. Rematches after that. I think GGG has gotten away from what he set out to do. Without that conviction and purpose, he just becomes a pawn in the game. After that happens, the hunger is gone, the focus isn't there and the losses follow.

Usually its a Nike contract or some other business endeavor that seals the curse. Pacquiao Nike contract ... loses to Bradley, JMM... Roy Jones has his nike deal in 95' i believe, but started his rap career before shortly before losing to Tarver/ Johnson. Its not that i dont believe GGG wont remain humble out of the ring, but once you start diluting your focus... and well....