For the exception of Sugar Ray Robinson; It’s a pattern of all Middleweights. They weight for the smaller opponents to move up in order to fight them.
Bernard Hopkins stayed at Middleweight for years waiting on De La Hoya and Trinidad to move up .Even after he had long outgrown the division.
He didn’t move up either until he suffered back to back losses to Jermaine Taylor. Likewise, the very the same thing could be said about Marvin Hagler.
Which is why he is among the classic four. He waited on the fighters from the lower weight divisions to move up.
For instance like: Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard in order to fight him.
backfired on golovkin:(
Bernard SPANKED Tito and Oscar
Marvin was ultimately 2-1 with his all time great smaller opponents
golovkin Saul 1 and 2 were 7-5 type of matches
Crawford greater and it isn't even close. This shouldn't be a comparison. What? Because they both fought Canelo? GGG fought Canelo at a more comfortable weight and didn't "officially" get it done. Crawford moved up nearly 3 weight classes and beat him. Sure, he wasn't the same Canelo, but it's not like he's a war torn Canelo either. The dude just had a lot of fights, but his more recent last fights, he's gone mostly undamaged. Crawford was just too good for him.
being jeeted out of fights does not excuse golovkin taking zero risks
golovkin was happy to camp out in a weak ass 160 best opponent being a guy who moved up
the boxing gods were not pleased with golovkin's risk aversion and cursed him without a decision over Saul
back in the days they'd do ridiculous weight jumps for opportunities
golovkin would not even do a 1 weight move
For the exception of Sugar Ray Robinson; It’s a pattern of all Middleweights. They weight for the smaller opponents to move up in order to fight them.
Bernard Hopkins stayed at Middleweight for years waiting on De La Hoya and Trinidad to move up .Even after he had long outgrown the division.
He didn’t move up either until he suffered back to back losses to Jermaine Taylor. Likewise, the very the same thing could be said about Marvin Hagler.
Which is why he is among the classic four. He waited on the fighters from the lower weight divisions to move up.
For instance like: Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard in order to fight him.
Ah, my 2 favorite recent fighters.
I love GGG, he's my guy, but he's not as great as Crawford.
He never complete unified a division (though no fault of his own)
He never left middleweight
He fell off a cliff in his mid 30s^
lot of emotional maturity with this poster here
by admitting where his next fav fumbled
HOFer by default
Allowed to fight a ton of BUMS and call it "dominating a div"
I don't get it
If fighter B were to have that string of bums as a career highlight, fighter B would be ridiculed into his grave.because golovkin was a knockout artist light skinned guy he gets a geddoe pass for not daring to be great nor challenging himself
a mexican or black who did similar would be clowned out of existence
Ah, my 2 favorite recent fighters.
I love GGG, he's my guy, but he's not as great as Crawford.
He never complete unified a division (though no fault of his own)
He never left middleweight
He fell off a cliff in his mid 30s
Yes. I do
Problem :lol1: ?!?!?
You might as well ask for a link to prove that Mayweather beat De La Hoya. If you actually watch the sport of boxing and you're not 20 years old you should remember these things happening in real time.
a hall of famer sure
HOFer by default
Allowed to fight a ton of BUMS and call it "dominating a div"
I don't get it
If fighter B were to have that string of bums as a career highlight, fighter B would be ridiculed into his grave.
Nobody cares about your AI nonsense and you don't score a fight with punch stats, you score it round by round.
Based on 122 fan scorecards on BoxRec, the average score for the fight was 114-113 GGG. Or, like I said, 6 rounds to 6 plus the knockdown.
:haha: !!!!!!!!
Exactly
1 Eyed Chenko got robbed
Lame, off balanced rabbit punch was scored a KD.
Let me see. A five time world champion in five different weight divisions and a three time undisputed world champion in three different weight divisions.
My answer is yes. He was better than GGG. However, just like Terence Crawford. Gennady was avoided and ducked a lot by opponents in his career.being jeeted out of fights does not excuse golovkin taking zero risks
golovkin was happy to camp out in a weak ass 160 best opponent being a guy who moved up
the boxing gods were not pleased with golovkin's risk aversion and cursed him without a decision over Saul
back in the days they'd do ridiculous weight jumps for opportunities
golovkin would not even do a 1 weight move
"In the Golovkin vs. Derevyanchenko fight, Golovkin landed 243 total punches (34%), while Derevyanchenko landed 230 total punches (31%) out of roughly the same number thrown, with Derevyanchenko landing a notably high number of power punches, according to ESPN and Frontproof Media. Golovkin also out-jabbed Derevyanchenko, landing 107 jabs compared to his 47."
"The term "Golovkin vs Derevyanchenko robbery" refers to the controversial boxing match where Gennady Golovkin won by unanimous decision against Sergiy Derevyanchenko, a result many fans and experts believed was a robbery and an unjust decision, despite Golovkin's first-round knockdown of Derevyanchenko and his own cut eye from a body shot, as Derevyanchenko had also landed significant shots and dictated the pace of the fight."
^^^^^^^^ Not my words ^^^^^^^^^
Nelo beats GGG and it's an outrageous robbery
No questions asked :lol1: !!!!
One Eyed Shortychenko was absolutely robbed
Had to forgo "jabbing" and go for the KO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVh7eBORHFw
Nobody cares about your AI nonsense and you don't score a fight with punch stats, you score it round by round.
Based on 122 fan scorecards on BoxRec, the average score for the fight was 114-113 GGG. Or, like I said, 6 rounds to 6 plus the knockdown.
No he wasn't. It was a 6-6 fight and Derevyachenko got dropped, so he lost.
No different than Thurman vs Pacquiao. 6-6 fight, but the guy who hit the deck took the L and rightfully so.
"In the Golovkin vs. Derevyanchenko fight, Golovkin landed 243 total punches (34%), while Derevyanchenko landed 230 total punches (31%) out of roughly the same number thrown, with Derevyanchenko landing a notably high number of power punches, according to ESPN and Frontproof Media. Golovkin also out-jabbed Derevyanchenko, landing 107 jabs compared to his 47."
"The term "Golovkin vs Derevyanchenko robbery" refers to the controversial boxing match where Gennady Golovkin won by unanimous decision against Sergiy Derevyanchenko, a result many fans and experts believed was a robbery and an unjust decision, despite Golovkin's first-round knockdown of Derevyanchenko and his own cut eye from a body shot, as Derevyanchenko had also landed significant shots and dictated the pace of the fight."
^^^^^^^^ Not my words ^^^^^^^^^
Nelo beats GGG and it's an outrageous robbery
No questions asked :lol1: !!!!
One Eyed Shortychenko was absolutely robbed
Had to forgo "jabbing" and go for the KO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVh7eBORHFw
Smart guys don't know what links are
You're the 4th person I asked :lol1:
You need a link? Do you not watch boxing? Do you not remember these things happening?
Geale was ordered to defend his WBA middleweight title against Gennadiy Golovkin but instead took a rematch with Anthony Mundine, so Geale was stripped and GGG was elevated. Then Geale lost his IBF belt to Darren Barker and after a tuneup came crawling back to GGG, who knocked him out in 3 rounds.
Canelo was ordered to defend his WBC middleweight title against Golovkin but instead he vacated the belt, dropped back down to 154, and fought Liam Smith.