Will Gennady Golovkin go down as a MW great

[joseph5620]

I'm starting to think this guy is being UNDER rated!
He fights the welter king in Brooks and people say he has no boxing skills or defense!
Then he fights the second rated middleweight behind him and boxes very nicely with very good shoulder and head movement on defense but he still gets criticized for not KOing Danny!

This kid is fighting differently against DIFFERENT opponents and thats what a good fighter does. This guy does adapt and he is smart but the novice doesn't see it because he still boxes out of the pressure style.
When you have someone who carries power in both hands and he can "think" in the ring and adapt he's a damn good fighter.
Chocolatito does it Lomo does it Crawford is getting better, Garcia is learning to get there if he gets his feet moving using double and triple jabs to cut distance quicker. Rigo can too except he is much more cautious about sitting down on his punches and trading.

Looks like the fans on here are getting "younger & dumber"............

Ray

I can't take you seriously when you've made claims that Mayweather is not an all time great but Golovkin is? The fact that you're praising Golovkin for defending his title against a welterweight speaks for itself. Especially a welterweight who has not even proven himself as the number 1 welterweight.


Calling Brook the "welterweight king" makes you pretty dumb yourself.

[bluemax]

I can't take you seriously when you've made claims that Mayweather is not an all time great but Golovkin is? The fact that you're praising Golovkin for defending his title against a welterweight speaks for itself. Especially a welterweight who has not even proven himself as the number 1 welterweight.


Calling Brook the "welterweight king" makes you pretty dumb yourself.

Well I'm a big Golovkin fan but that being said no one can reasonably take away what Mayweather has done in his career. Do I think Mayweather is in the top 10 ever? Well I don't know but he was one of the best if not the best in his era

[Anthony342]

^You know you're a damn good fighter if even the old man is complimenting you.

Golovkin is a stud. It does show how foolish young boxing fans are, thinking that his last two fights have hurt his rep when on the contrary it has only enhanced GGG's legacy because we've learned more about him in these 2 adversity filled fights than all his dominant wins so far.

I love watching me some GGG and Chocolatito fights these days. You beat enough top opponents and everyone comes around.

[Ray Corso]

First of all "Mr. Boxing" the dates were done and Eubanks chickened out! Brooks had the guts to challenge the 160 pound champ so thats that! GGG didn't go looking for Brooks
he came looking for GGG.
Where did I call GGG ATG? If you think lil Floyd is an ATG welter with 13 fights you must be crazy! His best was 130 and theres plenty of fighters in the history of boxing who beat him in any weight class he ever fought in!

As for a Welter challenging the Middleweight ever hear of Robinson vs LaMotta? You know Robinson the real TBE ATG
P4P King not the lil dude!

Ray

[billeau2]

You can't compare Kovalev to Jacobs. Daniel Jacobs was also a 7-1 underdog.

Actually I was saying that Kovalev was the exception to the trajectory for Ward. I was implying that triple G should be dominant against competition like Jacops...
so if anything the comparison would be Jacops to a guy Ward fought in the tournament.

Edit: I see where you got that "comparison from" I said "If we took Ward's squeak by Kovalev as the criteria for greatness exclusively, we would end up with triple G's win... And Its not enough imo."

Yeah guilty as charged lol. The point I wanted to make was squeaking against a tough opponent is not the same as dominating a tough opponent and that Ward deserves credit for dominant performances.