What is Golovkin's single best, career defining win?

[Madison Boxing]

Two wins over canelo. Jacobs and derecychenko are good wins too

[Get em up]

Either Jacobs or Canelo (first fight

Depends if you limit your analysis to the official decisions

You beat me to it

We would've never seen the second fight if the first one was called fairly. The second one was a Canelo victory IMO

[Chollo Vista]

Two wins over canelo. Jacobs and derecychenko are good wins too

Going off that logic, I can easily say Golovkin lost to Canelo, Jacobs and Derv.... Which will mean his single best most defining win was against David Lemieux.

Let that sink in

[Citizen Koba]

He is not an ATG, but he will make it to the hall of fame..

That's about right I should imagine. HoF, good chance first ballot, but not ATG though I always say that's for historians of the future to decide.

[Boxing Goat]

98 percent of this forum are trolls and biased posters..Jacobs is a very solid boxer

Correct and you're one of the 98%

[Chollo Vista]

I like the dude, enjoyed watching him come up from nothing, enjoyed the KO run against solid but unspectacular opponents but he hasn't got any single win that anyone can regard as exceptional. Jacobs has to be the best, but Danny's no more than a very good, but not elite, championship level fighter.

Very good fighter H2H but ATG Golovkin is not, even given the the fairly impressive length of his title reign. He just hasn't got the resume. You can credit the guy with consistency... and whatever else he had as good a record as almost anyone against top 10 guys in his division through the last decade, and the KO record remains impressive given the level.

Seems Golovkin's the guy many folk love to hate, perhaps because the results never quite matched the hype and the hopes, but it's sometimes lost that he did actually have a very solid winning streak even if it lacked real excellence.

Compare him to ATGs or even the true superstars and he's significantly lacking, compare him to most 'regular' fighters or even champions, few of whom make it past even a few defenses and it looks a lot better. I think gauging Golovkin's success really depends on what lens you're using.



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You're a more reasonable, level headed, objective fan, Koba.

If more GGG fans were like you, I wouldn't be forced to do this. But it's his fan base that brings this reign of terror on Golovkin the fighter.

[Larry the boss]

Going off that logic, I can easily say Golovkin lost to Canelo, Jacobs and Derv.... Which will mean his single best most defining win was against David Lemieux.

Let that sink in

Exactly, they dont get that logic goes both ways

[Citizen Koba]

You're a more reasonable, level headed, objective fan, Koba.

If more GGG fans were like you, I wouldn't be forced to do this. But it's his fan base that brings this reign of terror on Golovkin the fighter.

I understand that, man. Not gonna say it doesn't bother me but I get the reason. Shame to see any good fighter run down though in my eyes.

Actually a damn shame cos without all that bullchit it woulda been easier to appreciate the guy more, but I'm getting a sense of the irritation you guys musta fellt during the May - Pac wars, on both siudes I imagine. Fact a good part of this nonsense is just a proxy continuation of that I think... certainly to the dude who's currently stalking me it is...

[redmish]

Most people thought he won the first fight against Canelo(me included) and the second fight was close too. If he had got any of those two decisions people would be making the exact same threads about Alvarez. Hes a brilliant fighter and deserves respect and I hope the third fight happens.

[BM dnobagaV]

Better question is: would GGG be considered an ATG if he was given the decision in the first Canelo fight?