Comments Thread For: Hearn: Golovkin Showed So Much Heart, He Was Ill All Week

[Boxing Goat]

DAZN commentators mentioned in Round 1 (just before the knockdown happened) of the fight that GGG was sick of a cold or flu... I also observed that GGG looked weak when they show a footage of him entering the fight venue...

There was rumors of it during the day of the open workouts fight week as well

[Boxing Goat]

Ggg fans trying to make looking old an illness. dude is 37-38soon. accept it cowards he is old

He's definitely old for boxing but old and sick is even worse, obviously

[Boxing Goat]

he's just getting older, and unable to pull the trigger like before

I definitely sensed that as well

[ruedboy]

If you decide to fight, you have to live with the consequences.
That said, canceling a fight is probably not that simple.
As a fan, I'll give GGG the benefit of the doubt because he didn't look like himself.
I did notice in the second Alvarez fight, when he had the upper hand he couldn't take it to the next level and finish Alvarez.
But I'll wait another fight before I say GGG past his due date.

[AKAcronym]

We'll know for sure if Golovkin was ill or not if he still looks the same the next fight. He did seem to be mucusy in an interview I saw, as he kept clearing his throat, so him being ill isn't farfetched. His face also seemed to look how it did against Rosado, where his demeanor was just so so. Not taking anything away from Chenko as he fought a great fight. Actually did think he won upon first watch.

[Phill lynott]

It was very obvious GGG was sick. My guess a cold virus because he couldn't breath through his nose. From the beginning you could see him breathing through his mouth. Anyone who is fighting a cold virus and sucks it up to not miss work can have an appreciation for what he was going through. I don't belivevmany other fighters would have gone through with the fight especially with as much at stake as Golovkin put on the line. Class act!

[Phill lynott]

Not to take anything away from that warrior preformance from SD! I think he must have the same conditioning coach as Parsoon from Belgium. They both would have the energizer bunny shaking it's head.

[Robertthebruce]

Ggg fans trying to make looking old an illness. dude is 37-38soon. accept it cowards he is old

You trolls seem to be everywhere

[Curtis2]

Reality Check! Head cold vs flu & fever are totally different, Michael Jordan's flu in the 1997 NBA finals didn't slow him down. With a head cold, once your adrenaline kicks in there are no adverse effects on a person....sad excuses from Hearn trying to protect an out dated mistake of an investment!

[Thuglife Nelo]

We'll know for sure if Golovkin was ill or not if he still looks the same the next fight.

Basically this logic. But realize various fans say he didn’t look good against Rolls either.

Notice that many Canelo haters don’t want to put the narrative as well that GGG obtained a lot of damage in the Canelo fights. Canelo did too, but he’s younger. GGG even had a long layoff towards Rolls. That’s ideally what fighters do when they receive serious heavy damage regardless of an iron chin. Those are permanent dents.