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The TS is off on the weakness that Stevens exposed, but he did refresh a couple flaws GGG has (A refresh because Ouma already exposed them).
A fighter doesn't have to lose a fight or even a round for their weaknesses to be exposed. Think Nonito Donaire vs. Omar Narvaez... another being Martinez-Barker... Despite losing every round convincingly, Stevens exposed GGG's flaws inside fighting and fighting on the back foot.
There are very few fighters that have the mental and physical strength and boxing ability to exploit this enough to defeat Golovkin, but the flaws are there to be exploited. From here on, we'll probably see more GGG opponents trying to press him onto the back foot. Most opponents will take beatings in the process, but they will have more offensive success than the opponents before Stevens had.
A fighter doesn't have to lose a fight or even a round for their weaknesses to be exposed. Think Nonito Donaire vs. Omar Narvaez... another being Martinez-Barker... Despite losing every round convincingly, Stevens exposed GGG's flaws inside fighting and fighting on the back foot.
There are very few fighters that have the mental and physical strength and boxing ability to exploit this enough to defeat Golovkin, but the flaws are there to be exploited. From here on, we'll probably see more GGG opponents trying to press him onto the back foot. Most opponents will take beatings in the process, but they will have more offensive success than the opponents before Stevens had.
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