Why is no on giving ggg credit for still being a top mw at 37?

[satiev1]

In any other sport an athlete that competes at the highest level we give them praise. In soccer no one talks about who's better prime for prime. We always mention how good a players is over several years of his career. Consistency matters. Roy jones jr at 35 was getting koed cold by journeyman. Leonard was done late 30's. Ggg after being ducked for 10 years still competes at the highest level at 37. It's extremely rare for a fighter who's had several amateur fights to still compete as a top pro at 37.

You guys can say i'm making excuses but facts are facts. The all time greats get a pass for losing to bums but ggg at 37 still has to ko everyone, can't have tough fights and he's been exposed? LET ME GUESS. GGG AT 40 IS STILL IN HIS PRIME RIGHT? Wtf is that?

[Mammoth]

Because he arguably lost to Derevyanchenko, bro

[The Big Dunn]

People do give him credit. It's just fans like you want everyone to slurp him dry like you do. If they don't, you and posters like Jubei equate that to not giving any credit at all.

[Boksfan]

Because this forum is full of racists who can't stand a fact that foreign Asian boxer became a star in USA, they will hate great boxer like Golovkin only because he's not one of them.

[REYESdelBOXEO]

Ducked for 10 years? HAHAHA!

GGG has only been pro for 10 years!

Acting like he's been ducked since his 1st pro fight , that's the idiotic & false narrative which made everyone hate GGG & now that he's finally forced to face top comp. , he's getting beaten, battered & bruised and no one feels sorry for him.

Anyone from 154-168?

GGG time to fight CANELO, Charlo , Andrade, Dereyevchencko BENAVIDEZ, Smith & Plant.

Those are the only fights DAZN should approve for GGG.

[QballLobo]

Because up until 2017 his 12 fans were saying he was just entering his prime.
They said look at how he takes care of himself, he started late, he’ll be a top guy well into his 40’s like Bhop.
Now he fights a couple of non tomatoe cans and doesn’t have that devestating KO power people built him up to have.

[aboutfkntime]

Ducked for 10 years? HAHAHA!

GGG has only been pro for 10 years!

Acting like he's been ducked since his 1st pro fight , that's the idiotic & false narrative which made everyone hate GGG & now that he's finally forced to face top comp. , he's getting beaten, battered & bruised and no one feels sorry for him.

Anyone from 154-168?

GGG time to fight CANELO, Charlo , Andrade, Dereyevchencko BENAVIDEZ, Smith & Plant.

Those are the only fights DAZN should approve for GGG.

there it is, right there

the thread starter is a sucker for parroting that rubbish

[Scipio2009]

Golovkin fought soft touches for so long, and used those soft touches to build his hype up.

Daniel Geale was having issues with still making the weight, but his feather-fisted ass was still boxing Golovkin up, almost at will. 154lb Gabriel Rosado was holding his own, boxing/moving, until his skin failed him as usual. Could add Ouma to the mix too.

Golovkin fights Kell Brook (when he was top 3 at 147lbs), and Brook boxes him 50/50 until the eye socket went. Then he fights Daniel Jacobs (after Jacobs gets over the nerves) and almost loses that fight (preference is whatever, but I believe I scored it 7-5 Jacobs). And then he takes on "155lb king" Alvarez, basically losing both fights.

And now, he steps in with Derevyanchenko (decorated amateur, I think 20-1 in WSOB, fast-tracked as a pro, basically boxed Jacobs 50/50) and puts on a performance that reads like he **** the bed and got beat in a close fight.

When faced with guys who could actually fight (and outside of Alvarez, none of the names seem HOF bound, tbh), Golovkin has found himself barely hanging on or getting beat.

Usually with the same struggles; front foot heavy, issues with the offense/defense transition, can't really fight going backwards, etc.

And that's when the careful matchmaking becomes clear.

Now, word apparently is that Golovkin was ill for the fight; still, if lines were laid out today for fights against Canelo, Saunders, Andrade, Charlo, and Derevyanchenko, it wouldn't shock me, and shouldn't shock most folks tbh, if Golovkin was the underdog in all 5 of those fights.

He's showing his level now; maybe time has taken a bit from him, but he's a top 10 middleweight who likely would've always had real issues with guys who can fight with some dimensions to them.

[mcdonalds]

Because he didn't step up in competition until he was 34


It's not like he's a real ATG like Canelo or Floyd where they have been fighting the best since they were in their early 20's.

[satiev1]

Because he didn't step up in competition until he was 34


It's not like he's a real ATG like Canelo or Floyd where they have been fighting the best since they were in their early 20's.

That's irrelevant. Canelo waited 2 years till he aged. Canelo turned pro at 15 and wasnt' ducked like ggg was. GGG also has been boxing since he was 10. 400 amateur fights take a toll once you go pro. At 37 you lose reflexes and speed. Human biology. If age didn't matter boxers would compete till they're 80.