Golovkin: Dibella said I can fight Sergio Martinez if I beat Macklin

golovkin12333By Scott Gilfoid: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 23 KO’s) has a lot riding on his fight against Matthew Macklin (29-4, 20 KO’s) on Jun 29th at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA.

If Golovkin wins this fight, he’s going to be facing WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez in a unification match. Golovkins says that Sergio Martinez’s promoter Lou Dibella told him that if he can get past Macklin, he’ll put him in with Martinez.

Whether that turns out to be the case or not is a whole different matter altogether. Just because a promoter says something verbally to a fighter doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.

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Afolabi predicts KO win for Golovkin over Macklin

golovkin45By Scott Gilfoid: Cruiserweight Ola Afolabi is picking WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 23 KO’s) to knockout challenger Matthew Macklin (29-4, 20 KO’s) on June 29th at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut.

While Afolabi likes Macklin a lot and thinks he’s got a lot of power, he thinks Golovkin is going to be just too strong for Macklin to handle and he sees the fight ending in a knockout for Golovkin.

Afolabi said to Sky Ringside “I think it’s going to be a knockout. The guy [Golovkin] hits incredibly hard. I’ve been in the ring with heavyweights, cruiserweights, light heavyweights, and I get in the ring with this kid and every time he hits me, I saw whoa…Macklin has the style to walk into something.”

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Macklin won’t be able to trade shots with Golovkin

macklin54By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin (29-4, 20 KO’s) is going to have to come up with a better plan to beat WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golokvin (26-0, 23 KO’s) in their fight this month on June 29th at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

If Macklin chooses to use the same plan that he used against Felix Sturm and Sergio Martinez, then he’s going to surely lose this fight but lose it quickly by knockout.

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Golovkin vs. Macklin: Will Matthew fail again?

macklin4343By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin (29-4, 20 KO’s) has stepped up a level twice in his last three fights and both times he’s lost in crushing defeats at the hands of Felix Sturm and Sergio Martinez.

Macklin, #11 WBA, will now be getting another chance, this time against WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 23 KO’s) on June 29th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Martin Murray open to a Golovkin or Macklin fight

murray64By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Martin Murray (25-1-1, 11 KO’s) has tried his hand at taking on top fighters in Sergio Martinez and Felix Sturm and on both occasions he’s come up short of the victory. Now Murray says wants to fight the winner of this months’ fight between Gennady Golovkin and Matthew Macklin if possible, and he’s even willing to fight the winner in the United States.

Murray said “I’m open to all offers at middleweight, whether that be against Chavez Jr., the winner of Golovkin vs. Macklin.”

Okay, let’s be honest here. Murray isn’t going to get a fight against Julio Chavez Jr., so he can get that fight out of his mind. However, he CAN get a fight against Golovkin after he takes care of Macklin this month in their fight on June 29th.

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Golovkin will be on the pound for pound list within 5 weeks

golovkin2By Bob Smith: At times there are great match ups between world class fighters that unfortunately because one fighter has a major advantage – speed, power, combinations, defense – are complete blow outs. Some recent examples are Williams-Martinez, Guerrero-Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez-Mayweather, and Julio Caesar Chavez-Martinez.

Unfortunately, for Macklin, his fight with Golovkin in late June will be such a fight – Golovkin is simply too powerful a puncher and too skilled a fighter for Macklin, and the come forward style of Macklin and his fearlessness will be his downfall.

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Gennady Golovkin prepares for challenge of Matthew Macklin

golovkin4534By Ian Aldous: On June 29th, Gennady Golovkin (26-0) puts his WBA and IBO world middleweight championships on the line against tough, perennial contender, Matthew Macklin (29-4) from the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The HBO televised fight will see Golovkin face a legitimate challenge in the form of two-time world title challenger, Macklin.

Gennady clearly has the utmost respect for Macklin and his assets as a fighter. He told me over the phone from his training camp at Big Bear, California, “For me, Matthew Macklin is a very good fighter, he is a good boxer, good athlete. He has good speed, he has good power, he’s strong.” It looks to be the toughest test of his undefeated career so far and Golovkin agrees, “Yes, absolutely. This fight is very difficult for us, for me.”

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Macklin wants Sergio Martinez rematch if he beats Golovkin on 6/29

macklin4323By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin (29-4, 20 KO’s) is looking past his next fight against WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 23 KO’s) on June 29th towards a rematch against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, who knocked Macklin out in the 11th round last March in New York.

Macklin figures that all he has to do is beat Golovkin and then he’ll get the Martinez rematch.

Macklin said to fightnews.com “Me beating him [Golovin] will throw me straight back into a rematch with Sergio Martinez. I know next time if I were to fight Sergio, I’d beat him.”

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