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By Robert Morales - Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan will be in the most important prize-fight of his career Saturday when he defends his middleweight title against Matthew Macklin at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Conn. (on HBO). But according to Abel Sanchez, Golovkin's trainer, Macklin won't be Golovkin's most difficult opponent.
"No, I don't think so," Sanchez said via telephone Tuesday from New York City. "I think (Grzegorz) Proksa was our toughest opponent to date, and I'll tell you why. I think that our first fight on HBO, Gennady's trying to impress, trying to do things that he should not have done. He should have just stuck to what we practiced. That was the first thing.
"The second thing, he (Proksa) was a southpaw and ... had a better punch, I think, than Macklin does. Proksa only had one loss, so he was a guy I thought was a little tougher."
Golovkin (26-0, 23 KOs) stopped Proksa, of Poland, in the fifth round last September in Verona, N.Y. At the time, Proksa was 28-1 with 21 knockouts. Macklin, of England, is 29-4 with 20 knockouts. [Click Here To Read More]
"No, I don't think so," Sanchez said via telephone Tuesday from New York City. "I think (Grzegorz) Proksa was our toughest opponent to date, and I'll tell you why. I think that our first fight on HBO, Gennady's trying to impress, trying to do things that he should not have done. He should have just stuck to what we practiced. That was the first thing.
"The second thing, he (Proksa) was a southpaw and ... had a better punch, I think, than Macklin does. Proksa only had one loss, so he was a guy I thought was a little tougher."
Golovkin (26-0, 23 KOs) stopped Proksa, of Poland, in the fifth round last September in Verona, N.Y. At the time, Proksa was 28-1 with 21 knockouts. Macklin, of England, is 29-4 with 20 knockouts. [Click Here To Read More]
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