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Kevin Iole
Yahoo Sports
September 17, 2017:
LAS VEGAS – It’s amazing when you think about it that Gennady Golovkin entered Saturday’s middleweight title bout with Canelo Alvarez with a 37-0 record, 33 knockouts, three championship belts and a lot of questions to answer.
He answered most of them before a loud and engaged sell-out crowd of 22,358 at T-Mobile Arena in a bout that was, disappointingly called a split draw.
He proved he’s the best middleweight in the game, though just barely. He proved he deserves to be considered one of the 10 best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. He proved he’s one of boxing’s most exciting fighters.
But that part about being one of the 10 greatest middleweights ever? Nah. That’s where we have to draw the line.
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Go up in wight, and fight bigger champions...Comment
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Is Gennady Golovkin on His Way to Becoming an All-Time Great?
Kelsey McCarson
Bleacher Report
July27, 2014:
While Golovkin’s aura is still a rising tide, the Kazakhstan-born fighter is already 32 years old. While that’s nothing to be alarmed about at this point, Golovkin isn’t a mid-20s phenom with plenty of time to spare.
He needs big fights, and he needs them now.
Golovkin’s best bet might be moving up in weight to 168 pounds. Taking on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Carl Froch or lineal champion Andre Ward might be a risk worth taking at this point for Golovkin, assuming he can find willing dance partners.
Or if he can’t find something there, Golovkin might need to consider taking a gamble and heading up to 175 pounds, where it seems likely that naturally larger fighters like Jean Pascal or Sergey Kovalev would be willing to step up to the challenge.
No matter what happens next, Golovkin needs big fights against fighters who will make him work. Fans turn on a fighter quickly if he doesn’t step on the gas and take his chances against more elite competition, even if it’s not really his fault.
Boxing demands the best from its stars and even more so from those who hope one day to be considered one of the all-time greats. Golovkin has the talent, skill and ability to warrant discussion as to whether he’s headed toward that lofty status, but he needs the right fights to help make it happen.
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it's unbelievable to see this many people defending a PED boxer and giving GGG ****.
Vanes looked like 3rd rate bum because GGG was incredibly better than him. Jermell Charlo went life and death with him and so did Andrade. We're not talking about a nobody here.
I honestly don't understand the hate.Comment
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