Gennady Golovkin vs. Curtis Stevens Predictions & Info

Probably bracing himself to throw the counter left hook. I dunno, it is a habit, at least, he does it in other fights, but I can't see any obvious purpose for it unless it's some kind of feint to make it look like he's about to switch or change direction - I suppose it could be to look like he's thinking of throwing, but I honestly think it's no more than a quirk.

I noticed Stevens has a quirky involuntary habit of tapping the tip of his backfoot on the canvas just randomly throughout the fight. Probably bracing himself to throw the counter left hook.

I saw that too.... I don't remember seeing it in the Findley fight, but what I do remember is he loosened up his arms a lot in that fight No he did it in the past just a habit

I noticed Stevens has a quirky involuntary habit of tapping the tip of his backfoot on the canvas just randomly throughout the fight. I saw that too.... I don't remember seeing it in the Findley fight, but what I do remember is he loosened up his arms a lot in that fight

I noticed Stevens has a quirky involuntary habit of tapping the tip of his backfoot on the canvas just randomly throughout the fight.

Yeah I don't think it was an insult either. I felt he was saying go home and say hi to your parents (i.e. be grateful that we're healthy and able to go back to our families). IMO... people reading too much into his broken english.

Nah I don't think he carried Stevens, I think he was just waiting to catch him with the perfect shot like Sanchez said. And what he said in the post fight interview wasn't meant as an insult, he told Stevens to go home to see his family and then come back. Yeah I don't think it was an insult either. I felt he was saying go home and say hi to your parents (i.e. be grateful that we're healthy and able to go back to our families).

Sweet. First one is Golovkin? Who signed the second one? Kovalev did

Swag from this weekend. Can't believe they were selling signed gloves for 75 bucks https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1450293_10201780317221891_1125168159_n.jpg Sweet. First one is Golovkin? Who signed the second one?

Showing off never made any friends - bastard. :biggthump lol, just I i was finally able to get something signed... Last time he was in a hurry so hr bounced real quick.

Swag from this weekend. Can't believe they were selling signed gloves for 75 bucks https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1450293_10201780317221891_1125168159_n.jpg Showing off never made any friends - bastard. :biggthump

Swag from this weekend. Can't believe they were selling signed gloves for 75 bucks https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1450293_10201780317221891_1125168159_n.jpg

I've rewatched this fight a few times now, and I'm coming round to the idea their may be something in this. There's another post fight clip where Gena says something like 'now he knows it's a serious business' - you know in the presser when GGG asked Stevens 'are you serious' I think he may have meant it as a genuine question. I was kinda wondering why GGG didn't pull the trigger in rnd 3 when Curtis was still kinda wobbled, but Gena just kinda eased up and kept stickin' Stevens with his jab. Now I can't be sure but I think GGG may just have wanted to punish Stevens, kinda show him that nothing he could do was gonna save him and then just go to work breaking him down physically as well. From about round 4 / 5 you can see Stevens looking increasingly disconsolate in his corner, like Rozier and the other Guy giving him instructions and him just kinda mumbling OK, OK, but you can see in his eyes he's realised he's already lost. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but just the comments before and after, and the way Gena seemed to let Stevens off the hook in 3 and ease up a little when he quite clearly had the capacity to push it make me wonder. FWIW That little insult at the end wasn't what we normally see from GGG either. 'Go home and tell your parents I say hi' - is kinda saying run along little boy - show mummy what happens when you play with the big boys. Deadly. Wonder if that's one they use in Kazakhstan? Nah I don't think he carried Stevens, I think he was just waiting to catch him with the perfect shot like Sanchez said. And what he said in the post fight interview wasn't meant as an insult, he told Stevens to go home to see his family and then come back.

I think u got the message very closely. If you remember after knocking out Macklin he said smth like: This is my present to him So the message to Stevens is kind of similar to that. its like: I'm sending my greetings to your parents. This is common in Kazakhstan, this is sort of trolling after u defeat opponent, or proved you were right. Cheers mate, it came across kinda like that (though I didn't get it straight away). I wonder if the next guy will think again before baiting him.

FWIW That little insult at the end wasn't what we normally see from GGG either. 'Go home and tell your parents I say hi' - is kinda saying run along little boy - show mummy what happens when you play with the big boys. Deadly. Wonder if that's one they use in Kazakhstan? I think u got the message very closely. If you remember after knocking out Macklin he said smth like: This is my present to him So the message to Stevens is kind of similar to that. its like: I'm sending my greetings to your parents. This is common in Kazakhstan, this is sort of trolling after u defeat opponent, or proved you were right.

But problem is that not all people from Kazakhstan are ethnic kazakhs. They coulbe russian, tatar, ukrainian, german or korean etc. I got your point. but let me ask u, how do u call people who live in Russia? What is the word to embrace all of its citizens? the answer is : Russians, even though there are plenty of other ethnicities. So why we cannot apply the same to Kazakhstan's case?

But problem is that not all people from Kazakhstan are ethnic kazakhs. They coulbe russian, tatar, ukrainian, german or korean etc. Read the full post, I think specifically they are all Khazakhstani (ie. Inhabitants of Khazakhstan) whereas the ethnic population are Khazakhs. However I think the norm when you're not obviously being specific about ethnicity is to call any citizen of the country a Kazakh.

... http://www.voxpopuli.kz/userfiles/posts/1403/3e5b17eda0959589790f3e239765aaa8_big.jpg http://www.voxpopuli.kz/userfiles/posts/1403/bf26677f51670878189118e10cd4b8bf_big.jpg http://www.voxpopuli.kz/userfiles/posts/1403/6aa696fdb6da377ba3c9d3649115c702_big.jpg http://www.voxpopuli.kz/userfiles/posts/1403/96633b3facc62c77b9c4617261eeff50_big.jpg I wish I took a pic of the chicks sitting in front of me..... dear goddddd

I think the people of Kazakhstan are refered to as simply Kazakhs (for the ethnic population) or possibly Kazakhstani - if it were meant to specify non-ethnic inhabitants of Kazakhstan. I think the former is the normal word to use for all though. Similar to Afghans from Afghanistan. But problem is that not all people from Kazakhstan are ethnic kazakhs. They coulbe russian, tatar, ukrainian, german or korean etc.

Sanchez only gives GG a 7 out of 10, says he wanted to hurt Stevens too much. I've rewatched this fight a few times now, and I'm coming round to the idea their may be something in this. There's another post fight clip where Gena says something like 'now he knows it's a serious business' - you know in the presser when GGG asked Stevens 'are you serious' I think he may have meant it as a genuine question. I was kinda wondering why GGG didn't pull the trigger in rnd 3 when Curtis was still kinda wobbled, but Gena just kinda eased up and kept stickin' Stevens with his jab. Now I can't be sure but I think GGG may just have wanted to punish Stevens, kinda show him that nothing he could do was gonna save him and then just go to work breaking him down physically as well. From about round 4 / 5 you can see Stevens looking increasingly disconsolate in his corner, like Rozier and the other Guy giving him instructions and him just kinda mumbling OK, OK, but you can see in his eyes he's realised he's already lost. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but just the comments before and after, and the way Gena seemed to let Stevens off the hook in 3 and ease up a little when he quite clearly had the capacity to push it make me wonder. FWIW That little insult at the end wasn't what we normally see from GGG either. 'Go home and tell your parents I say hi' - is kinda saying run along little boy - show mummy what happens when you play with the big boys. Deadly. Wonder if that's one they use in Kazakhstan?