What does it take to beat Golovkin?

Someone who moves, has pop and handspeed. You need to hit him an be gone before he loads up with his looping shots.

A chin made of terminator hyde, for starters.

He most certainly doesn't. He's an overachiever, tough as nails, that's for sure. However, he's never fought a guy like GGG (yeah, i'm aware that he fought Andre Ward), Golovkin would be the meaner, the tougher guy in the ring if they had ever met. On the flip side you could say GGG has never fought a fighter as big and as tough as Froch. Froch wouldn't be backing up against the ropes, he'd be be using his size and his reach to fight on the front foot and push GGG backwards. Like Froch v Abraham, but it'd turn into a real tear up. Froch can win, but he probably can only win based off size.

No one in MW takes GGG. Froch would be a great match. Right now, Ward beats him.

Someone who can fight on the inside, is defensively sound and has experience on the big stage. Andre Ward would beat him, MW Hopkins beats him.

a sledgehammer

smoother him, push him back and clinch. also have good footwork so u can box a few rounds on the outside. basically ward

inside game, good stamina, respectable punching power, ability to keep the fight in the middle of the ring people say Lara would school GGG, i disagree so much lol he might make it to the 12th round, but he'd be losing wide on the scorecards. judges don't like that **** I'd like to see purely for the style match-up, but given how risk averse Lara was against Canelo, it's hard to see him taking any chances at all against Golovkin. And unlike Canelo, Golovkin would know how to trap him too.

GGG has a great defense against jabs and his power is legit. You can't simply stand in front of him so he can punch. He doesn't counter punch and the body blows slows down his offense. Its is going to take a good fighter with a good chin/defense that can counter him with power so he don't come in so freely. At 160 right now I don't see anyone that can make him go 12. I wonder what was the size of the ring against Murray

inside game, good stamina, respectable punching power, ability to keep the fight in the middle of the ring people say Lara would school GGG, i disagree so much lol he might make it to the 12th round, but he'd be losing wide on the scorecards. judges don't like that ****

Well I think Golovkin gets the nod on the last few posts here. The advantage which neutralises anything Froch is imagined to have over him now or before, or as someone else said, anybody with a hard punch, is that Golovkin has an iron chin. He can walk through anybodys punch at MW. The only serious competition is if his fellow Kovalev would step down or vice verse. A Hopkins fight might have been decent but he needs to retire now. And I think Alvarez is strong enough, powerful with a good enough chin and skills to compete. That basically exhausts his current hopefuls. Oh and I suppose Andre Ward but he'd get smashed these days.

Sure he does. Froch is also an elite fighter, who's ranked top 10 p4p by Ring. The Froch from a few years ago would've knocked GGG out. The current version, I'm not so sure. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android He most certainly doesn't. He's an overachiever, tough as nails, that's for sure. However, he's never fought a guy like GGG (yeah, i'm aware that he fought Andre Ward), Golovkin would be the meaner, the tougher guy in the ring if they had ever met.

You need to back him up. Someone bigger and who can punch a little will give him serious problems. Golovkin can't fight going backwards You have to bully the bully. This is what it comes down to. Murray did an awful lot right, but when it came down to it he couldn't hurt Golovkin and Golovkin could hurt him. There are two ways to do it. Smothering, disrupting, clinching, and mauling him, or countering him with combinations that he can't ignore. Neither are easy because the first eats up a lot of energy, and the second involves a lot of risk. Ward is the obvious candidate, but I reckon Froch would take him to war as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by denium A prime Froch would have a chance imo. Tough as nails, good power, granite chin, long jab, loves a brawl. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android Golovkin is an elite fighter. To beat an elite fighter you have to have elite skills yourself. Froch never had those. Sure he does. Froch is also an elite fighter, who's ranked top 10 p4p by Ring. The Froch from a few years ago would've knocked GGG out. The current version, I'm not so sure. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

A prime Froch would have a chance imo. Tough as nails, good power, granite chin, long jab, loves a brawl. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android Golovkin is an elite fighter. To beat an elite fighter you have to have elite skills yourself. Froch never had those.

Prime Bernard Hopkins

A prime Froch would have a chance imo. Tough as nails, good power, granite chin, long jab, loves a brawl. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

i dont know about what its going to take to beat him, he looks very strong and brutal however someone with power, movement and fast hands i cant think of anyone with those skill sets in his weightclass

How many sig worthy things are you going to say in a short space of time? Possibly the most retarded thing you've said since you chose your Username. mathed was probably drunk, high, or temporarily insane due to golovkinitis but he wrote this during the round by round... Man, Murray looks busted up but I'll be damned if he didn't come back and take the 5th. GGG looked tired and Murray tagged him with plenty of flush punches. He just doesn't have the power but he is catching GGG more than anyone I have seen yet. 4-1 +2kds....Murray

At this stage now? Only time. The same thing that eventually beats all boxers.