Comments Thread For: Sanchez: Golovkin's Power Would've Been Difference vs. Hopkins

[Robbie Barrett]

I will give GGG his dues he is extremely tough. I don’t think no one stops him even Wilder. However there are 3 guys that can beat him now, we don’t even need to bring up Hopkins name

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[Bronx2245]

B-Hop, B-side, 2 attempts to weight-drain him, by 2 (Felix and Oscar) HOF fighters, and he beats both...by KO! How would B-Hop beat GGG?

Bernard Hopkins: I would have disarmed Golovkin, broken him down

And when asked about how he might have battled Golovkin, Bernard was -- as always -- confident that he has the answer.

"I would disarm him. And then I would make him fight the fight that I want to fight. Guys like that, they are so dangerous. The first job at hand is to disarm your enemy, your opponent," Hopkins said. "You have to disarm them. There's no negotiating, there's no figuring out. When a guy has something in his hand that's trying to hurt you, you must disarm him. And now let's fight.

"It starts mental. Everything starts from the head down, not from the feet up. So from the head down, this is science I'm speaking, I would disarm you mentally. Once I disarmed you mentally, you won't even use those hands you got."

https://www.badlefthook.com/2015/10/15/9538777/bernard-hopkins-i-would-have-disarmed-golovkin-broken-him-down

[Hot Shyt]

I think Hopkins wouldve outboxed him

[Boxinghero1]

Able is very annoying and foolish, Hopkins would have outboxed ggg and made him look like an amateur. Easy fight for Hopkins.

[Gillie]

2001 Hopkins would win a pretty one sided decision against GGG. Sort of like when he beat Pavlik a few years later.

[SteveM]

I will give GGG his dues he is extremely tough. I don’t think no one stops him even Wilder. However there are 3 guys that can beat him now, we don’t even need to bring up Hopkins name

You are showing your ignorance - Wilder would annihilate Golovkin assuming he landed flush. The heaviest hitting HW shatters any chin, no matter how durable, from LHW downwards.

Charlo? Maybe, even probably, but can he take a punch?
Andrade - he had issues with Culcay so no, I don't think so.
BJS - if he stays clear of Golovkin for 12 rounds then he decisions him. But he got tagged by Eubank an dothers so I'm doubting he can do that.
Canelo - already beaten - but it was very close - I had it a draw.
Jacobs? Maybe - though depends which Jacobs shows up.
D'chenko? Maybe - but who has he beaten?

[hitking]

A primed Hopkins would have embarrassed GGG. Hell, Gennady would have had his hands full with the 45yr old version X.

[Butch.McRae]

This stuff has to stop lol

It's getting outlandish now.

[lopetego]

I'm a GGG fan but Abel is one annoying, useless ****

I wish he'd just keep his ****** mouth shut

[markther]

Sanchez is probably thinking about the last few fights of Bhop’s career which is foolish. The one where he got stunned at the end against Kolalev & getting knocked out the ring against Joe Smith Jr. But the Bhop that schooled Pavlik, Winky Wright, Tarver, Pascal, De La Hoya, & Trinidad, no shot at beating that version. And Bhop wouldn’t have had any problems with Canelo either because Mayweather, James Toney, and Bhop all had similar styles and everyone saw how Mayweather schooled Canelo, wasn’t even a close fight. Bhop is a tactician and he would have easily neutralized GGG & took away his power. Sanchez is on crack