I was (and am) a big GGG fan but he should retire. He was at his peak when Martinez fought Cotto. I understand money. I understand that boxing is not like the NFL where you must play who you're scheduled.
GGG was the best middleweight from 2012/2013 or so. When he fought Canelo GGG, by all rights should have been the reigning, undisputed middleweight champion.
But that didn't happen. It is what it is.
But now GGG should retire - or stay in, as did Martinez, for one last payday.
But what I don't understand are the haters. GGG is an ATG middleweight. Definitely a TOP 50 and probably a TOP 25.
As far as the 2000s he's definitely a TOP 3, if not the best
I rank GGG above Pavlik and above Jermain Taylor. I was a Martinez fan as well but I put GGG above him as well. The only I could put above GGG was a younger Hopkins. Prime GGG would have beat older Hopkins the same way Taylor did.
Going back to the 1980s I would love to have seen prime GGG against Hagler - but I would go with Hagler. Roy Jones would also win.
And where would he fit in the early 1990s?
Mike McCalum
Julian Jackson
Nigel Benn
Eubanks
and of course the G Man - Gerald McClellan
We don't know. He could have lost to each of them of beat them. I think GGG was a great fighter who unfortunately missed out on key fights in his prime. But whatever he was - he was not a clown.
GGG was the best middleweight from 2012/2013 or so. When he fought Canelo GGG, by all rights should have been the reigning, undisputed middleweight champion.
But that didn't happen. It is what it is.
But now GGG should retire - or stay in, as did Martinez, for one last payday.
But what I don't understand are the haters. GGG is an ATG middleweight. Definitely a TOP 50 and probably a TOP 25.
As far as the 2000s he's definitely a TOP 3, if not the best
I rank GGG above Pavlik and above Jermain Taylor. I was a Martinez fan as well but I put GGG above him as well. The only I could put above GGG was a younger Hopkins. Prime GGG would have beat older Hopkins the same way Taylor did.
Going back to the 1980s I would love to have seen prime GGG against Hagler - but I would go with Hagler. Roy Jones would also win.
And where would he fit in the early 1990s?
Mike McCalum
Julian Jackson
Nigel Benn
Eubanks
and of course the G Man - Gerald McClellan
We don't know. He could have lost to each of them of beat them. I think GGG was a great fighter who unfortunately missed out on key fights in his prime. But whatever he was - he was not a clown.
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