Ramsey: Golovkin is The Best I've Faced as a Coach

By Luke Furman

Trainer Marc Ramsey currently works with some of the biggest names in the Canadian boxing scene. Among those names is former middleweight champion David Lemieux.

Last Saturday night, Lemieux face Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin in a WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight unification at New York's Madison Square Garden. Golovkin dominated the fight with a hard jab and finally stopped Lemieux in the eight round.

Ramsey has gone up against a lot of fighters during his time as a coach and credits Golovkin as being the best boxer that he's ever gone up against during his long training stint.

"This is the best boxer I've faced as a coach and I have no doubt about it. We were up against monster and we felt it.  He is very strong at this level. Whenever David would set his feet [to throw punches],  [Golovkin] would take a step back to make sure he wouldn't take a direct hit. He did a lot of things to complicate our strategy," Ramsey said.

Golovkin is now expected to target the WBC middleweight championship, which is current held by Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. Cotto will defend that title on November 21 against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

The World Boxing Council has ordered the Cotto-Canelo winner to make a mandatory defense against Golovkin. If the winner refuses, he will be forced to vacate the title and then Golovkin will become champion.

Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org