Set to square off August 25th in the US according to Boxrec. Who do you pick? My take's on Pirog based on having faced better competition.
Pirog out-boxes him to a ud or possibly knocking him out in the later rounds,because of his 20 ko's in 23 fights means he probably don't like deep water.
makes me proud that fights like these still happen where two top contenders aren't scared to face eachother... both putting everything on the line in a match where the fight can go either way. Both of these guys could probobly take the easy route, but the winner of this fight will be considered top 3 middleweight. GGG has the power good boxing skills extensive amature exprience... Pirog is Pirog (nuf said) 60/40 GGG but too close to call
Dont forget Golovkin beat Dirrell and Bute in the Am's [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcshgGP8YA[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS_bMqjzAaI&feature=related[/ame]
Pirog on points or Golovkin by stoppage. Golovkin went to war against Ouma, he probably didn't expect him to handle a beating and he lost several rounds in his demolition process.
People say Golovkin struggled with Ouma and others say Pirog struggled with Ishida. I don't think either's performance was an actual gauge of their highest abilities. I could see Pirog walking an overly aggressive Golovkin into alot of hard punches like he did with a rugged Gennady Matiroysn, and I could see Golovkins harder punches and higher volume out working Pirog.
Sometimes you just gotta bite down on your mouthpiece and go to war. I always found you expand more energy trying to create space and box against guys who want to pressure you and throw 80-100 punches a round.
i am surprised how one sided this poll is. I like GGG but people are falling in love with his power a little too fast.
The real question is, will it actually happen? I'll wait till a couple of weeks before the fight before I make any prediction
