Golovkin's opposition is underrated

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  1. Tyson379

    Tyson379 Active Member Full Member

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    Golovkin has beat every fighter that dominated his division prior to him. People underrated these boxers because they were primarily European. Ultimately, Golovkin beat them too easily. If he had a few close s****s people would actually praise Golovkin more but because he literally has dominated his opposition everyone calls them "bums".

    Yet, prior to Golovkin dominating the division these were the top names of the division. Golovkin has one of the most underrated resumes in the game, he has beat every top fighter in his division and people call his resume poor because he hasn't beaten one "star" name even though other fights have beaten "star" names that were totally past their prime and earned more respect than Golovkin beating the top of his division in their primes.
     
  2. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    :huh

    Which boxers did he beat who "dominated his division prior to him"?
     
  3. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Agreed.
     
  4. Steve_Fox

    Steve_Fox Well-Known Member Full Member

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    bumland is not underrated
     
  5. Tyson379

    Tyson379 Active Member Full Member

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    All of the fighters he beat were on the top of the division.
     
  6. IKSAB

    IKSAB Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    His resume is nothing more than decent. Murray is his best win imo and the guy is no more than a solid B leveller.
     
  7. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Best he can do at MW... Canelo, BJS, and Jacobs all need to step up to the plate already.
     
  8. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    I think he is a very good fighter. But that resume isn't good at all. Lemiuex and Murray aren't that good man. Decent guys but really nothing special.
     
  9. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Resume is certainly lacking, but the mans not ducking anyone... He's the one who's being ducked.
     
  10. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Martin Murray is a good name, no one can deny that. He clearly beat both Sturm and Martinez.
    Other than that, Golovkin has feasted on C+ opposition.
     
  11. garycarnivals

    garycarnivals Member Full Member

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    Murray, Lemieux, Geale, Macklin, and Stevens were all good opponents; top 5 middleweights.

    If Sergio Martinez and JCC JR didn't duck him; he would've had "names" on his resume
     
  12. N17

    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    When Macklin fought Martinez, Martinez was a beast, the best middleweight on the planet, he was superb.

    15 months later Golovkin destroys Macklin in a few very one sided rounds and Macklin is now a bum, no challenge whatsoever.

    There are fighters on Golovkins record that are not great or future HOF'ers but they are/were very solid middleweights and Golovkin completely destroyed them so they are now all "bums".
     
  13. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    And Macklin hasn't been the same since Martinez beat him either. He physically looked like absolute hell and was scared out of his mind when facing GGG, that wasn't the confident Macklin that fought Sergio.
     
  14. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Shoulda, Coulda, woulda.. GGG could have lost those fights for all we know.
     
  15. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If you have to make excuses for why a fighters opponent is good 9/10 that's a sign it's actually sh!t.

    Can you name one elite opponent or world champ anybody on GGG's resume has beaten, outside of Geale? I don't think you can.