Comments Thread For: Golovkin: I Can Box Like Mayweather, But That's Boring

[daggum]

How many PPV's has GGG participated in? Attracting 10,000 fans means nothing when you are charging $10 a ticket and barely breaking even at the gate. GGG is not a big draw and that is why he is practically begging Cotto, Alvarez or Mayweather to fight him. You are right! Fighter do claim that another fighter is not a big draw to avoid fighting them. The ones who do that are usually guys like Peter Quillin, who can't draw flies himself..

how many ppv's has geale participated in? or kirkland? why is ggg held to a super high standard of popularity and drawing power in order to get a fight?

[HeroBando]

GGG never tried to secure a fight with Froch. You are right about Ward not attracting big crowds either. However, GGG has no chance of getting a fight with Cotto or Alvarez and he can make more money fighting Ward and Froch at 168 than he will fighting Willie Munroe Jr. In addition, he would get a lot more respect from boxing fans that don't worship him like you if he stepped up and fought Ward or Froch.

Gggs manager claimed they approached Froch about a fight in the UK, with no response from Hearn. Then Hearn gave an interview saying itd take an outrageous amount for such a dangerous, career threatening fight, and Froch said we'll swerve him if we can, punches like a mule

[daggum]

GGG never tried to secure a fight with Froch. You are right about Ward not attracting big crowds either. However, GGG has no chance of getting a fight with Cotto or Alvarez and he can make more money fighting Ward and Froch at 168 than he will fighting Willie Munroe Jr. In addition, he would get a lot more respect from boxing fans that don't worship him like you if he stepped up and fought Ward or Froch.

why does he have no chance yet guys like geale and kirkland have a chance? wouldn't cotto get more money fighting ggg than fighting geale?

sorry boxing isn't about respect. it's about big paydays. remember? you just said that like 5 minutes ago!

when talking about cotto and canelo ducking ggg oh its only about the money and that's why they can't fight him...yet when talking about ggg do it for the respect! why do you have such double standards? here's an easy standard that you should try: the best in the division fight the best no matter if they are popular or not. how crazy! then you won't have to mentally twist yourself in a pretzel defending guys that don't follow this standard.

[wlliam]

Not trying to offend you or anything man but resumes are like triangle theories, it doesn't work like that in boxing, so resumes don't mean ****..styles make fights man...and May Pac fight proved it...

Yeah igotcha. Stylezmake fights but there are levels to boxing also. And May Pac proved that also. the level Pac competed at was his undoing.

[wlliam]

Scared fighting is not that hard to do, it's the safest. You just got to have decent speed and train everyday how to do it. Throw in some flare while doing it. Secret to success. Ask Floyd.

Tips:
-if you get hit throw a "na-nah" gesture by swinging your chin left and right, this might fool the judges and nullify that score against you.
-if they block your exits - HUG! before that first punch lands.
-always fight with an arm and half length away from your scary opponent.
-POTSHOT! Even if they don't hurt a fly, POTSHOT! Judges love that shiet.
-Always fight on the backfoot. Initiating combat is for fools.
-Get all the advantages before you even step in the ring.
-==================

you know that "arm and a half" length is what gets em following Floyd around all night? imo opinion its his best asset. Fighters always say they wont fall into chasing him, but that "arm and a half" length makes em think hes in range and they just cant resist taking the shot, they miss, see him and still think hes in range, miss again. Its eye catching when he counters like that.

[wlliam]

How many PPV's has GGG participated in? Attracting 10,000 fans means nothing when you are charging $10 a ticket and barely breaking even at the gate. GGG is not a big draw and that is why he is practically begging Cotto, Alvarez or Mayweather to fight him. You are right! Fighter do claim that another fighter is not a big draw to avoid fighting them. The ones who do that are usually guys like Peter Quillin, who can't draw flies himself..

Careful what you say about Quillin, look at all my red Ks if you were to say somehing like "Quillin has managed to duck every single notable MW the last few yrs" thatll get you deep in the red Ks quick. Just friendly advice

[wlliam]

why does he have no chance yet guys like geale and kirkland have a chance? wouldn't cotto get more money fighting ggg than fighting geale?

sorry boxing isn't about respect. it's about big paydays. remember? you just said that like 5 minutes ago!

when talking about cotto and canelo ducking ggg oh its only about the money and that's why they can't fight him...yet when talking about ggg do it for the respect! why do you have such double standards? here's an easy standard that you should try: the best in the division fight the best no matter if they are popular or not. how crazy! then you won't have to mentally twist yourself in a pretzel defending guys that don't follow this standard.

Dang, great post man. He just straight ignored this.

[Suckmedry]

Did anyone else catch the whole "despite having only fought 20 times as a pro...with a record of 20-1..." Did nobody catch this? Smh

Articles on this site are always riddled with errors.

[Mr. Philadel]

I can fight like Mayweather too, every single poster can fight like Mayweather, every boxer can fight like Mayweather. Even Rios imitated Floyd in training. It's easy, Broner and Berto do it too.

What separates imitation from the real thing is actual ring IQ and the reflexes. Golovkin doesn't have the reflexes of Floyd, and he hits hard and doesn't have hand injuries so there is no need to fight like Mayweather. He is also not even in a good weight class or a size disadvantage. If GGG were to go up 24lbs like Floyd did or even to LHW, he would be singing a different tune vs a guy like Kovalev at LHW or Drozd at CW. Then we'll see the 5'10" and a half GGG who would be at a 15+ pound disadvantage on fight night fighting Mexican style or if he will fight smart against much bigger guys who can take his punches and KO him if they catch him.

Mayweather vs Maidana for instance, Mayweather was 148lbs and Maidana was 165lbs, for a 17lb disadvantage. If GGG fought someone that big who was also a good puncher and swarmer, with a high pain threshold, he would get on his bike and wouldn't be any where near as stationary as Floyd was, ****ing it away with Maidana. GGG gets hit so much that he would get KO'ed if he actually fought a puncher who was 17lbs bigger than him.

This is all coward talk. Move up in weight to taste size disadvantage and fight more powerful guys who can take your punch. The tough talk with Ishida, Rosado, Stevens, Geale, Monroe on your resume is weak. Let me see you and your ****** Mexcian style vs Kovalev or at Cruiserweight.

good post!!!

[cupocity303]

And he would still be wrong lol. He's not on the same level as Mayweather in terms of boxing skill.

Are you his interpreter?

No you're wrong for using Mayweather's style of boxing as the bar-o-meter of what boxing SKILL is.

Floyd is not as skilled at coming forward and fighting in Golovkin like fashion. He has come forward before (i.e. Vs Judah, Vs Sharmba Mitchell and a couple others) but he is not as skilled at it as Golovkin.