Golovkin is a solid fighter but nothing wow's me about him other than his power

[New England]

Golovkin is a mechanical clubber. He's not much to look at but he gets the job done. I'm not overly amazed either.

a clubber?

he's a technical offensive fighter. he addresses the target with his knuckles every time he throws a big shot. he never throws clubbing punches.

there's a difference between "not much to look at," and not knowing what you're looking at.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Combination punching. Superb at cutting off the ring.

TS if you can't see what GGG does then you need a new sport.



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[itsafight]

That ratio is also reflective of his often lack of activity at times and patience. Fighters who throw more punches take more risks. In regards to Mosley, you say Canelo has fast hands, Pacquaio also has fast hands and knocked down Mosley, but Canelo couldn't. Don't compare Canelo to the greats of this era, he's not even in the p4p list.

Miguel Cotto is sadly a gatekeeper at this point, it doesn't make Trout amazing for defeating him. Both Canelo and Trout looked bad in that fight, and you can say Golovkin has faced nobody near the quality all you want (check what Macklin did to Sergio and Sturm), but it doesn't take a scientist to see that Golovkin has some great attributes, but how about we compare Canelo to Golovkin shall we?

Maybe we can also bring up the sparring session they had? I hope you know how that went?

Well from what I heard they were pretty even in sparring. Canelo has a 70% KO ratio so he must be doing something right, poise and patience is a good thing in boxing.

[J The UnBiased]

If you're looking for a guy who is praised for fighting absolutely no one, his name is Gennady.

[T18Z]

Those excuses are pretty bad unless he broke or injured something (hand, knee, back, shoulder) he shouldn't be making excuses, even more so in a winning performance.

I've watched both fights and what I saw was GGG struggle more than he should have against mediocre opponents. Rosado was stopped on cuts and Ouma was out on his feet, but GGG couldn't drop either guy. Angulo stopped Rosado in less than two rounds after dropping him three times, Golovkin couldn't even drop him and if not for the cuts the fight would have gone on longer.

Those excuses are pretty valid. If you understand nutrition then you'll realize they are pretty legitimate. Lack of sleep, nutrition, hydration and most likely mental stress, all very valid, but whatever.

Ouma has a chin made of gold, he made the guy literally quit from the damage he took. All I see is you saying because he didn't knock either down he must be bad or have performed bad, you give no credit to Ouma or Rosado, and you also do not take into account the context of the fight. An example is you are deliberately ignoring how Rosado was running the whole fight vs Golovkin, you think if he took more risks he wouldn't have been knocked down?

It's like saying "hurr durr because Pacquaio couldn't finish Bradley that must mean Pacquaio did bad", meanwhile ignoring how Bradley was in survival mode, practically on his bike and hurt multiple times.

It's like you guys will only accept Golovkins talent when he actually punches you in the face with it or something.

[itsafight]

Combination punching. Superb at cutting off the ring.

TS if you can't see what GGG does then you need a new sport.



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I agree he's good at cutting off the ring and is a great puncher. He just doesn't wow me like the guys I mentioned.

[Spray_resistant]

Combination punching. Superb at cutting off the ring.

TS if you can't see what GGG does then you need a new sport.



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Pretty much spot on, some ppl act like he just recklessly charges at his opponent winging careless power shots, he does not.

[T18Z]

I agree he's good at cutting off the ring and is a great puncher. He just doesn't wow me like the guys I mentioned.

I just don't get it man, how can Canelo wow you but Golovkin doesn't?

What does Canelo do better than Golovkin, besides hand-speed and counter-punching?

[HeroBando]

Those excuses are pretty bad unless he broke or injured something (hand, knee, back, shoulder) he shouldn't be making excuses, even more so in a winning performance.

I've watched both fights and what I saw was GGG struggle more than he should have against mediocre opponents. Rosado was stopped on cuts and Ouma was out on his feet, but GGG couldn't drop either guy. Angulo stopped Rosado in less than two rounds after dropping him three times, Golovkin couldn't even drop him and if not for the cuts the fight would have gone on longer.

Rosado came to fight vs Angulo. He was in retreat vs GGG from the beginning. It wasn't just a cuts stoppage after winning every minute. Remember "We gotta stop it, your son is gonna die"?

[itsafight]

I just don't get it man, how can Canelo wow you but Golovkin doesn't?

What does Canelo do better than Golovkin, besides hand-speed and counter-punching?

Canelo is 23 years old and is the most accurate puncher in the sport. Not only is he accurate, he is poised, intelligent fast and defensively superb for is age and will only get better. He is the future of the sport.