I think Golovkin is the better fighter ability wise. I'd pick him.
Kovalev is skilled and dangerous though, and has the good wins, so it's a debate worth having. Golovkin is the better all around fighter for me though.
I love watching both guys.
Sergey Kovalev
http://wpmedia.montrealgazette.com/2015/03/sergey-kovalev-v-jean-pascal16.jpg?quality=55&strip=all&w=840&h=630&crop=1
Gennady Golovkin
http://a.fssta.com/content/dam/fsdigital/fscom/BOXING/images/2015/10/17/101715-BOXING-WBA-Middleweight-title-Gennady-Golovkin-celebrates-TKO-MM-PI.vresize.1200.675.high.1.jpg
polls suck on this forum and leaves to much room for votes without explaining their position....the most popular guy wins 9/10 and they don't even say why they picked the guy
Im going with Kov....better resume, more proven, beat Hall of famer in Hopkins, solid contenders and former champions
He is more versatile and proven
Yep, he's so petrified that he's signed to fight Kovalev
Handy hint: if you are going to troll, best not to have photos of the biggest troll in world boxing in your sig as it does tend to give it away :rofl:
That "troll" is the next heavyweight champion of the world.Show some manners boy.
Wlad's keeping those belts nice and warm.Wards a bum!
Honestly, who gives a crap about whether Ward could draw in a crowd of 80,000 people at Wembley as he embarrassed the guy that did IN THE RING
If he has anything left in the tank (and it's safe to assume that he does), he'd simply be too big for Golovkin and, at the very least, a live underdog against Kovalev
Nah,GGG beats Ward and i think Ward knows this deep down.
Golovkin is better because he has more dimensions, I can't think of anything he can't do. Kovalev cannot fight going backwards, when pushed back he's left stumbling awkwardly and he can't do much inside neither, he has one dimension, from what I've seen he's a long range puncher only with not many hooks to speak of.
Boone is SEVERELY underrated. He's given trouble to many future great fighters. It's funny you bring him up though, because he'd be an excellent source of this information as he was GGG's sparring partner this year and has fought Kov in the past.
I'm not sure who's better. To me, Kovalev displayed excellent boxing IQ when he took care of Hopkins. Not only did he prove himself younger and stronger (which were obvious), but he was rarely outsmarted by BHop. Not many fighters are able to say that.
Golovkin's aura of invincibility is still very strong. He's never been down, never been seriously hurt and very rarely lost a round.
So.. can someone find Boone and ask him?
I belive what i see with my own eyes
clubbing martin murray out over 12 rounds doesn't compare to icing solid 175lb'rs with the first real punch you land
Kovalev hits harder for sure
That said golovkin is more skilled.
How many rounds have you sparred/fought with both fighters?
:pat::pat:
I think GGG has a rangier style..but Kovalev throw well countering, close, and in transition. The suite of skills he had to outbox Hopkins..a veritable boxing professor says it all... Also of note is Campillo, who was a favorite of people as a spoiler for a while for having a difficult style. Kov has the edge for me until GGG shows me otherwise.
Ward has faced better, bigger opposition and hasn't been beaten since he was in diapers & yet some people would have us believe that he would be cut down in a heartbeat by an unproven GGG
I wish people would enlighten us as to how they came to this conclusion
BTW, I am a huge fan of GGG but there is so much crap written about him that he would find it embarrassing if he ever read social media
IMO, he is the real champ @ '60, Kovalev @ '75 and Ward is the spanner in everyone's works as he probably beats them all if he ever gets into the ring
Ward needs to fight some decent opposition and EARN his money!Fighting the Smiths of the world ain't doing jacksh.it for his career or his LEGACY.Ward needs to stop talking and do more fighting,it's as simple as that really.
I mean,could Ward draw in a crowd of 80,000 people at wembley?I think not.
I've seen multiple people mention that Kovalev has real/KO power, so I'll throw this out there:
Source
Lololol,Krushers fans just lost the hardon they had.
I've seen multiple people mention that Kovalev has real/KO power, so I'll throw this out there:
When you pose this question to Boone, he states, matter-of-factly, “Honestly, he punches as hard as Kovalev in 16s as Kovalev’s punches in 10s. Honest to God.”
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A good way to see who is the better fighter would have been if Ward had fought both of them. However Ward only wants bums for big bucks.
As for the topic I think GGG is slightly better but Kovalev is more proven and has real KO power.
Boone is SEVERELY underrated. He's given trouble to many future great fighters. It's funny you bring him up though, because he'd be an excellent source of this information as he was GGG's sparring partner this year and has fought Kov in the past.
I'm not sure who's better. To me, Kovalev displayed excellent boxing IQ when he took care of Hopkins. Not only did he prove himself younger and stronger (which were obvious), but he was rarely outsmarted by BHop. Not many fighters are able to say that.
Golovkin's aura of invincibility is still very strong. He's never been down, never been seriously hurt and very rarely lost a round.
So.. can someone find Boone and ask him?
fighters like boone are hugely important to boxing. huge.
i don't sub to ring magazine any longer, but i used to love seeing him get a "stingray award" every time he sparked out some dude who wasn't ready for the big time.
dude can f#cking punch, and he'll fight anybody, anywhere, and on short notice :lol1:.
I don't rate Pascal Larry,he gases after 30 secs.I'll give Kovalev props for beating Hopkins,but he was 50 year old ffs lol
And Hopkins wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders was he?Beating Murat and Shumenov isn't exactly top tier level opponents.And not to mention Hopkins beating Cloud by headbuts.
Even if we accept that, there's no objective way to suggest GGG's opponents have been better than them.