Who else doesn't see Golovkins power moving up to 168 with him.

[Cutthroat]

It's difficult to say. If you believe the stories, he had Sergey Kovalev backed up.

Sanchez said Kovalev didn't really throw, that he probably respected him too much. I don't think Kovalev wanted to throw against him because of the massive size difference.

When asked about Angulo sparring GGG he said he held his own, gave him the sparring he needed. I have a hard time believing GGG battered Kovalev in sparring when he couldn't do the same with Angulo. Seems like it was more of a respect thing, doesn't make sense a guy like Angulo could hold his own when a guy like Kovalev couldn't.

[The Ninth Layer]

GGG's power is going up with him. It took two rounds for him to convince Stevns that he wasn't going to win. You don't send guys into Clottey shell-mode without hitting like a truck.

[twrx]

This^^^... for some reason u don't think we've seen the best of ggg. He shows a lot of skill but I don't think he feels like any of these guys should share the same ring with him

[boxingfeind]

It's difficult to say. If you believe the stories, he had Sergey Kovalev backed up.

Tonight you would definitely question whether his power would carry up but then again Stevens has fought at light-heavy so who knows.

He should fight at MW though imo, plenty of opponents there.

The lighter a person weighs the more the punches gonna hurt.

[Cutthroat]

You realize he spars 175LBers with 20oz gloves on and HURTS them??

Those aren't world class fighters though, those are journeymen he's sparring. Same thing was said about Edison Miranda, guys were saying he hit like a cruiser in sparring.

People forget the power punching of Pavlik/Abraham/Miranda/Green and how it disappeared at 168. Pavlik was knocking guys out while they were on their feet (see the Zertuche fight), Miranda was 1 punch koing guys, Abraham was folding up guys like a lawn chair (see Khoren Gevor), same thing with Green.

[Marduke]

the kessler that fought froch in their last fight would destroy the ggg that we saw tonight......(kessler is a million times the fighter that Stevenson will ever be)

You act as if the fight tonight was at all competitive.

Stevens landed a few decent shots but was basically in survival mode from the second round on.

[brick wall]

he'll be fine...he still have some unfinished business at 160 so let him fight there for now.

those 168 fighters getting mentioned here have been there for a long time and nobody's complaining so I don't know why a lot of people are rushing golovkin to move up.

[Light_Speed]

Curtis Stevens and Gabriel Rosado were able to stay on their feet and let their corner stop the fight . I dont see this guy hurting Ward, Kessler, and especially Froch. He'll be the smaller guy with the smaller reach in those fights, he'll have trouble.

Rosado moved a lot and Stevens had the earmuff defense. Froch doesn't have a tight defense and he comes forward. Kessler is past his prime, he has balance issues nowadays when he's moving and turning and his punch resistance has declined.

[Jloro]

You act as if the fight tonight was at all competitive.

Stevens landed a few decent shots but was basically in survival mode from the second round on.

Stevens was also battered by a guy with more losses than wins, so don't be too surprised

[Weebler I]

Sanchez said Kovalev didn't really throw, that he probably respected him too much. I don't think Kovalev wanted to throw against him because of the massive size difference.

When asked about Angulo sparring GGG he said he held his own, gave him the sparring he needed. I have a hard time believing GGG battered Kovalev in sparring when he couldn't do the same with Angulo. Seems like it was more of a respect thing, doesn't make sense a guy like Angulo could hold his own when a guy like Kovalev couldn't.

Again I'm not sure. Kovalev said Golovkin hit like a "sledgehammer" in sparring. Sanchez has told the Angulo story a couple of times in different ways. He said on one video that Angulo tried to bully Golovkin but ended up getting backed up. I guess no one really knows unless we've watched it.

I definitely think the 168 guys would fancy their chances after tonight's fight though.