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This is not an evaluation of who is more skilled P4P. Or who would win if they were the same size. Instead, it is about who would actually win at 160 pounds if they actually fought each other.
Floyd Mayweather Jr's skills are definitely at an ATG level. However, there comes a point where someone is simply too big in size, to the point where being more skilled isn't going to be enough to beat them. Not only does one have to be more skilled than that bigger sized opponent, but they have to be more skilled by a significant margin. Irrespective of what some would state by exaggerating, both are elite boxers and neither are significantly more skilled than the other and that slight skill gap (assuming it exists) for Mayweather isn't going to be enough for Mayweather to beat Golovkin due to being much smaller and weaker physically.
If Golovkin could walk through Kell Brook's most powerful punches, a guy who is physically bigger, stronger and more powerful than Floyd Mayweather Jr and could throw and land punches without being discouraged, then Floyd Mayweather simply can't effect GGG enough to deter him.
Canelo Alvarez had the power, size and strength to at least make GGG slightly more cautious from going absolutely berserk. However, if Golovkin could just walk through Mayweather's punches and go beserk on Floyd Mayweather Jr by throwing non - stop power punches, then Floyd Mayweather Jr's skill advantage becomes irrelevant because the bout would no longer be decided by skills.
Floyd Mayweather Jr's skills are definitely at an ATG level. However, there comes a point where someone is simply too big in size, to the point where being more skilled isn't going to be enough to beat them. Not only does one have to be more skilled than that bigger sized opponent, but they have to be more skilled by a significant margin. Irrespective of what some would state by exaggerating, both are elite boxers and neither are significantly more skilled than the other and that slight skill gap (assuming it exists) for Mayweather isn't going to be enough for Mayweather to beat Golovkin due to being much smaller and weaker physically.
If Golovkin could walk through Kell Brook's most powerful punches, a guy who is physically bigger, stronger and more powerful than Floyd Mayweather Jr and could throw and land punches without being discouraged, then Floyd Mayweather simply can't effect GGG enough to deter him.
Canelo Alvarez had the power, size and strength to at least make GGG slightly more cautious from going absolutely berserk. However, if Golovkin could just walk through Mayweather's punches and go beserk on Floyd Mayweather Jr by throwing non - stop power punches, then Floyd Mayweather Jr's skill advantage becomes irrelevant because the bout would no longer be decided by skills.
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