Can GGG fight going backwards?

[molinari]

Can Golovkin fight going backwards? not really. Is there someone in the division who can have GGG going backwards for most of the fight and not the other way around? not really. His footwork is to good.

[badnewsbrown]

I've been saying for some time he cannot fight going backwards AT ALL! His balance goes all off and he looks totally confused. I've seen it too many times and he hasn't improved in this area. There's a reason why they've been very cautious with GGG and fighting smaller guys. Now they're starting to gain confidence and actually fighting MW's. There's noway he'll move upto 168, those bigger guys will take him back and beat him down imo.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

The only backwards thing I've seen about GGG and fighting is his opponent selection. They seem to get worse and worse

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[New England]

I don't agree that a mover beats Golovkin. I don't know why you think this is the case, there is no one better at cutting off the ring in the sport.



Many of the guys at 168 would put it on him. They're bigger, stronger and hit harder. Golovkin's defence is not great.

that's because he punches hard and has an amazing chin. you move against a guy like that.

sheesh.

[IronDanHamza]

that's because he punches hard and has an amazing chin. you move against a guy like that.

sheesh.

What's amazed you about it?

[sugarsmosley]

it's crazy to think that GGG vs any other champion or 168 champs is considered a "dream fight" lol. especially when alot of these dudes fight on HBO these fights should get made while GGG is still a rising star. then threads like this will get put to rest

[Weebler I]

that's because he punches hard and has an amazing chin. you move against a guy like that.

sheesh.

I think Stevens showed opponents are better to stand up to Golovkin and force him onto the backfoot. I see the bigger guys at 168 such as Bika, Ward and Kessler doing the same thing.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Quote:

Originally Posted by New England

that's because he punches hard and has an amazing chin. you move against a guy like that.

sheesh.

What's amazed you about it?

Those tremendous bombs that he took from Stevens. Duh!


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[IronDanHamza]

It's like Floyd at JMW, many say he's really a WW, his trainer argues he's a LWW. I think Golovkin could go up for certain fighters but imo if he campaigned there he would get beaten down by the bigger SMWs.

It's not really because because Floyd comes to the ring at 150, 3 lbs north of 147.

Golovkin at 168 he'd be 3 lbs north at 170.

Can't really say because Golovkin won't move up it seems at least for now but it's not like Mayweather at 154.

[LA_2_Vegas]

that cat Ndam I think would be a good fight to see this play out (not saying it should be made), just thinking out loud. Kirkland that would be good too. Both might be too small to last attempting that... but it's that type of short, quick and voluminous bursts that seem to be able to get ggg moving back, at the very least it stops him from hitting you. A combination of that and being able to move from him is what I think would, at the very least, make the scoring of his fights tougher