Comments Thread For: Murray: Golovkin Was So Strong, Couldn't Keep Him Off

[parrish duke]

Respect his honesty.

That's pretty much what I was saying yesterday, that it must be such a nightmare, so exhausting to try and keep Golovkin off you. He's so relentless, great at cutting off the ring, constantly in front of you throwing punches pretty much non stop. If you don't have power to earn his respect, only chance you have is to constantly clinch, which I'm sure can be exhausting as well.

I have been critical of GGG's opposition level in a lot of my past posts, but he impressed me a lot in this fight, and he finally showed adjustments. He impressed me with his constant pressure! its a nightmare to be in the ring with this guy - I give Ward, Chavez Jr, and kovalev the only shot at beating him and notice this group is 1 - 2 divisions north! I pick Ward for obvious reasons, and from what I saw GGG will bring too much and that will be used against him. I give Chavez Jr a shot because he has a very good CHIN! he wears on you, and Chavez Jr is very under rated (yes I have also criticized Chavez Jr in past posts) and we see what style GGG emulates and that's the Great Julio Cesar Chavez sr. who else to crack the code than Jr. lol ! GGG studied the tape on Murray well - he killed him all day with the short uppercut, he exploited a style / technique flaw - Murray couldn't adjust, if he could have made that adjustment, I think he would have really been able to put up a much better test, but I will still give him props for being tough - kind of a double edged sword. being labeled tough usually equates to a lot of competitive a$$ whoopings - lol

[twosweethooks]

Murray has no power to keep ggg off him he did good in surviving but he's not a top dog at middleweight

How bout Cotto vs GGG MSG Puerto Rico day ?

[bigfo0t]

its sad how everyone is downplaying Triple G

They deny his skill set...

The guy is clearly a highly elite level skilled boxer...

i know right? a lot of these guys said they would give him credit too if he stopped Murray.. before the fight Murray was legit, now he's a "bum".. SMH

respect to Martin Murray, very classy guy with a lot of heart.

[feroth]

In most of GGG fights he's looked very skilled to me on top of his power and pressure. What impressed me the most was his stiff jab that actually broke guys down and created his offense, plus he never forgets the body, picks his shots beautifully and has awesome timing and usually good defense...I barely saw any of that last night and its pretty impressive he was still able to win. But last night his shot selection wasn't great, he missed a lot, and his defense wasn't good and got caught a lot and he's lucky the guy he fought had no power. Part of that was obviously Murray's strategy and experience of course but I'll give GGG the benefit of the doubt cuz to me he looked a little off his game last night and wasn't his normal self

[turnedup]

People need to go on youtube and watch some experts do analysis on his abilities and technique. A lot of it is so subtle that most people don't understand it. The guy tucks his chin amazingly well even when throwing bombs which is not something we are used to seeing. He's also shown he can be good defensively when he needs to or wants to be. The same ppl that come on here talking about a fight being a game of chess, do not understand that Golovkin's jab is the pawn and he's constantly measuring you with it and I mean constantly. Give this man his props or miss out on a great fighter hating on him instead.

[PulpFriction]

I certainly think Murray is top ten at Middleweight. Not sure why he wouldn't be.

Cotto
GGG
Quillin
N'dam
Murray
Lee
Geale
Jacobs
Saunders

Looking at The Rings list they have him at 6 (they still have Sergio Martinez at 4 for some reason).

Yea i don't get that either. Martinez has one fight left and it will be at home against a soft opponnent.

[Luilun]

No one from 154 to168 can beat GGG the only one who comes close is Ward and he has like a 30% chance

[TOBYLEE1]

Hopefully triple G can get the winner from the Lee/Quillin fight. That way he will clean the division and there will be now doubts who is the king at 160

[Scipio2009]

I certainly think Murray is top ten at Middleweight. Not sure why he wouldn't be.

Cotto
GGG
Quillin
N'dam
Murray
Lee
Geale
Jacobs
Saunders

Looking at The Rings list they have him at 6 (they still have Sergio Martinez at 4 for some reason).

There's levels to this, and that's pretty obvious. Murray is in the top 10 by default, a solid fighter in a deep drought for the division.

Golovkin and Quillin are obviously the class of the division; how good they actually are would likely be determined when they step in with a real somebody, or each other. (Cotto knocked off the prior king, but it's unclear how he matches up against the other middleweights).

Every other fighter in the top 10 has either A) already shown themselves to be lacking or B) look like C/B-level fighters.

[US Dirk Killer]

Martin Murray isnt even a top ten.
i think golovkins one of the best but you guys why get carried away with all the hype because he beat someone thats not even world class.

Okay.... list your top 10 MW's before the GGG fight