The Golovkin Legend

[ShoulderRoll]

He fought less compared to other GGG, Rigo or Lomachenko. You don't lose if you don't fight

Yes but unlike Golovkin he captured an Olympic gold medal. The biggest prize in amateur boxing.

[mathed]

Most legends are ultimately found out to be false.......just sayin.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

LOOKING through boxing's middleweight greats, watching the careers of boxers like Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins were great achievements for the 160lb division.

Kazakhstan's Golovkin is currently 29-0 (26KOs). Apparently, he has the highest KO ratio in the division's rich history, and some observers predict his greatness may supercede the middleweight greats of yesterday.

BUT a quick glance at Golovkin's padded resume shows a roster of sub-standard opponents. His notable victories probably come against Macklin and Ouma! And his power aside, he doesn't appear outstanding to me.

I therefore wonder how this type of brain rot spreads through the boxing community? The hype surrounding Golovkin reminds of the same bubble that was around Matthyse - and we saw what happened there.

The mildest of suggestion that Golovkin is as ring savvy or near accomplished to the division's true greats ought to be considered an indictment for fraud.

Find me one person or one quote on NSb where people claim he is better than yesterdays greats like hagler and Hopkins...

No one is saying that,, everyone just thinks he is the best mw now in the current division, not of all time

[Ray-boom]

true

They just use the excuse that everyone at 160 is ducking him...yet in the same breath say he shouldn't move to 168 where the lineal champ wants to fight him...meaning he can just fight no names and it is a great fight

GGG is obviously a good fighter, who really hasn't fought any legit competition yet except an undersized aged Ouma, and Macklin .Up to now GGG is more a marketing match making sensation than legend.

[Weebler I]

GGG is obviously a good fighter, who really hasn't fought any legit competition yet except an undersized aged Ouma, and Macklin. Up to now GGG is more a marketing match making sensation than legend.

I think the OP was using the term "legend" in the following capacity:

"A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated."


Anyway, I don't think his popularity is marketing or match-making, it's the manner of victory. People love knock-outs.

[katjack]

Alll those guys that ducked him, were offered less money to fight for the middleweight title than they would on espn fnf's. GGG's management are protecting him. That is a shame because he could be a star.

[HeroBando]

Alll those guys that ducked him, were offered less money to fight for the middleweight title than they would on espn fnf's. GGG's management are protecting him. That is a shame because he could be a star.

Bull****. Macklin and Stevens both got 300k, like 15x fnf wages. GGG only took 400k, which is an unheard of split. Macklin passed earlier to take like 85k on a Pac undercard. Quillins opponents are happy to get 125k.

[Plutonium]

Yes but unlike Golovkin he captured an Olympic gold medal. The biggest prize in amateur boxing.

While GGG was considered a serious threat by other Olympians since he won gold in junior and senior World Championships Ward was a "no one" since he hadn't shown anything in major amateur tournaments. Plus Ward had to move up since he was no 2 MW in the US.

[Jloro]

I think the OP was using the term "legend" in the following capacity:

"A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated."


Anyway, I don't think his popularity is marketing or match-making, it's the manner of victory. People love knock-outs.

Yeah we should let all champs fight garbage competition, blame it on everyone else and look like monsters KO'ing bums left and right lol

[Jloro]

While GGG was considered a serious threat by other Olympians since he won gold in junior and senior World Championships Ward was a "no one" since he hadn't shown anything in major amateur tournaments. Plus Ward had to move up since he was no 2 MW in the US.

Whatever makes you feel like GGG is somehow on Ward's level lmao