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They're doing nothing for the sport? Trust me, they're doing tons and will do a lot more later.
They're not overrated, however the media + casual fans are hyping them up because of their unreal powers. Not their faults. A lot of boxing fans are casual fans. Who just want to see brutal knockouts with brutal exchanging. (ex: Mike Alvarado,Ruslan Provodnikov and Brandon Rios fights.)
Gennady Golovkin and Sergey Kovalev are both east europeans with solid amateur records. They have been taught well. Gennady Golovkin can cut the ring off very well and have descent defense with solid chin + ability to box and if you're talking about pressure, trust me he's doing that better than anyone in middleweight division. Kovalev, on the other hands, he has amateur record of 200 fights if I'm not wrong. He won some amateur championships in Russia and he's defintely not one of the boxer who just come forward like a bull relying on his power. (ex: Matthysse, the guy has no balance and relying on his power too much.) Both are great fighters and they're slowly becoming the best prize fighters in this era.
Let's not get confuse between solid brawlers with multiple abilities with just casual brawlers who just satisfy the casual fans.
They're not overrated, however the media + casual fans are hyping them up because of their unreal powers. Not their faults. A lot of boxing fans are casual fans. Who just want to see brutal knockouts with brutal exchanging. (ex: Mike Alvarado,Ruslan Provodnikov and Brandon Rios fights.)
Gennady Golovkin and Sergey Kovalev are both east europeans with solid amateur records. They have been taught well. Gennady Golovkin can cut the ring off very well and have descent defense with solid chin + ability to box and if you're talking about pressure, trust me he's doing that better than anyone in middleweight division. Kovalev, on the other hands, he has amateur record of 200 fights if I'm not wrong. He won some amateur championships in Russia and he's defintely not one of the boxer who just come forward like a bull relying on his power. (ex: Matthysse, the guy has no balance and relying on his power too much.) Both are great fighters and they're slowly becoming the best prize fighters in this era.
Let's not get confuse between solid brawlers with multiple abilities with just casual brawlers who just satisfy the casual fans.
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