Who would win this MW fight?
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Carlos Monzon.
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I have been A Massive GGG fan! I believe he has ATG potential. He has the got the names around him to acquire a HOF resume.
But we can't compare him yet with ATG's like Monzon, Hopkins, Hagler etc.
Though i believe in GGG and he will be amongst them names when he retires.
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Too close for me to call so I'll call it a 50-50 even fight. Monzon was great but not invincible. He was held to a draw be career welterweight Emile Griffith in case people think I'm crazy to give GGG an even chance to win. GGG has won over 30 fights without a loss. He had over 400 amateur fights and won almost all of them. He has 14 defenses of his WBA world title and won them all by KO. I think he can be compared with great fighters of the past. Let's face it, if he knocked out Cotto and Canelo and Ward many would still say it's too soon to compare him with the all time greats.
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Originally posted by boliodogs View PostToo close for me to call so I'll call it a 50-50 even fight. Monzon was great but not invincible. He was held to a draw be career welterweight Emile Griffith in case people think I'm crazy to give GGG an even chance to win. GGG has won over 30 fights without a loss. He had over 400 amateur fights and won almost all of them. He has 14 defenses of his WBA world title and won them all by KO. I think he can be compared with great fighters of the past. Let's face it, if he knocked out Cotto and Canelo and Ward many would still say it's too soon to compare him with the all time greats.
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Originally posted by boliodogs View PostToo close for me to call so I'll call it a 50-50 even fight. Monzon was great but not invincible. He was held to a draw be career welterweight Emile Griffith in case people think I'm crazy to give GGG an even chance to win. GGG has won over 30 fights without a loss. He had over 400 amateur fights and won almost all of them. He has 14 defenses of his WBA world title and won them all by KO. I think he can be compared with great fighters of the past. Let's face it, if he knocked out Cotto and Canelo and Ward many would still say it's too soon to compare him with the all time greats.
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Their records aren't remotely comparable but I've watched quite a few of Monzon's big fights and I like Golovkin's chances head to head.
Monzon had a size advantage on most of his opponents at 160, but his power was average enough (not a huge puncher, 58% KO) and he wasn't that hard to find with punches and exchanged regularly enough for Golovkin to make his power count.
I think it's going to be tough for Golovkin to be outboxed at 160 for 12 rounds, I think a winning opponent has to hurt him, entirely possible since he doesn't seem to mind taking punches in some of his fights but they also need to be durable.Last edited by Weebler I; 05-18-2015, 01:11 AM.
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Originally posted by ИATAS View PostHow about Golovkin vs Canelo?
No point making these types of threads we haven't seen Golovkins full potential yet until he fights elite fighters.
Now we will settle for Nelo beating Golovkin at the Middleweight "limit."
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