IBF strips Gennady Golovkin of belt for failure to fight challenger

[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....

[TitoFan]

GGG won the first fight against Canelo where his only sin was giving Ginger Boy too much respect and allow the judges to promptly do what they always do with Ginger Boy....... give him an undeserved gift. But man oh man...... GGG is sure getting reamed at the negotiations table. Rather than man up and sticking to his more than reasonable 50/50 demands, he wilted like a bitch and is slinking back to the table having let Fishnets score a victory in that regard. I haven't seen a one-sided humiliation like that since, since, since.......... oh yeah.......... since Ginger Boy somehow got in the same ring with Mayweather.