Does anybody else find Gennady Golovkin's style to be repulsive and gross?

[R_Walken]

WTF

Whole bunch of pent up emotional F.aggotry in that Long Thread

Notice how the guy listed Eastern European fighters as being robotic and stiff thats generally one of their flaws / Most of them could be classified as robotic / Loma / Bivol are outliers

Golovkin like most Eastern Fighters strengths are he’s got crazy Power , Great Fundamentalis & is Tough as F.uck

Golovkin was just in most likely the fight of the Year before that had 2 Entertaining fights with Canelo before that has given fans a bunch of A1 Stomp Downs & People Dont find that Entertaining because he’s Robotic . Hes hittable But always willing to engage and wants to make it a fight but this style is repulsive. You guys don’t like him , cool , You want to sh.it on his resume , fair enough but just making sh.it up to hate is a insecure female mentality, Im repulsed by his lack of full motion & dexterity.

The Guys was a Amateur Standout , Was the longest Reigning Champ in the Sport & Ducked by his entire Era Of MWs who had any sort of name or clout , Had to wait until he was past prime and fight the next Eras best MWs and in most people’s opinion should be undefeated yet he’s a limited Boxer .

Some may say do these fans have high estrogen levels and live life with a broad mentality orndo they simply have Down Syndrome

To that I say it’s probably all of the above

[daggum]

ggg was good when he was in his prime playing the tin man in wizard of oz

[Boxing_1013]

I assume this is a troll thread in response to someone else's thread or something lol...but GGG has been great to watch I think...very high workrate and very high stamina in basically all his fights (recent one vs SD a bit of an outlier), combined with one of the best jabs I've ever seen...all that combined is a lot of high quality action...not to mention that he is there to be hit sometimes, so there is good action for and against in a lot of his fights.

[TheSlickster]

Calling GGG's style repulsive is straight up Hating IMO.
I'm a fan of his style but I think the way they promoted him backfired.

Mexican style , unify all the belts , anyone from 154 - 168 and the whole " I'm not a business man " shet all came out as BS.
After the Canelo loss he turns Diva , refuses to do interviews in English and all of a sudden corrects the spelling of his name ?
The guy has a fun style. But either he was having an identity crisis or the way he was being marketed was B.S.

I believe his change of personality is because he's fed up with the politics of boxing. After the Canelo loss, he decided to do things on his own terms finally and for himself.

[TonyGe]

Speaking in his native language to avoid misunderstandings is not being a Diva. He answers a lot of questions in English but when he responds to questions that involve detailed answers he uses an interpreter. Nothing wrong with that. He should have done this year's ago.

[TonyGe]

ggg was good when he was in his prime playing the tin man in wizard of oz

And you were more credible when you didn't post this type of crap. A few words of wisdom for you. Children should be seen but not heard.

[KillaMane26]

How do yall think you can talk shyt about GGG without talking shyt about Canelo who he beat with that same "repulsive" style??

What does that make Canelo then who changed his style in that first fight and still lost

[boxinggod101]

I like offensive guys but never liked GGG style. I like athletic offensive guys which GGG isn't.

[satiev1]

This is a personal opinion. So I'm seeking to find others who had a similar opinion with this thread. So Golovkin fanboys, fan-girls and fanatics alike, who can't take nor handle criticism against your beloved Golovkin, I'd advice you to keep out of this thread.

For a champion boxer and a supposed 'great', I haven't seen many, if any boxer who is as robotic, stiff, uncoordinated, inflexible, rigid and mechanical as Golovkin.

These are the lack of attributes in Golovkin's style that make him totally unbearable to watch. It's like the range of motion of his limbs, are on the level of a stiff bodybuilder without him actually looking like a bodybuilder.

Not sure if he does this purposefully or if his range of motion is really that limited. Whatever the case may be, the evidence of this can be seen from the very first round against Derevyanchenko.

Just compare the fluidity, smoothness and the range of both Golovkin and Derevyanchenko's movement inside the ring. Also check just how much more relaxed and loose Derevyanchenko's body, especially his muscles look, when he moves, compared to Golovkin.

With Golovkin, it seems like he is unable to transition smoothly and fluidly from offense to defense and vice versa in one motion. Or from a neutral position. Nor does it seem like he has the required looseness and flexibility in his limbs to move back and forth perpetually, be it with head movement or when bouncing on his toes for footwork. Every time he does move, whether it's his foot, head, or hands, it appears he is always clenching his muscles tightly and his body always stops abruptly after every move, without being able to continue his movement seamlessly.

In addition, his stiffness and tension of his muscles appear to restrict his range of motion massively. He doesn't appear to get full range of motion on his straight punches like a Wladimir Klitschko or a Sergey Kovalev. This problem, also inhibits his ability to punch from certain angles, such as when slipping and pivoting.

Floyd Mayweather Jr was absolutely correct when he said "Golovkin has no special effects"! Golovkin is as stiff and uncoordinated as they come, for not just a champion boxer, but any athlete at the highest level.

Some may ask: "But how has Golovkin been such a dominant champion for so long with such weaknesses". It's because he's been fighting in quite possibly, the weakest era in middleweight division's history, which also happens to be one of the weakest division by any respectable era's standard. Now that the middleweight division has become a little stronger with more elite-tier boxers with elite skills, Golovkin has been thoroughly exposed as the limited boxer he's always been.

Some may say: "Oh, but Golovkin's old age is causing him to now be in closer fights".

To this, I say how has Golovkin, at an old age, able to stop journeymen like Steve Rolls and Vanes Martirosyan (just like how he has been able to stop similar level of opposition in his young age), but suddenly stopped even coming close to stopping top level opposition like Derevyanchenko, Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs?

Age is not as much of a factor! If Golovkin also failed to stop journeymen in his old age, then you people will have a point. But Golovkin had those same weaknesses in his young age that I've pointed out he had in his old age against the likes of Derevyanchenko. So being young, wouldn't have made much of a difference against the likes of Daniel Jacobs, Canelo Alvarez and Derevyanchenko. Just like how being old made no difference in his ability to stop journeymen like Rolls and Martirosyan.

Furthermore, there have been other old fighters who have been able to stop elite opponents. It's not like everyone as old as Golovkin failed to stop elite opposition. Golovkin's failures after multiple attempts is a testament to him being a very limited boxer.

The rest of your post is absolute garbage but I'll mention this point you made. Just because ggg is still able to stop lower opposition does not mean he's still in his prime. A past prime ggg can still stop journeyman yes. Just because one can still stop inferior opposition does not mean they're in their prime. ABSURD LOGIC.

[_Rexy_]

He's a fun fighter to watch.


Nice essay though.