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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.
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.
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