By Edward Chaykovsky
British contender Martin Murray is very familiar with the power punches of WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. Back in February in Monte Carlo, Murray extended Golovkin to eleven rounds before GGG handed him the first TKO defeat of his career. Golovkin has returned since then and knocked out Willie Monroe in six rounds last Saturday night in Los Angeles.
Fans have been clamoring for a fight between Golovkin (33-0, 32KOs) and the pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs).
Mayweather and Golovkin are two divisions apart, but GGG is willing to drop down halfway to face Floyd at 154-pounds. Mayweather holds two world titles at 147 and an equal amount at 154, but hasn't fought in that division since 2013.
Murray says Mayweather will never face Golovkin because the size difference is too much.
"Maybe not even Mayweather can stop Golovkin. It would be hard to bet against Mayweather, but Golovkin is bigger and stronger than him. You are talking about Golovkin being two weight divisions above Mayweather and the difference in size would be ridiculous," Murray told scribe Nick Parkinson.
"They are both outstanding in their respective weight divisions. You can never bet against Mayweather the way he makes top fighters look ordinary, but there's a massive size difference between them. But the fight won't happen. It's just fantasy.
"Mayweather won't want to end his career with a fight too dangerous and it's too much of a risk for him to fight Golovkin. He's always careful with who he picks as an opponent so I just can't see it. There's no need for Mayweather to finish his career with a ridiculously hard fight like Golovkin.