Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Explains: Thurman is Better Than Golovkin

[Bigg Rigg]

please excuse him, Oscar said this after sniffing ten grams in ten minutes.

[33030]

I want to GGG go thru 12 rds of boxing. I want to see him adjust. Go thru adversity before I can crown him as the real deal. He did what he suppose to be when get in the ring. And there is some truth to what Oscar is saying GGG doesnt have anything else to fall back on but his power

[joseph5620]

I'd honestly call Golovkin's opposition better than Thurman's.

Geale was a former champ, Stevens was a live opponent, Macklin had been a very solid performer at the weight...Thurman has beat, Chavez? That's about it.

I wouldn't call Stevens a live opponent. He was overmatched and everybody should have known that.

[gmc_rfc_06]

I wouldn't call Stevens a live opponent. He was overmatched and everybody should have known that.

He was certainly over-matched, but he was a live dog.

He was probably better than anyone Thurman has beat.

[tokon]

please excuse him, Oscar said this after sniffing ten grams in ten minutes.

he must have been on something hahaha

[observer]

I want to GGG go thru 12 rds of boxing. I want to see him adjust. Go thru adversity before I can crown him as the real deal.

Watch the Ouma fight. GGG wasn't at his best physically, and Ouma managed to keep the fight at a distance that wasn't working for GGG. Yet GGG adjusted and outlasted/outpunched Ouma at the end, stopping Ouma.

[hyeduk]

thats what they said about Kovalev before Hopkins fight

[jackson99]

oscar is vastly underestimating the boxing skills of GGG. although i do agree with him that Thurman is also a very special fighter.

[jas]

and if ggg was signed with gbp, this comment would never have been made

[PunchyPotorff]

I dunno Oscar, I'd say Thurman is easier to hit, and doesn't take a punch as well as GGG. Time will tell though. Both fighters are works in progress. I think GGG will consistently prove to be a step above Thurman though.