Comments Thread For: Golovkin Trainer Thinks Stevens Even Easier Than Macklin

[kafkod]

Anyways - I'm sure you've heard it before, just watch on Saturday and if you can't see what Gennady is doing right, I bet you'll just come away thinking 'why did Stevens suddenly get so rubbish?'.

That's exactly what I thought when I read those comments saying. "Macklin had nothing to offer" " Macklin didn't come to fight" ... "Macklin was a sacrificial lamb" ... blah blah.
Macklin came to fight against Sturm and Martinez and he had plenty to offer in both those matches, so how come he suddenly had nothing against GGG?

[samouraļ]

Macklin looked fine until GGG returned fire. Period.

[Russian Crushin]

Stevens will either last longer than Macklin did or he will win more rounds than Macklin or he will hurt/drop GGG or he just won't lose the fight. If any of those happen I win.

Should I sig it?

Thats a lot of different conditions. lol

Just remind me when its over if i lose

[ИATAS]

Thats a bad bet of course Stevens will do better than Macklin. Macklin was a bloody and hurt in round 2 and sensationally KOd in 3.

GGG is gonna be a bit cautious first few rounds cause Stevens is explosive and has power, he's going to feel him out and see what he's all about. I also doubt Stevens goes balls to the wall and tries ti brawl; their both gonna be a bit cautious first couple rounds, imo.

[artfuL_]

And he’s going to get destroyed.

Got to admire that kind of trash talk from the trainer, Cunningham like.

[Citizen Koba]

Thats a bad bet of course Stevens will do better than Macklin. Macklin was a bloody and hurt in round 2 and sensationally KOd in 3.

GGG is gonna be a bit cautious first few rounds cause Stevens is explosive and has power, he's going to feel him out and see what he's all about. I also doubt Stevens goes balls to the wall and tries ti brawl; their both gonna be a bit cautious first couple rounds, imo.

It is a bad bet. GGG generally doesn't really start motoring until 3 or so, once he's thoroughly sure of what his opponent's bringing. Macklin got touched up early, and according to GGG he spotted that Mack wasn't taking the openings he left so he figured it was safe to take it to Matt.

I'm expecting a fairly cautious first three unless Curtis really forces the pace - which I think he might try in the first, but won't keep up for long. Golovkin will probably hit his pace in late 3 or 4, but I'm not expecting the stoppage 'til 5.

[HardSciFi]

The way people talk about Macklin is why so many good fighters don't just fight the best opponent available. You lose a few fights to really good fighters (Martinez, GGG, robbed on a decision vs Sturm, etc.) and everyone says you're garbage.

Macklin is a very good fighter. There aren't 10 fighters at 160 better than him. He'll likely show us that when he fights Nelson in December.

Anyways, Macklin probably is better than Stevens. Stevens is the one who hasn't fought anyone yet. This is his first real opponent, and he already has losses under his belt. Maybe his comeback is real, maybe he's better now, but we have no idea because his impressive knockouts are against garbage.

I expect GGG to dismantle him, but honestly, besides a handful of top fighters at 154-168 range, who do you think GGG would not dismantle? You see how the #3 ranked 160 Quillin struggles with Rosado, a guy that gave GGG absolutely no challenge. And Macklin, a guy that hung in there for 11 solid rounds against Martinez, gets hammered by GGG. A year or 18 months ago you could call GGG a soft undefeated, but he's legitimate now. It's just time to see if he's a top fighter in 154-168 range, or if he's the very best in that range.

Hopefully this is an impressive win that gets him a Martinez, Alvarez, Froch type fight in 2014.

[samouraļ]

The way people talk about Macklin is why so many good fighters don't just fight the best opponent available. You lose a few fights to really good fighters (Martinez, GGG, robbed on a decision vs Sturm, etc.) and everyone says you're garbage.

Macklin is a very good fighter. There aren't 10 fighters at 160 better than him. He'll likely show us that when he fights Nelson in December.

Anyways, Macklin probably is better than Stevens. Stevens is the one who hasn't fought anyone yet. This is his first real opponent, and he already has losses under his belt. Maybe his comeback is real, maybe he's better now, but we have no idea because his impressive knockouts are against garbage.

I expect GGG to dismantle him, but honestly, besides a handful of top fighters at 154-168 range, who do you think GGG would not dismantle? You see how the #3 ranked 160 Quillin struggles with Rosado, a guy that gave GGG absolutely no challenge. And Macklin, a guy that hung in there for 11 solid rounds against Martinez, gets hammered by GGG. A year or 18 months ago you could call GGG a soft undefeated, but he's legitimate now. It's just time to see if he's a top fighter in 154-168 range, or if he's the very best in that range.

Hopefully this is an impressive win that gets him a Martinez, Alvarez, Froch type fight in 2014.

Good post.

As far as claims of Stevens' comeback go, I'm not really buying it. He struggled quite a bit with Findley, even going down once on what appeared to be a jab. The other fights have been easy KO's of tomato cans.