Golovkin's boxing skills are really underrated.

[ИATAS]

Lol exactly. GGG won't be tested until he hits 168.

You don't think Canelo would test him? I think it's a great matchup.

[i'm a fun haver]

My thing is that in the stevens fight, everytime GGG got hit, he would stop punching or take a step back.

Yeah, because standing and trading with Curtis Stevens is what a smart fighter would do. lol
Ever notice when GGG steps back out of range, the opponent doesn't follow too closely? I wonder why that is?
GGG is a smart fighter, not a face first brawler.

[Weebler I]

He does his style pretty well, managing to both plant himself for punching power and still cut off the ring well in pressuring opponents. Not an easy mix to perfect.

He reminds me most of Julio Cesar Chavez in that regard. His problems will probably come with the first really good hit-n-run artist he comes across (don't see any on the horizon at 160) or Andre Ward at 168 should he have to go there for a payday..

I see it being an inside fighter giving him the most problems, someone who smothers his punches. He has been cutting off the "hit and run" guys his whole career, there's footage of him fighting Dirrell on youtube.

Ward's not really a hit and run guy, but I do think his is the style which would trouble Golovkin. The added size will also factor in, but I don't see that fight happening for some time.

[elfag]

People make him sound like a hard hitting come forward guy that can't fight kn the back foot but when you're an olympic silver medalist with an amateur record of 245-5 I'm pretty sure you've seen it all (in terms of styles). I genuinely believe will rasily dominate this subpar 160 division which of course isn't his fault and I don't blame him for wanting to beat these guys up. Will be interesting to see how he does at 168 but bear in mind he fought at light heavy in the amateurs and still KO'd guys, notably Lucien Bute with headgear on.

Bute is a giant ***** though so that dont mean much.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Just because you're an Olympic Silver Medalist doesn't entail that you can automatically fight well on the backfoot.

Amir Khan is a Silver Medalist and he couldn't fight on the inside for ****.

I haven't really seen Golovkin be forced backwards often. There were a couple of times in the Curtis Stevens fight where he was backed up and didn't really look good. He just took punches.

[JimEarl]

I see it being an inside fighter giving him the most problems, someone who smothers his punches. He has been cutting off the "hit and run" guys his whole career, there's footage of him fighting Dirrell on youtube.

Ward's not really a hit and run guy, but I do think his is the style which would trouble Golovkin. The added size will also factor in, but I don't see that fight happening for some time.

You might be right. I just don't see him cutting off the runners quite like Hagler (at least in rematches) as he stays more planted for the punching leverage. Yeah Ward's style is slick and spoiling......I see trouble for GGG in that one. Golovkin might've had problems with a middleweight B-Hop as well.

[Weebler I]

You might be right. I just don't see him cutting off the runners quite like Hagler (at least in rematches) as he stays more planted for the punching leverage. Yeah Ward's style is slick and spoiling......I see trouble for GGG in that one. Golovkin might've had problems with a middleweight B-Hop as well.

Yeah, agree B-Hop also potentially a bad style match-up for GGG.

Even now Hopkins has targeted Froch and Golovkin and I think he knows what styles he fares well against even if he is maybe too long in the tooth to pull it off at this point.

[Ferrarijones]

Agreed. Glolovkin is a powerful puncher, but is definitely not one-dimensional. I see him remaining undefeated for quite some time because face it there's no competition left for him at middleweight. If he moves up things may get interesting but his boxing skills and versatility will carry him a long way.

[JimEarl]

Yeah, agree B-Hop also potentially a bad style match-up for GGG.

Even now Hopkins has targeted Froch and Golovkin and I think he knows what styles he fares well against even if he is maybe too long in the tooth to pull it off at this point.

B-Hop needs to fold his cards at this point dammit ....He may prove me wrong yet again but it's probably going to be mostly downhill from here.

[Nay_Sayer]

Golovkin might've had problems with a middleweight B-Hop as well.

Hopkins @ 160 would have destroyed Golovkin.