Who was the more proven fighter...

[HeadShots]

50 yr old bernard hopkins would get beat by Danny Jacobs easily.


a part time bricklaying white boy knocked him out of the ring.

[HarvardBlue]

Kovalev had a slightly better resume but he never fought anyone with real KO power. I think that's why he chose to fight Ward over Stevenson. Golovkin faced Stevens, Lemieux, and then fought Jacobs. Stevens is small (in stature) for the division and and Lemieux is limited but they can both crack.

[Real King Kong]

Pascal and Chilemba had both shown themselves to be world-level operators before stepping in with Kovalev.

Looking through Golovkin's entire run, the only time that he stepped in with a fighter who had already proven to be truly be world level was earnestly the Daniel Geale fight.

"World level" is a bit subjective isn't it? Let's be real, if ggg beat those guys people would say pascal was shot and chilemba was a bum coming off a loss.

[Xi_]

Both are overrated.....

[Scipio2009]

Martin Murray wasn't a world level fighter? He should of had wins over Sturm and Martinez in their home grounds.

Except that he didn't. Chalk it up to whatever you want, Murray was the "almost" man in every fight that he's had basically beyond Euro level.

[LetOutTheCage]

Except that he didn't. Chalk it up to whatever you want, Murray was the "almost" man in every fight that he's had basically beyond Euro level.

Regardless of dodgy decision he more than handled his own against other world level fighters in their backyard and did so on more than one occasion. I don't know what you consider a world level fighter but Murray checked the boxes with his performances.

[Real King Kong]

I love how guys will crap all over top 10 or even top 20 fighters.How many guys on here are one of the top 100 guys in their city at what they do.Much less being top 20 in the world at their weight.It amazes me.

It's also interesting that top guys in one division are "bums" and the same caliber of fighters in another division are "world level".

[FinitoxDinamita]

Kovalev was way more proven.

Ggg punkazz is stilll not really proven. He only faced Jacobs and arguably lost.

[redmish]

Both are excellent fighters but GGG is better in my opinion. They are at a similar level offensively, but GGG has much better stamina and takes a shot better. I don't think we'll ever see GGG quit like kovalev did in the ward rematch. Both were over-hyped though.

[Scipio2009]

"World level" is a bit subjective isn't it? Let's be real, if ggg beat those guys people would say pascal was shot and chilemba was a bum coming off a loss.

No, they wouldn't. They'd talk up the fact that he finally voluntarily stepped in with someone with a pulse.