Who were the fighters GGG lost to in the Amateur's?

[Larry the boss]

Golovkin holding a lot in this fight too.

what a coward..the ref should have dq'd him for his fouls..holding is against the rules

[dan_cov]

what a coward..the ref should have dq'd him for his fouls..holding is against the rules

[j0zef]

why did it not matter when he LOST? and HE LOST BADLY... when he won it was razor close

He won 23-18 and lost 14-15.

Don't worry about it though, we're used to you getting things wrong.

[Chrismart]

Slightly off topic but that 2004 Olympic games where GGG beat Dirrell in the semi finals had some interesting fights at MW. Obviously GGG Vs Dirrell, also N'Dam Vs Angulo, N'Dam Vs Lee. Pascal fought also.

I've just been looking at that year on Wiki, and some of the other familiar names that competed that year : Rau'shee Warren, Shiming, Gamboa, Rigondeaux, Mares, Juan Manuel Lopez, Khan, Vanes, Berto, Ward, Shumenov, Y.P Hernandez, Povetkin.

It was a few years back now, but i hardly remember those games apart from the Khan story, which was big over here.
It's interesting to go back and refresh the memory on who fought, as well as pick up on some names that were maybe unfamiliar at the time, but not so now.

Anyway, ignore my ramblings..back to the topic at hand

[TheCell8]

He lost to 8 fighters (His record says 5).

Damian Austin (Cuba)
Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand)
Andre Dirrell
Eduard Gutnecht
Yordanis Despaigne
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
Nikolay Galochkin
Mohamed Hikal

Only three of those fighters turned pro.

Dirrell and Despaigne pretty much flamed out.

Gutnecht is fighting against Groves next, but he's a journeyman.

[yngwie]

Slightly off topic but that 2004 Olympic games where GGG beat Dirrell in the semi finals had some interesting fights at MW. Obviously GGG Vs Dirrell, also N'Dam Vs Angulo, N'Dam Vs Lee. Pascal fought also.

I've just been looking at that year on Wiki, and some of the other familiar names that competed that year : Rau'shee Warren, Shiming, Gamboa, Rigondeaux, Mares, Juan Manuel Lopez, Khan, Vanes, Berto, Ward, Shumenov, Y.P Hernandez, Povetkin.

It was a few years back now, but i hardly remember those games apart from the Khan story, which was big over here.
It's interesting to go back and refresh the memory on who fought, as well as pick up on some names that were maybe unfamiliar at the time, but not so now.

Anyway, ignore my ramblings..back to the topic at hand

Ponce DeLeon, Juan Ma Lopez and plenty of good guys...
GGG
Dirrell
Angulo
Lee
N'Damn (he did it better 12 years ago)
Gamboa
Rigo
Solis
Povetkin
Kindelan
Shiming
Warren
Ward
Khan

[Robbie Barrett]

He lost to 8 fighters (His record says 5).

Damian Austin (Cuba)
Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand)
Andre Dirrell
Eduard Gutnecht
Yordanis Despaigne
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
Nikolay Galochkin
Mohamed Hikal

Only three of those fighters turned pro.

Dirrell and Despaigne pretty much flamed out.

Gutnecht is fighting against Groves next, but he's a journeyman.

The thing with most amateur records is only the fighter knows the real record, there's no way to check every tournament and fights a fighter has had.

[NYC8224]

Who cares?

[Dip_Slide]

All fighters lose in the amateurs because sometimes they have to face much older more experienced fighters at a very young age, GGG had a very successful amateur career but nothing out of this world considering the fact that he fought as an amateur till he was 25 years old. A lot of fighters turn pro much earlier than that.

Andre Ward turned pro at 20 years old and was already multi division national champion and olympic gold medalist, same for Dela Hoya who turned pro at 19, Roy Jones, Floyd Mayweather at 18, even Amir Khan at 17-18 and the list goes on and on, these guys don't get that much credit for their amateur accomplishments because nobody brags about them since they've accomplished enough in the pro ranks.

Even Tarver had a very good amateur career and nobody even knows about it, they only remember his KO of Jones and that's it.

[Larry the boss]

Who cares?

GGG groupies who count his amateur wins toward his resume