Is GGG's Power Overrated?

[TernceBudCharlo]

Obviously everyone agrees that GGG is the most overrated boxer recently. But is his power overrated too? I noticed that despite all of his knockouts, when Kell Brook came up from 147, he couldn't drop him or hurt him. If you have devastating power as a middleweight, how is it possible not to drop a welterweight when you land clean? Did the middleweights he fought just have terrible chins? Miguel Cotto knocked out Daniel Geale just as fast as GGG, and Cotto is a small welterweight. Then he could'nt even KO Danny Jacobs who got brutally KOd by Pirog and dropped by Mora.

GGG also couldn't hurt Dervenchenko at all. He struggled to finish Murray and Lemeiux, but BJS who can't punch for **** hurt those two even though he didn't KO them.

[_Rexy_]

He literally broke Brook’s face and ended his career. How did he not hurt him?

[ramses07]

Yeah, by a bit

canelo saying it’s easy to look dominant when u facing euro bums

and lol he’s kinda been doing the same thing ( tho he’s kinda earned it)

[LeOoze]

He literally broke Brook’s face and ended his career. How did he not hurt him?

Eh not gonna discredit GGG because he wasn't the one asking for the fight, but this would happen to most boxers climbing up 2 weight classes to fight one of the top guys there.

[chaosisme]

Golovkin punches about the same as Paul Malignaggi. I feel like most of Golovkin's stoppages were of the UK-variety.

[TernceBudCharlo]

Eh not gonna discredit GGG because he wasn't the one asking for the fight, but this would happen to most boxers climbing up 2 weight classes to fight one of the top guys there.

And he didn't drop him despite having 4 rounds to. How come Adama got dropped by GGG's jab, but Brook took dozens of clean jabs and never seemed bothered?

[TernceBudCharlo]

Golovkin punches about the same as Paul Malignaggi. I feel like most of Golovkin's stoppages were of the UK-variety.

It's because he went on a long European tour. Canelo learned a lot from him.

[_Rexy_]

Eh not gonna discredit GGG because he wasn't the one asking for the fight, but this would happen to most boxers climbing up 2 weight classes to fight one of the top guys there.

Mikey went the full 12 with Spence. Nobody calling Spence's power overrated. Good point on the first part though, remind me who he was going to fight? Wasn't it Eubank Jr?

[TernceBudCharlo]

Mikey went the full 12 with Spence. Nobody calling Spence's power overrated. Good point on the first part though, remind me who he was going to fight? Wasn't it Eubank Jr?

Spence's power is overrated. Adrien Broner dropped Porter too.

[Nash out]

It's clear Golovkin has plenty of power in both hands. At the higher level, fighters are much better at avoiding being hit clean. You're clearly a Crawford fan, so am I, but I can say why didn't Crawford even put a dent in Ricky Burns? I suppose some will say Crawford was not at his best then, well, the same can be said of Golovkin, for a fighter of his weight, and style (all-action) he's ancient, not like a HW who fights behind his jab that can still be in his prime in their early forties like Wlad was.