Golovkin vs Brook: GGG says, with a laugh, how he may intentionally look less than great against Brook, to lure Canelo into fighting him!

Gennady Golovkin is a fighter who has proven so dominant he has even taken to letting an opponent stick around for a few extra rounds before lowering the boom on him, and GGG has even dropped his hands and let a foe punch him in the face. So special a fighter Golovkin is, his admirers say, he has yet to get out of second gear in any pro fight. Winning with something to spare is what GGG has been doing, consistently, and his potential rivals (who are few and far between) have been impressed/intimidated enough to want to stay away from him.

But what if GGG does struggle, look bad or gest genuinely hurt in a fight? Would his cowering would-be rivals come out of hiding and agree to face the middleweight king if he looked less than formidable? GGG is so desperate to get the big, big fight with Saul Canelo Alvarez that he said to The Los Angles Times how he might intentionally look less than great against Kell Brook on Saturday, so as to lure Canelo into fighting him.

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Kell Brook using greats Sugar Ray Robinson and Leonard as inspiration ahead of GGG fight

Kell Brook is shooting for boxing history and if he can somehow pull off a win over middleweight king Gennady Golovkin in just six days’ time, his place in the history books will certainly be secure. And Brook, the IBF welterweight ruler, is watching the very best in the history of the sport as he gets ready, mentally, for the biggest fight of his life. Brook is a huge admirer of the two Sugar Rays, Robinson and Leonard, and he points to their great middleweight victories as his inspiration.

Robinson, generally ranked as the finest welteweight of all time, moved up to 160-pounds and dethroned the unimaginably tough Jake La Motta to take his second world title, while Leonard, a man who has just been ranked by Ring Magazine as the greatest living fighter, became a three-weight king when he upset Marvelous Marvin Hagler to take the middleweight crown.

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Darwin Price works behind his jab to set up seventh-round TKO of Javontae Starks

Darwin Price stayed true to his jab against Javontae Starks, and in return it stayed true to him.

Working consistently behind his piston-like left hand Saturday night, Price was able to follow up with power shots as he earned a seventh-round TKO in a 142-pound main event at Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio.

Darwin Price (11-0, 6 KOs) frustrated Javontae Starks (13-2, 7 KOs) throughout the scheduled eight-round bout with his jab, which he doubled to set up combinations.

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Gonzalez continues his comeback

Fan favourite and two-weight, three-time world champion, Jhonny Gonzalez, returns to the ring on September 24^th. The 34 year old super-Featherweight has always been a hit with many who follow the sport, seemingly having power and vulnerability in equal measure. However, it is the former quality that will likely be highlighted in his next fight, as his opponent, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, has been stopped six times on the way to a 19(3)-12(6)-2 record. Gonzalez will be looking to improve on his 61(51)-10(4)-0 ledger, and his class should allow him to do this comfortably when the fight comes around, despite the Japanese foe being naturally a bigger man.

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Arturo “Thunder” Gatti: a warrior fans will never forget

Arturo “Thunder” Gatti was, as all fans agree, a special – very special – fighter. One who gave his all in the ring too many time to remember. No-one will ever forget Gatti; least of all his millions of fans and those men who had the honor (if that’s the right word) of meeting him in the ring.

Gatti, who retired with a 40-9(31) ledger has been inducted into The Hall of Fame. These highlights and more from the incredible career of “The Human Highlight Reel” go to show why:

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Another boxing movie on the scene; Chuck Wepner gets the silver screen treatment

Heavyweight slugger Chuck Wepner, who is most famous for two things: his (almost) 15-round fight with Muhammad Ali and his part in inspiring the Rocky movies. Now, in “The Bleeder,” the 75 year old gets some more movie treatment; and this time the biographical flick is of the non fiction variety.

Played by Liev Schrieber, Wepner – who also faced Sonny Liston and George Foreman during his long and often cut-prone career – is said to like the film and fans are hoping for a fitting tribute to one of heavyweight history’s great survivors.

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Menacing middleweights: Hagler, Golovkin and Burley – the most avoided fighters in the division’s history

Even after ascending to the position of #1 contender in 1977, Marvin Hagler’s title shot was not forthcoming. His wait as the division’s top challenger – lasting over 2 years – became the longest in middleweight history.

Early on in Hagler’s career, heavyweight royalty, Joe Frazier, warned the young middleweight why promoters and their showpiece fighters would want nothing to do with him:

“You have three strikes against you: you’re black, you’re a southpaw and you’re good.”

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Golovkin vs Brook-7-day-weights

Big Bear Lake, California/Sheffield, England (September 2, 2016) Boxing Superstar and Unified Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, (35-0, 32 KO’s) and Undefeated British Boxing Star and Welterweight World Champion “The Special One” Kell Brook, (36-0, 25KO’s) have both weighed in within the World Boxing Council’s (‘WBC’) required 7-day limits heading into their highly anticipated international showdown at The O2 on Saturday, September 10 in London, England.

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Hughie Fury-Andy Ruiz clash set to support Fury-Klitschko II in October; Warren says confirmation announcement will come soon

If the plans top British promoter Frank Warren has come to fruition, there will be a huge night for British heavyweight boxing taking place on October 29th. It will also be a huge night for the two Fury’s, Tyson and Hughie. As fans know, Oct. 29 is the working date (still, despite all that has happened) for the eagerly awaited Fury-Klitschko II, and Warren has written in his column in The Star how this mega-fight will indeed happen – “I expect an announcement to confirm everything is going ahead as planned soon” – and that Hughie Fury will face unbeaten Mexican/American Andy Ruiz Jr on the under-card.

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Sheffield legend, former light-heavyweight king Clinton Woods breaks down GGG-Brook clash

Say what you want about the Gennady Golovkin-Kell Brook fight, but don’t forget that everyone is talking about it! Everyone, and I mean everyone, has an opinion on this fight – a marvellous promotion that has brought a genuine buzz, not only to British boxing, but to world boxing – and the September 10 showdown has to be looked at as one of the biggest fights of the year.

Sugar Ray Leonard has thought about this fight and how it will play out, so too have the likes of Carl Froch, Tony Bellew, Naseem Hamed, Martin Murray, Carson Jones, David Haye and Amir Khan. But one man whose opinion has not perhaps been sought out as much as it should have been is Sheffield’s Clinton Woods, the former long-reigning IBF light-heavyweight champion. Now running his own gym in The Steel City, Woods – who fought his own super fights against the likes of Roy Jones Junior, Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver – says he has “a feeling” about the upcoming fight.

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