GGG-Lemieux pre-sale tickets already sold 5000 tickets for Madison Square Garden

golovkin4By Dan Ambrose: The tickets are going fast for the October 17th unification fight between IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF 160lb champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) for Madison Square Garden in New York. As of Tuesday, over 5000 tickets have already been sold in the pre-sale for MSG.

The tickets officially go on sale this Wednesday, August 12th at 12:00 p.m. ET. With a little over two months to go before the Golovkin-Lemieuix fight, there is a good chance that they’ll be able to sellout the 20,789 seat Madison Square Garden.

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Done deal: Roman Gonzalez vs. Brian Viloria official for 10/17 on GGG-Lemieux undercard

By Dan Ambrose: The huge fight between #1 WBO, #2 WBC, #3 WBA Brian Viloria (36-4, 22 KOs) and unbeaten WBC flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (43-0, 37 KOs) is now official for October 17th on the undercard of the IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) vs. IBF 160lb champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York.

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Mayorga: Golovkin can work as my sparring partner

golovkin64By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (31-8-1, 25 KOs) says if IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) wants a job, he can work as his sparring partner to help him get ready for his fight against former three division world champion Shane Mosley (47-9-1, 39 KOs) on August 29th on pay-per-view from The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Mayorga says he doesn’t know who Golovkin is, and wasn’t aware of what weight class he fights in until he was told by the interviewer.

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Roman Gonzalez vs. Brian Viloria likely for Golovkin-Lemieux card on October 17th on HBO PPV

gonzalez5(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Dan Ambrose: A huge fight between WBC flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (43-0, 37 KOs) and former two division world champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (36-4, 22 KOs) is looking good for October 17th on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux card on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York.

Viloria, 34, says the deal is done, and Roman Gonzalez’s manager is saying that the fight is looking very good for October 17th.

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Mayweather Sr: My son don’t need to whoop Golovkin

golovkin994By Dan Ambrose:
Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. doesn’t want to see his son superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) fight IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) because he thinks he’d beat him and possibly knock him out in the process if he hit the Kazakhstan star just right. Floyd Sr. thinks Golovkin needs to chill out and forget about wanting to fight his son Mayweather Jr. because it’s a fight he would probably lose.

“My son don’t need to whoop him [Golovkin] up. Tell him to go take a chill pill,” Floyd Sr. said to Fighthype. “If Floyd hit him with one of them and hit him right.”

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Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux tickets go on sale this Wednesday, August 12 at 12 p.m. ET

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By Dan Ambrose: This Wednesday, August 12th, boxing fans can get first dibs at purchasing tickets for the October 17th unification fight between IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The tickets will go on sale at 12:00 p.m. ET this Wednesday. As big as this fight is, it wouldn’t be surprising at all if the tickets sell out quickly. Golovkin has a huge fan base in New York area, and Lemieux has a lot of fans in nearby Canada.

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Golovkin is too big for Mayweather

golovkin45By Bob Smith: With the final fight of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s career fast approaching, and with the news that he selected Andre Berto, many in the commentary business are treating the match with scorn, suggesting that it is an obvious mismatch, that Mayweather is cherry picking again, and that he is too scared to fight Amir Khan (who is supposedly too fast), Keith Thurman (a hungry lion with power and boxing skill) or Kell Brook (boxing skill, undefeated).

Some even suggest that a match with Tim Bradley Jr.  would be better (which it would be, by the way). But the most common suggestion is that Mayweather fight WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at a catch-weight of about 154 pounds.

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Mayweather should have dared to be great by fighting Gennady Golovkin, says Rafael

floyd300By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) really dropped the ball and wasted what was a perfect opportunity for him to show his greatness by electing to face the middleweight division’s biggest star Gennady Golovkin (33-0 30 KOs) for his September 12th fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rafael believes by Mayweather taking on the hard hitting Golovkin, he would be daring himself to be great by taking on a guy that is every bit as good in 160lb division as Mayweather is at 147 and 154.

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Golovkin vs. Lemieux isn’t pay-per-view worthy, says Kenny Porter

golovkinBy Dan Ambrose: Kenny Porter, the trainer/father for former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter, doesn’t see the October 17th unification clash between WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) as a truly pay-per-view worthy fight in his opinion.

While Kenny does believe that it’s a decent scrap for Golovkin, he doesn’t recognize it as a PPV fight due to Lemieux’s flimsy record right now. Kenny notes that Lemieux hasn’t fought very many top names since turning pro, and he lost to a fighter with 10 defeats in the past in Marco Antonio Rubio four years ago in 2011.

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Lemieux might only go 2 or 3 rounds against Golovkin, says Mosley

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By Dan Ambrose: Sugar Shane Mosley doesn’t expect IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) to last more than 2 or 3 rounds tops in his unification fight against WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) in their fight on October 17th on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York.

Mosley is well familiar with Golovkin and what he’s capable of doing in the ring. However, Mosley isn’t completely ruling out a victory for the 26-year-old Lemieux if he gets lucky and lands a big shots, but he still sees Golovkin winning the fight with ease.

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