How would Floyd deal with GGG in the ring?

[MDPopescu]

You don't necessarily need strength to clinch someone. Certain fighters accept clinches and wait for the referee to break it.




Nice and easy. Other fighters would push you off or keep hitting you in the clinch, GGG usually doesn't.

Tell this to Ward -- he earns his living from "muscle clinching"...

[Foreign Soil]

You don't necessarily need strength to clinch someone. Certain fighters accept clinches and wait for the referee to break it.




Nice and easy. Other fighters would push you off or keep hitting you in the clinch, GGG usually doesn't.

If GGG were actually in some sort of a threat, I.E. getting hit or losing, I'm sure that would change. In the Ouma fight, Golovkin pushed Kasim around and fought in the trenches cos he had to. Macklin nor Rosado made GGG have to go to that zone. Plus, what you see is GGG being defensive when getting clinched, I.E. making sure he's in the right position to not be hit himself, while making it look like he's not even trying.

[Foreign Soil]

Right...
The only one who can outwrestle GGG is Andre Ward -- and Ward knows that as he called out Golovkin.

They should do a wrestling match to promote the fight. Who wouldn't want to see Ward in some wrestling tights? Would look very fitting to wear as he boxes too.

[elfag]

floyd can win this, I would pick him to win, hes got a lot of tricks. I dont think GGG decisions him so it comes down to do I think he will KO floyd for sure and I dont.


However, floyd wont fight him very aggressively, he will use movement and clinches to avoid GGG's power punch as the top priority. Then after he wins people will ***** and call him a ***** ect cause he didnt fight like mayorga. Some of these people will be lennox fans who completely forgot that they gave lennox a pass for clinching all the time against smaller men. But thats how boxing goes.

[daggum]

floyd check hook to golovkings chin, he's out cold. that's the end of that tune.

[Light_Speed]

If GGG were actually in some sort of a threat, I.E. getting hit or losing, I'm sure that would change. In the Ouma fight, Golovkin pushed Kasim around and fought in the trenches cos he had to. Macklin nor Rosado made GGG have to go to that zone. Plus, what you see is GGG being defensive when getting clinched, I.E. making sure he's in the right position to not be hit himself, while making it look like he's not even trying.

Like I said in my previous posts, I'm not saying it would work the whole fight and Floyd would win, I'm just showing that some fighters (including GGG) usually accept clinches and you don't need to be stronger than them to tie them up. GGG is not the only one, Pacquiao is also like that, so was the man in my sig. The problem is how to deal with them between the clinches.

[Citizen Koba]

If GGG were actually in some sort of a threat, I.E. getting hit or losing, I'm sure that would change. In the Ouma fight, Golovkin pushed Kasim around and fought in the trenches cos he had to. Macklin nor Rosado made GGG have to go to that zone. Plus, what you see is GGG being defensive when getting clinched, I.E. making sure he's in the right position to not be hit himself, while making it look like he's not even trying.

Curiously GGGs one of the few fighters I've actually seen actually wrestling as part of his training, whether this was just fun or part of the training routine wasn't clear from the video I saw (it was a Big Bear one) - but it looked like Gennady was just as comfortable with that sport, and certainly tends to outmuscle and gain the edge whenever in a clinch.

I was especially impressed with the 2 or 3 times he turned Stevens to get his back away from the ropes by putting his head down and kinda bulling and turning the pair around through 90+ degrees without Curtis seeming to realise what he was doing - leaving Stevens suddenly with his back to the ropes.

It's one of the particular things I've noticed with GGG (also a few other particularly aware fighters such as Floyd) that he always seems aware of his surroundings. - his position in the ring, alertness to ref comments or calls from his corner, the 10 second hammer - it seems (to me) as though he's a guy who's always thinking as he fights, never lost in the fight.

[Weebler I]

If GGG were actually in some sort of a threat, I.E. getting hit or losing, I'm sure that would change.

One would imagine Krusty Sanchez would instruct Golovkin to throw Floyd off him in an attempted clinch.