Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Macklin Close For 6/29, Both Agree To Fight

[Mikhnienko]

Macklin has a chance, it's a great test for Golovkin.

people forget Golovkin has been KOing of bums but he never dropped Ouma or Rosado( a guy Angulo totally blasted)

if Macklin wants to stand and trade with Golovkin it's over but if he listens to McGirt and boxes he should be able to beat Golovkin.

all Macklin has to do is keep turning Golovkin and popping him when he starts throwing wide. Golovkin's problem is he needs to be set in order to have his power. Golovkin's most dangerous rounds are the 1st 4 rounds, after that he starts to tire. just look how Rosado was backing him up in round 5.
but the cuts killed him in the end.

if you can make it out of the 1st 4 rounds against Golovkin you have a good chance at beating him. it's just making out of the 1st 4

Not all punchers are exploitable with lateral movement, Golovkin isn't Cloud or Pavlik. Kovalev is another great example. Watch more film.

[Russian Crushin]

Macklin has a chance, it's a great test for Golovkin.

people forget Golovkin has been KOing of bums but he never dropped Ouma or Rosado( a guy Angulo totally blasted)

if Macklin wants to stand and trade with Golovkin it's over but if he listens to McGirt and boxes he should be able to beat Golovkin.

all Macklin has to do is keep turning Golovkin and popping him when he starts throwing wide. Golovkin's problem is he needs to be set in order to have his power. Golovkin's most dangerous rounds are the 1st 4 rounds, after that he starts to tire. just look how Rosado was backing him up in round 5.
but the cuts killed him in the end.

if you can make it out of the 1st 4 rounds against Golovkin you have a good chance at beating him. it's just making out of the 1st 4

Golovkin is not just a puncher like Cloud, Bailey or Rios, he is a boxer-puncher who has great fundamentals, but he does like to get a little sloppy here and there trying to land bombs. He fights off his very hard jab and knows how to "box", he just loves to "fight".

Macklin is also not a "boxer", he likes to fight but he did frustrate Sergio by trying to box his. He also tends to tire and if he starts to tire and slow down against GOlovkin, he will be eating leather

[1Punch]

excellent news.

[marvelousmatt]

WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 23KOs) is likely to defend his titles against Matthew Macklin (29-4, 20KOs), subject to contracts, on June 29th in the main event of an HBO televised tripleheader in New York. Golovkin is blowing through the division like a tornado and the Kazakhstan bomber's reputation that he has become one of the most avoided men at 160-pounds. He already stopped Gabe Rosado and Nobuhiro Ishida since the start of the year.

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If this card goes through,very nice. GGG needs a win over a top 5 MW to muddy the waters even more for Sergio vs GGG on PPV.

[rey guey]

Not all punchers are exploitable with lateral movement, Golovkin isn't Cloud or Pavlik. Kovalev is another great example. Watch more film.

Rosado blunted his power with simple movement. just look at Hopkins vs Trinidad. Golovkin needs to have his feet set inorder to be such a big puncher, so if he isn't set he won't generate the same power.

that doesn't mean he can't box it just means if he feet are moving he isn't going to throw with the same power.

Kovalev is a different beast. not many guy have that "scary" power that comes from nowhere. Golovkin doesn't have that, he's powerful but he needs to be set in order to get the torque.

it isn't a knock against him, it's just a fact.

[IronDanHamza]

Macklin has a chance, it's a great test for Golovkin.

people forget Golovkin has been KOing of bums but he never dropped Ouma or Rosado( a guy Angulo totally blasted)

if Macklin wants to stand and trade with Golovkin it's over but if he listens to McGirt and boxes he should be able to beat Golovkin.

all Macklin has to do is keep turning Golovkin and popping him when he starts throwing wide. Golovkin's problem is he needs to be set in order to have his power. Golovkin's most dangerous rounds are the 1st 4 rounds, after that he starts to tire. just look how Rosado was backing him up in round 5.
but the cuts killed him in the end.

if you can make it out of the 1st 4 rounds against Golovkin you have a good chance at beating him. it's just making out of the 1st 4

Go and watch Matthew Macklin's fights, he is not a boxer and he never will be.

Go and watch his fight with Sturm, that is how he fights and always has. He's an aggressive, some forward pressure fighter.

He is not outboxing anyone at the top level.

Golovkin is a much better boxer than Matthew Macklin is.

[rey guey]

Golovkin is not just a puncher like Cloud, Bailey or Rios, he is a boxer-puncher who has great fundamentals, but he does like to get a little sloppy here and there trying to land bombs. He fights off his very hard jab and knows how to "box", he just loves to "fight".

Macklin is also not a "boxer", he likes to fight but he did frustrate Sergio by trying to box his. He also tends to tire and if he starts to tire and slow down against GOlovkin, he will be eating leather

true Macklin isn't but the more time he spends with McGirt the better he will be. GGG's face swells up too. any fight where he gets hits enough you see it.

I think it's a toss up fight. Macklin has fough the best and Golovkin hasn't. Macklin has been tested and we know what's up and GGG has a lot of questions marks because the level of opposition has been so low

[IronDanHamza]

true Macklin isn't but the more time he spends with McGirt the better he will be. GGG's face swells up too. any fight where he gets hits enough you see it.

I think it's a toss up fight. Macklin has fough the best and Golovkin hasn't. Macklin has been tested and we know what's up and GGG has a lot of questions marks because the level of opposition has been so low

But we also know his chin isn't great, he's easy to hit and fades late.

Recipes for disaster against Golovkin.

Golovkin's untested though so it is still an intriuging fight.

Macklin can punch but I don't think he has the power to knock him out. Hurt him? Maybe. We'll see,

If Golovkin is the real deal, he will look very impressive. Macklin seems tailor made for him, to me.

[Mikhnienko]

Rosado blunted his power with simple movement. just look at Hopkins vs Trinidad. Golovkin needs to have his feet set inorder to be such a big puncher, so if he isn't set he won't generate the same power.

that doesn't mean he can't box it just means if he feet are moving he isn't going to throw with the same power.

Kovalev is a different beast. not many guy have that "scary" power that comes from nowhere. Golovkin doesn't have that, he's powerful but he needs to be set in order to get the torque.

it isn't a knock against him, it's just a fact.

Golovkin's foot positioning, balance and pivots along with his timing and counter punching enable him to get off even when presented with that. I'm not going to argue the point we'll just watch against Macklin and hopefully even more so against Sergio and you'll find you're wrong.

[Russian Crushin]

Rosado blunted his power with simple movement. just look at Hopkins vs Trinidad. Golovkin needs to have his feet set inorder to be such a big puncher, so if he isn't set he won't generate the same power.

that doesn't mean he can't box it just means if he feet are moving he isn't going to throw with the same power.

Kovalev is a different beast. not many guy have that "scary" power that comes from nowhere. Golovkin doesn't have that, he's powerful but he needs to be set in order to get the torque.

it isn't a knock against him, it's just a fact.

Rosado fought a very negative fight but still got blasted out. While he did better in 10 second stretches, him fighting that negative with his lateral movement didnt help him in the least, not even win a round. You cant just win with lateral movement, you need to back up a good defense with an offense that wins rounds and fights, which is a tough balance. A guy who has a great balance i think is N'dam, who i think would have a 50-50 fight with golovkin.