Originally posted by messi807
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Trinidad beating everyone is arguable. He's a fantastic fighter, but no true middleweight. I would be very curious to see him go up against Jacobs, or even Canelo (a controversial decision).
Oscar de la Hoya: definitely not. He's a great fighter and better P4P than anyone on Golovkin's resume, but this discussion is about Middleweight. Did you even see the Felix Sturm vs. Martin Murray, Daniel Geale, and Matthew Macklin fights, or for that matter, Oscar vs. Felix Sturm (which was arguably a Felix Sturm win)?
Glen Johnson never beat anyone at middleweight. Joppy is a better win.
I mean, if we're being brutally honest, Golovkin is kind of right. Bernard's middleweight resume isn't much better/much worse no matter how you try to spin it. Felix Trinidad had too few of fights at middleweight, and was out his prime when he did and lost. Oscar de la Hoya was also another too small of a middleweight person. Great P4P fighter, but being a great P4P fighter doesn't mean you can move up and beat all the opposition. Everyone has their limits.
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