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

[HandsofIron]

GGG, repulsive and gross? No.

You want repulsive and gross "styles?" Look no further then these guys right here:

Andre Ward
Floyd Mayweather
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Miguel Vasquez
Hector Camacho (post-Rosario)
Pernell Whitaker
Muhammad Ali
Bernard Hopkins

If you're suffering from insomnia, watch a few tapes on them, you'll be sleeping like a baby in no time.

[Idunnoshet]

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.

So you're saying Now he's doing things his way ?
If so then that means he was just following instructions before.

[QueensburyRules]

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.

- -I can see how the profane, the ******,and the sissies don't like GGG.

U all 3?

[LittleMacAttack]

Yeah I vomit on myself every time he appears in the ring. They need to stop him from boxing because his style causes many to convulse and foam at the mouth. He's a danger to society.

[ruedboy]

Everybody's entitled to an opinion, no matter how dumb it is. This dude should relax and watch a replay of Golovkin vs Canelo 2.
Alvarez came forward all night, but never once did Golovkin's back touch the ropes. That doesn't happen by accident, that's skill. In fact the only fighter whose back touched the ropes was Alvarez in the 10th when he was gassed.

[AJ's Boy]

With the possible exception of his last fight I think he won every fight he ever had and beat Canelo twice. He is a sure thing to be a first ballot hall of fame boxer yet one guy says he is lucky to be a B fighter. If he is a B fighter then who the hell is an A fighter???? It ain't Canelo.

Stop it dude. GGG’s own trainer thinks he lost the 2nd fight to Canelo. It’s ok when your favorite fighter loses, happens to all of us. But don’t change facts and live in a fantasy land. It shows weak character.

And even Triple Gay’s diehard fans think he lost to Derevyanchenko. Gay was an above average middleweight in the weakest Middleweight era in history. Nothing more nothing less.

[Curt Henning]

i know some people dont know this...but its not an actual crime to not like golovkin.....hes ok....i dont hate the guy..i have some level of respect....but it has alot to do with the way he was branded...and the way his fans talked about him....

there are some valid points here in this thread about him....but golovkin is human and he is who he is

[yankees7448]

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.

You make some good points but where you really crap the bed is the parts a little before and a little after the bold part. If you look at any elite boxers record when they fight other elite boxers they generally don't do it by knock out. Elite boxers are really hard to knock out. It isn't hard to see if you actually take the time to look. Canelo Alvarez has a resume a lot of people think is amazing for someone his age right. Which elite level fighter did he stop? GGG...No. Erislandy Lara....No. Miguel Cotto....No. Danny Jacobs.....No. Austin Trout....No. Even Shane Mosley went the distance with him.

Also, its kind of insane not to think age doesn't factor into it and its not just because of wear and tear. GGG has been doing things a certain way for a long time. He's been able to get away with it because he's an excellent fighter who was head and shoulders the best guy in a mediocre division. Its hard for someone to change the way they have been doing things when they have been doing things that way for so long with resounding success. Whether GGG is able to bounce and prove he's still elite or if he's just going to continue his inexorable slide down the rankings depends entirely upon his ability to make the needed adjustments.

[j0zef]

Wish one of you low lives had the balls to use your main account instead of some shtty alt when you're bashing a guy that has occupied your thoughts for last 6 years.

He's been exposed? Cool. If by exposed you mean never having a clear loss on his record after 15 years of fighting, sure. Jeff Lacy was exposed. Golovkin has had close fights, no matter what you imbecile burger flippers keep claiming

And.. repulsive? You gotta be a special (not a compliment) kind of idiotic hater. I don't like watching Margarito (no skill wannabe brawler) or Lara (borrrrrrrrrrrring AF) fight, but you need to reach a new level to call any world class boxer "repulsive".

Go crawl back under your rock.

[QueensburyRules]

Everybody's entitled to an opinion, no matter how dumb it is. This dude should relax and watch a replay of Golovkin vs Canelo 2.
Alvarez came forward all night, but never once did Golovkin's back touch the ropes. That doesn't happen by accident, that's skill. In fact the only fighter whose back touched the ropes was Alvarez in the 10th when he was gassed.

- -U know gaseous?