Comments Thread For: What if Gennady Golovkin Loses?

[Barcham]

The one thing none of us including Golovkin know is how he will deal with getting shook up, stunned, or hurt badly? Many fighters completely fold when they get hurt the first time..

Golovkin has almost 400 fights under his belt. Do you really think Lemieux can do anything at all to shake him up? C'mon... be serious. Lemieux could come in the ring with a bat in one hand and a gun in the other and GGG would look at him and smile.

[aboutfkntime]

I think with Ward not many would be scared about him, Ward would need to utilize a dirty game but with that he'd need a referee who is in on the act that likes to constantly separate clinches without warning the instigator of it.

However with Ward all he has is size and height over GGG, I'd say boxing skills, power and overall better ring generalship belong to Golovkin, that and with Ward we know he wouldn't be able to KO GGG now switch over to Lemieux who is a monster puncher he could arguably KO anyone in the MW division the people fear that possibility of one punch with Ward the worst fear is he gets away with clinching for 12 rounds and maybe throwing in a few headbutts or what not.

I completely disagree with the bold.

I think that Ward is better than Golovkin at just about everything.

Ward has respect among boxing insiders, you can tell that by how the Ring and most fighters/trainers seem to rate him so highly despite his inactivity.

A win over Ward would be huge for GGG, it would establish him as the best P4P fighter on the planet..... and yet Team GGG dont want nothing to do with Ward.

Power wouldn't be an issue in that fight.... Wards speed alone would trouble Golovkin, I see Ward out-thinking GGG, touching him up, frustrating him, tying him up. A bad night at the office.

[bird060799]

Not that GGG can't get caught or will not stand a chance of getting caught, but I just think he is a tougher nut to crack than Lemieux. He's not going to haphazardly let himself get hit flush, knowing this is a puncher's nightmare he is facing. That being said, I see a little drama but don't think GGG will even get knocked down or badly wobbled. Lemieux is still young and IMHO not near as polished as GGG, thus I see it ending like M. Murray bout

[Divine Hammer]

i wouldn't be surprised if lemieux KOs ggg. in boxing anything can happens especially if ur opponent is a HUGE puncher. i've seen lemieux KO many guys unconscious easily with one shot.

[kafkod]

A KO defeat against someone like Monroe would stop him in his tracks. Against someone like Lemieux, a known devastating puncher with a KO percentage almost as good GGG's? Not so much.

I do not see Lemieux getting KOd by Golovkin as a career ender for him either. If N'dam had knocked him out, yeah, that would have been a huge defeat on his record. Golovkin knocks him out? No one would be shocked and he will pick himself up and keep going.

I am not of the opinion that one fight makes a career. Now if GGG gets KOd and then the same thing happens in his next fight, THEN there is something to worry about.

But this is all a totally pointless exercise as Golovkin will take care of business on Saturday as he always does and Lemieux and ODLH can eat some humble pie.

Getting KTFO would harm Lemieux's prospects less than GGG's because he's the underdog in this fight. Lemieux getting KTFO is basically the outcome most people expect.

If it happens, David will be praised for his guts and spirit in taking the fight, and will probably be given another title shot as soon as he's ready for it.

I suspect that, as long as he puts up some kind of a show, Lemieux will have more fans after this fight than he had before, even if he gets KO'd.

Not so with Golovkin. Defeat always hurts the favourite more than the underdog.

Like you though, I don't think GGG is going to lose to Lemieux.

[aboutfkntime]

A KO defeat against someone like Monroe would stop him in his tracks. Against someone like Lemieux, a known devastating puncher with a KO percentage almost as good GGG's? Not so much.

I do not see Lemieux getting KOd by Golovkin as a career ender for him either. If N'dam had knocked him out, yeah, that would have been a huge defeat on his record. Golovkin knocks him out? No one would be shocked and he will pick himself up and keep going.

I am not of the opinion that one fight makes a career. Now if GGG gets KOd and then the same thing happens in his next fight, THEN there is something to worry about.

But this is all a totally pointless exercise as Golovkin will take care of business on Saturday as he always does and Lemieux and ODLH can eat some humble pie.

In a few years time, after making it back into the public spotlight, he would likely be remembered as GGG, the guy who got KTFO by..... that guy with the funny haircut.

It would be an absolute disaster for K2.

Honestly, Golovkin has likely already faced/beaten punchers as good as Lemieux, he faced a ton of punchers in the am's and he spars with SMW's.

I think hes a much better fighter anyway, if he settles in early he got this.

[aboutfkntime]

Getting KTFO would harm Lemieux's prospects less than GGG's because he's the underdog in this fight. Lemieux getting KTFO is basically the outcome most people expect.

If it happens, David will be praised for his guts and spirit in taking the fight, and will probably be given another title shot as soon as he's ready for it.

I suspect that, as long as he puts up some kind of a show, Lemieux will have more fans after this fight than he had before, even if he gets KO'd.

Not so with Golovkin. Defeat always hurts the favourite more than the underdog.

Like you though, I don't think GGG is going to lose to Lemieux.

Yea exactly.

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

i will buy out the bar lol ill be at the club gettin lit anyways but if lemiux wins its on! lmao

[Progrssive_Jedi]

As I said before, he's a very very talented boxer; I love to watch him. But, amazingly the hype has far exceeded his proven ability.

After all the hype, if he loses to anyone not called Ward or Canelo, then around the World people will look to the skies to see where that loud deflating-balloon sound is coming from.

This year he's fought twice and beaten Murray, a proven contender, and Monroe, well, just barely a contender. He's beaten them as expected, and we really don't know anymore about Golovkin than we did in January, in other words he is several notches above his B level competition. He is a knockout machine. He appears to be elite, but is he?

But in contrast, the hype has notched up to at least twice or even three times the level it was back in January. This is boxing folks, a circus driven by hype.

Yea, this over hype machine has been running champs off for years.

Not bad for a guy no one things is good.

I mean, what's that say about Cotto, probably Canelo, Quillin, etc. that they've all be too scared to fight him.

This hype machine who spars HW, and has been a legend in training.

This hype machine that probably has Canelo ****ting his pants giving up belts.

This hype machine that they haters have to go all the way to Ward to find a guy they think can beat him.

Yep, that hype machine must be pretty damn good. Because it's rolling.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

i wouldn't be surprised if lemieux KOs ggg. in boxing anything can happens especially if ur opponent is a HUGE puncher. i've seen lemieux KO many guys unconscious easily with one shot.

Anything could happen.

We may see Mayweather hurt a boxing when he throws a punch.

We may see Ward go four rounds and only clinch 2 times.

We may see Canelo or Cotto get in the ring with G-man.

And we will probably see Satan put on gloves and fight Bradley first.

Golovkin has almost 400 fights under his belt. Do you really think Lemieux can do anything at all to shake him up? C'mon... be serious. Lemieux could come in the ring with a bat in one hand and a gun in the other and GGG would look at him and smile.

Lol! Really doe.