If the fight were to take place in Germany, then there would probably be a possibility that the judges would give the victory to Ottke even if GGG would dominate the entire fight...
I'm going Ottke on this one, although I haven't watched one of his fights in like 30 years probably. I just didn't see what all the hype was with GG. He was a nice pressure boxer who could corner his opponents nicely, but he could also be outboxed at times, not to mention outfought, his power was a tad overrated in my opinion, and for all the crying and pouting he did about Canelo, he himself was the beneficiary of some questionable or at least debatable decisions and he rarely if ever gave out rematches in those circumstances. Not to mention he flat out didn't fight many of the biggest names in his division, and that was a trend that went on throughout his reign. It was always all about Canelo, all about Canelo, almost to the point of entitlement. All in all, I was not impressed with GG or his antics, I think he was the byproduct of network hype and careful match making. Props to him, 20 defenses is nice, but we don't give Wilder much credit for the 10 defenses, and GG was in against much of the same calibur. And as far as 168, what in God's name would make you think he would move up to that weight? Especially for a legitimate 168er who could certainly outbox him? What was GGs prime anyway? The first Canelo fight? The Lemoux fight?
Ottke deserved to lose to Byron Mitchell and Charles Brewer. Robin Reid and even Mads Larsen had decent shouts to deserve the decision too. Prime for prime GGG, who was a level above those fighters, may have taken the result out of the judges hands. If not, it would have taken a roberry of unprecedented levels, even in an Ottke fight, to give him the decision.
Prime GGG was 2012 - 2015. During that stretch he was probably one of the three or four best fighters in the world but had no resume to prove it. By the time he fought Canelo, he had lost a touch of hand speed. After he got rid of Sanchez he embraced a more back foot game that got away from his earlier strengths, although this might have prolonged his career as his early career stalking style is a young man's game.
Golovkin had no interest in fighting super middles. Ottke had no interest in fighting any true test. A mythical matchup indeed.
??? Like who? The guys that dived behind dumpsters to avoid him? Martinez, Sturm and Canelo himself walked a wide berth around a prime Golovkin.
