Hagler and Jones would be a loss for a golovkin I think...the others are pretty much 50/50...although we don't know how good he can be till he fights a top tier
fighter like canelo,Degale or even a froch...the only argument I have against a hagler fight is roldan gave a hagler a very tough fight and golovkin is a lot more gifted than him but with more power .....hard to say with these fantasy match ups who would win....if golovkin beats canelo,Jacobs,Saunders,Degale and another top world champion then we will have the discussion again....needs the acid test
Head to head I think he loses to Jones Jr. Hagler, Monzon, Hopkins, Toney. Heck I might even pick pre Eubank McClellan to beat him. Would love to see a fight between GGG and Julian Jackson
Tough question.
He looks like the real thing but the best name on his resume is Martin Murray.
And will still be Martin Murray if he fight Canelo, who has NEVER fought a middleweight.
(Saul is an elite 154 pounder, but totally unproven at 160).
So no, we shouldn't even be asking this question yet.
Vitali Klitschko fought in a weak era but head to head he holds his own in any HW era and would likely beat a lot of guys who are considered ATG, in my opinion. Charley Burley was avoided his whole career but head to head historians put him up there with the best skill wise.
I think he loses to Johnny Cage and Zangief.
Who the hell knows how he would fare against Sugar Ray Robinson?
The Zangief fight would be a clinch-fest.
The thread says head to head tho
Nobody talkin about resumes
Head to head I can't make a comparison when the guy hasn't faced an elite champion who really tests his caliber of skill... either way u look at it, it's a bad debate
Lets not even compare a "who would win" scenario... Lets look at it purely from a resume standpoint. GGG doesn't deserve to be a top 3 MW. Even if he beat Canelo you'd still have to put him behind a guy like Bernard Hopkins
The thread says head to head tho
Nobody talkin about resumes
Lets not even compare a "who would win" scenario... Lets look at it purely from a resume standpoint. GGG doesn't deserve to be a top 3 MW. Even if he beat Canelo you'd still have to put him behind a guy like Bernard Hopkins
Gennady's resume is poor, doesn't mean he is a bad fighter. None of these guys at 160 want to fight him.
He will move to 168 soon.
Above? Not sure, him and Hagler would be something.
He won't beat Roy, I'll be honest here I haven't seen much on Monzon to make a statement either way.
It's a shame Gennady couldn't get the best in his weight class in the ring.
Lets not even compare a "who would win" scenario... Lets look at it purely from a resume standpoint. GGG doesn't deserve to be a top 3 MW. Even if he beat Canelo you'd still have to put him behind a guy like Bernard Hopkins
Jones Jr, Hagler, Monzon---> which one is he above?
Above? Not sure, him and Hagler would be something.
He won't beat Roy, I'll be honest here I haven't seen much on Monzon to make a statement either way.
It's a shame Gennady couldn't get the best in his weight class in the ring.