Gennady Golovkin Legacy

[Nay_Sayer]

stop trying to put GGG down, guys he has a top ten legacy for sure at MW.

Bumlovkin is NOT a top ten MW all time. Probably not even top 20.

[TonyGe]

Interim titles are NOT World titles. Geale, NOT Bumlovkin, was the *World* Champion in the WBA before his title was stripped and handed to Bumlovkin on a sliver platter.

FACTS. Learn to live with them...

It doesn't matter. We don't determine his legacy titles don't determine his legacy. It's the boxing historians that write books etc. that set his legacy not a bunch of guys on keyboards posting on the web.

[Nay_Sayer]

It's not an interim title.

http://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-super-champions/wba-super-championships

And

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pro-boxing/wba

Yes, it was. Bumlovkin did NOT win his WBA Super Title in the ring. It was handed to him on a sliver platter after it was stripped from Geale.

The fact is Bumlovkin was NOT the *World* Champion in the WBA when he held that "Regular" title. Daniel Geale was THE *World* Champion in the WBA.

[Nay_Sayer]

what exactly is 3g known for ???

164lbs.....

[QueensburyRules]

Mayweather's win over a PRIME *undefeated* Diego Corrales trumps anything Bumlovkin is likely to ever do in his career...

--- Nay, let's say a weight drained Corrales facing imminent incarceration needing a quick purse to tide his family over.

Nay, let's say TUE, 50-0 needing an NFL line of tackles and guards to protect him from an asswhooping at the hands of the public.

Nay, sadly GGG will be remembered by ducking the big $ Rematch with Canelo while hooking up with BALCO VADA Vic Drugcheat over ninny grams of a legal substance in the food chain.

Nay, you feeling a little fay and light in yer panties about now, eh?

It's ok to be you...but maybe hire some of TUE discarded bodyguards, es Claro, si?

[Nay_Sayer]

10 now, geale onwards from the moment he won the world title.

Whats wrong with 10?

Geale was not a title defense...

[TonyGe]

Bumlovkin is NOT a top ten MW all time. Probably not even top 20.

OK name 20 middleweight champions above him on the list.

[Nay_Sayer]

You can write like that about most boxers.

Are you saying Bumlovkin is average?

[chrisJS]

He's had a good career but it's not great yet. If the judges score the Canelo re-match correctly he'll finally add a defining win but at this age he's likely already past his best. A win over Charlo wouldn't do that much IMO but if he's able to do something historically important like unify all four belts then he becomes a bit more memorable. He has a lot of defenses, a good KO streak but he needs a few more achievements to be considered a great fighter IMO.

As of now I'd say he's probably top 20 at 160 all-time but to suggest he could be top 10 would be inaccurate. 160 is one of the best and deepest divisions historically. Robinson, Monzon, Greb, Hagler, Ketchel, Flowers, LaMotta, Cerdan, Tiger, Giardello, Fullmer, Hopkins, Benvenutti, Zale, Griffith etc; just to name a few.

[BlakBread904]

This. All of mayweather's best hall of fame wins were against guys way past their prime. At least ggg would get a win over a prime canelo.

Floyd's win over Chico (RIP) is his most impressive considering each guy's status at the time.

GGG could starch canelo in a similar fashion, but it wouldn't be the same. Chico was dismantling fools leading up to the Floyd fight

the only guy who can even sniff that comparison at 160lb right now is maybe Jermall Charlo