Originally posted by Cinci Champ
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GGG did everything wrong, and still broke Brook's orbital bone, had him absolutely done retreating around the ring throwing zero punches by the 5th round, and stopped him in the first half of the fight.
No one else in the sport is doing that. We haven't seen anyone in decades walk through punches like this, and let opponents hit him, because he sees it as so easy that it's his responsibility to make it competitive, make it a show, but even when he does it's still competitive.
If anything, GGG is buying his own hype and that hurts any fighter, but even doing that, he is still performing like this. We haven't seen anything like this.
His capacity to deliver power is the best in the sport. His capacity to absorb power is the best in the sport. What else do you guys want? His plus/minus is second best. Do you guys also want him to have elite level elusiveness? If he had the best power, the best chin, and the best defense, he would literally be a perfect fighter created in a lab, the best of all time. He has raised everyone's expectations so high that people are shocked to see him hit, like you were expecting a perfect robot.
That's not how it works. But even letting his opponents hit him, he still has an elite plus/minus. Imagine if he fought with the strategy of the Lemieux fight every fight, he would have the best plus/minus in the sport. GGG could win any fight just by using his jab for 12 rounds. He doesn't even need to do anything else. He could just fight like the Klitschkos have, jabs and a few right hands when it opens up, and it would be an impossible style to beat given GGG's power, timing, and chin.
But he wants to give the fans a show. I know as fans we're not used to that after a decade of Mayweather, Ward, etc, but it just makes GGG that much more special. Still, it's ******, and he may be believing his own hype. That can be the downfall of any fighter but don't think that means he's not the most talented fighter alive. He is, #1 pound for pound, and until he gets old, which may be starting to happen, or fights ****** against Jacobs or Canelo, you can expect him to keep dominating.
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