GGG: ''Alvarez He Too Big, Disrespect To Boxing...'' (2016)

[Robbie Barrett]

Golovkin is a natural middleweight. Hagler was a small middleweight. Hopkins and Jones were big middleweights. Gennady slots in between these guys.

Actually Hopkins didn't dehydrate that much at MW, he was still in the 160s on fight night.

[TonyGe]

Actually Hopkins didn't dehydrate that much at MW, he was still in the 160s on fight night.

I didn't know that.

[Gate keeper]

Another thread meant to argue with others about GGG....

[mathed]

Candelita is way too big and looking slow. She thinks that packing on all that muscle will allow her to overpower lil G but it won't help at all. The loss of speed and crushing effect on stamina will rear it's ugly head early in the fight. Especially after lil g starts landing those lefts to the body, the diva will be a sitting duck before long.

[elfag]

floyd is a smaller welterweight than GGG is a small middleweight. Floyd drains like 3 lbs max.

GGG drains 8-10 lbs. That might be slightly below average these days. But 168 lbs on fight night is NOT a small middleweight.

GGG is a bigger middleweight than Hopkins was when he fought at 160 to put it in perspective and hopkins competed fine at 175 when he moved up.

[TonyGe]

Actually Hopkins didn't dehydrate that much at MW, he was still in the 160s on fight night.

I didn't know that.

[TonyGe]

floyd is a smaller welterweight than GGG is a small middleweight. Floyd drains like 3 lbs max.

GGG drains 8-10 lbs. That might be slightly below average these days. But 168 lbs on fight night is NOT a small middleweight.

GGG is a bigger middleweight than Hopkins was when he fought at 160 to put it in perspective and hopkins competed fine at 175 when he moved up.

Hopkins is taller so the weight would be distributed better. Where did you get those stats on Hopkins weights on fight night I'd like to see them..

[Robbie Barrett]

Hopkins is taller so the weight would be distributed better. Where did you get those stats on Hopkins weights on fight night I'd like to see them..

Jermain Taylor VS Bernard Hopkins II - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins:169
Taylor: 169

Jermain Taylor VS Bernard Hopkins I - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins: 168
Taylor: 171

Bernard Hopkins VS Antwun Echols - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins: 166
Echols: 163

http://basementgymboxing.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/fight-night-boxing-weights-rehydration_22.html

[TonyGe]

Jermain Taylor VS Bernard Hopkins II - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins:169
Taylor: 169

Jermain Taylor VS Bernard Hopkins I - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins: 168
Taylor: 171

Bernard Hopkins VS Antwun Echols - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins: 166
Echols: 163

http://basementgymboxing.blogspot.co...ration_22.html

Thanks. I'm going to look up Gotti I read once that he had huge weight gains. I don't know how Golovkin would perform at 168 or 175. Everyone is different. Hopkins is one of a handfull of middleweights titlests that won another title at 175. It also depends on how good the 175 pound champ is. For example if Hopkins had to fight Andre Ward or Micheal Spinks for the title he would lose IMO. That aside what Hopkins did was amazing especially at his advanced age.

[TonyGe]

Jermain Taylor VS Bernard Hopkins II - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins:169
Taylor: 169

Jermain Taylor VS Bernard Hopkins I - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins: 168
Taylor: 171

Bernard Hopkins VS Antwun Echols - Contested at Middleweight

Hopkins: 166
Echols: 163

http://basementgymboxing.blogspot.co...ration_22.html

Thanks. I'm going to look up Gotti I read once that he had huge weight gains. I don't know how Golovkin would perform at 168 or 175. Everyone is different. Hopkins is one of a handfull of middleweights titlests that won another title at 175. It also depends on how good the 175 pound champ is. For example if Hopkins had to fight Andre Ward or Micheal Spinks for the title he would lose IMO. That aside what Hopkins did was amazing especially at his advanced age.