WelshDevilRob Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 A match-up between WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (28-0, 25 KO’s) and the junior middleweight slugger James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KO’s) is being talked about for next April on HBO, says HBO President of Sports Ken Hershman via ESPN. -------------------- Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Re: HBO looking to make Golovkin vs Kirkland Kirkland gets killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Re: HBO looking to make Golovkin vs Kirkland Has nobody at HBO considered matching Golovkin with some of the middleweight elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 Re: HBO looking to make Golovkin vs Kirkland It's a fun fight and I'll gladly tune-in. I do hope that, at some point in 2014, we see Golovkin against the likes of Quillin, Martinez and anyother belt holders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Re: HBO looking to make Golovkin vs Kirkland Kirkland gets killed. --- Shame on HBO if this is what they want, to throw a rusty confused kid who has yet to put together a significant streak without long interruptions. Triple the shame on 2-bits if he allows this. Kirkman always has a puncher's chance, but GGG is lithe on his feet with solid boxing skills who wins so steadfastly on technique in the early rounds that Kirkman is likely a mess by the end of the 3rd round if he makes it that far. Put Kirkman on the undercard and let him make the full 160 limit against a credible fringe contender type like Truax. Stevens would be a great fight though a little dangerous for his first fight, but we'll see soon enough. Build Kirkman properly like a true manager is supposed to. Any jerk can take the money and cash out, and remember, Kirkman turned down the Canelo fight for his own personal reason and never fought for Goldenboy again though he said he'd go for $3mil, a figure HBO is not likely to subsidize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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