Golovkin is still on the rise, judge him in a few years, but if he keeps on knocking people out with such style it would be a real close one.
Only a complete fool would pick Golovkin at this point in their respective careers. Hagler has been tested against some of the greatest fighters of all time in Leonard, Hearns and Duran. His chin is the chin which all other chins are compared to, so Golovkin's power will mean nothing against a man who walked through the best shots of great punchers like Hearns and Mugabi. I suspect it would be a war of attrition similar to the Ouma fight only this time Golovkin is the one getting beat up and ground down. Golovkin is simply too easy to hit to take shot after shot off Hagler and expect to survive.
Ggg is the best mw I ever seen. He beats hagler by split or majority dec. Hagler probably makes it 12 or 15 if it was time traveled back 30 / 40 years
Please, dudes stop with the superlatives.....please watch historic fights before you make a stupid statement!
Meatball, I grew up watching hagler and ggg is better to me. He is the best mw I have ever seen and that is my opinion so stfu. I should be biased considering I was in a gym getting started in the exact gym Marvin started in and he used to stop by every couple months helping with the kids
Ggg has the misfortune to be a mw when there are no great or stand out mw to fight and def no one in the class of greats hagler, hearns, leonard, rjj, toney, None of the middles now are in the class of jackson, benn, eubank, mugabi, mclellan,
Horrible matchup for Golovkin Hagler would outbox him at range & come off better in their exchanges with his speed & near flawless technique Marvin's just the superior fighter, has great conditioning & one of the best chins ever If they fought 10 times Hagler would win all 10
Roy was a super middle weigh. Hopkins was a middle weight and no way in hell GGG would go 12 with a prime Hopkins. I'm not convinced GGG would be able to beat the DLH who fought Hopkins or the one who fought Felix Sturm. GGG has not beaten a great fighter. He's world class but he's not great. He should be compared to people like Anthony or Andre Dirrell, or perhaps Chavez Jr at this point. That is he's a fighter with talent, but weak resume. He should not enter the discussion of being great like Hagler until he fights Floyd. If he were to have beaten Paul Williams in his prime and then fought and lost to Floyd then we could talk about that, and that is if he also beat guys like Abraham, Miranda, etc. He has a long way to go.
How can you said that , if you grew up watching MMH, then you had your eyes check.....atsch GGG a presume can scow or thread water against MMH resume....he'll tough Vito Antuofermo would have beat GGG IMO,he was tough as nails beating you physically hitting you with what ever punch he could, in any area he could....legal or not!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRrZZAwAZ0 [yt]ttRrZZAwAZ0[/yt] -- Notes Mugabi had won all 26 of his professional fights by knockout. Hagler had made eleven successful title defenses, winning ten by knockout. The fight was originally scheduled for November 14, 1985, but it was postponed after Hagler suffered a back injury and a broken nose. His nose was broken by a headbutt while sparring with Zack Hewitt. Hagler made $2.5 million, plus a percentage of the revenue. Mugabi got $750,000. The fight was shown at 500 closed-circuit locations in the U.S. and Canada and was available to 3½ million homes on pay-per-view. Showtime had delayed rights. It was the first boxing card aired on Showtime. Hagler was a 3 to 1 favorite. Mugabi gave Hagler a tough fight and almost closed his right eye. Hagler hurt Mugabi in the sixth round and came close to finishing the challenger. Hagler put Mugabi down for the count in the eleventh round. After the fight, both fighters were urinating blood and were hospitalized. This was Hagler's last victory.--