Three times Golovkin let himself be hit in the face

[New England]

His defense just isnt that good, why are ya'll trying to make this man into some kind of untouchable god?? he is a come forward slugger and gets hit..it is what it is

tghis isn't fair, either. he does a heck of a lot more than just come forward and slug. the guy had over 300 amateur fights.


i know you guys who go against golvokin think youre unbiased, but it's not the acse if you don't recognize that he does more than just come forward and slug.

[alexguiness]

GGG admitted he had problems with Brooks timing / range.

He is the type of fighter who likes to get a taste of his opponents power - I respect that hugely.

Its a dangerous tactic though, unless you are fighting Paulie.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

golovkin's not an excellent defensive fighter. he's not a "face first brawler," and he defends a lot better than rios, but he's far from excellent defensively. he gets hit a lot for a pound for pound fighter.

golovkin "sets aside the best practices of defense" in the name of offense much more than for gamesmanship. saying that he's only getting hit because he "wants to get hit" is naive. he gets hit because he wants to hit the other guy. there are only a handful of instances in his career where he's actually let a guy get a free shot, and he's cerainly been hit cleanly more than that handful of times.

Wrapz is a good poster but sometimes you gotta know when he's trolling just feeding other people's ego.

As far as the rest of your post goes, some of these guys will say just about anything to defend or justify anything their guy does in the ring. It's ridiculous.

I'd love to see these guys get in a ring and "let their opponent hit them on purpose." Whether it's sparring, amateur or professional.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

GGG admitted he had problems with Brooks timing / range.

He is the type of fighter who likes to get a taste of his opponents power - I respect that hugely.

Its a dangerous tactic though, unless you are fighting Paulie.

You can taste a guy's power without "letting him you on purpose." And Brook visibly hurt Golovkin so you don't want to let Brook "hit you on purpose" if you know he can hurt you.

[alexguiness]

I agree - you can get a feel for somebody power through your guard, not by letting them tee of on your chin lol.

I used to like doing this myself - it gives you ALOT of confidence when you know the guy is not 'heavy handed' even if he can out box you.

On the flip side, when you get that ringing in your ears even when hes hitting into your gloves...that's can be a concern.

[Kigali]

Haters just look for things to hold onto as flaws of a guy they hate.

Boxers allow themselves to get hit all the time.

Mayorga did it, Fury does it, and Golovkin did it for sure against Brook.

It's comical really.

I let dudes hit me all the time in sparring a bit, especially if they are inexperienced.

People who don't understand boxing don't understand that a boxer is in control of his own actions and he is thinking about what he is doing more often than not. Everything with the exception of the reaction of your body when you take a shot is done intentionally. Fans with no real knowledge of the sport don't understand this.

When I drop my lead hand, if I lean back, where I step, what I throw, my facial expression, all of that is predetermined and calculated. It's a chess game.

In a video game....that's the only place you ever sparred.

[Kigali]

obviously he moves it some as all boxers, but to say hes letting them punch him is the real ignorance.. also funny that he "lets" bums like wade monroe and a welterweight hit him lol

well see how much he "lets" JACOBS hit him

fixed it for you.

Canelo ain't never been shi.t

[NaijaD]

Lool Maxi back to his nut hugging best.... He didn't let Brook hit him, Brook made openings for himself. Golovkin doesn't have terrible defence like some say but he's not a defensive wizard that doesn't get hit unless he wants them to hit him.

Please don't refer to the Lemieux fight, Lemieux has very little boxing skill.... It was obvious to anyone that if Golovkin played it safe that David would be absolutely stuffed. It seems like Maxi is back to retake his throne from BigDramaShow as the one who can keep Golovkin's balls the warmest.

It seems like these extreme Golovkin fans would be well suited to WWE and fake drama.... they love scripted street fights with no hopers.

[BrometheusBob.]

When you look at a GGG thread because you lowkey like GGG but his fanboys start sayin ****** shixt.

[bojangles1987]

The Monroe one is a terrible example. They never show any moment where Golovkin "lets" himself be hit. Stopped watching if that is the example this video goes with.

There is definitely a moment in the Murray fight where Golovkin puts his head forward and lets Murray tee off on him. It was extremely obvious.