Is GGG simply a monster puncher with a granite chin?

Hmm.. Golovkin is ''easy to hit'', fights with a very aggressive style and has had 382 fights as an amateur and pro yet no one can find a single shred of evidence to suggest that he possesses anything other than a very solid chin indeed.

As for him supposedly lacking skill. Not according to those that have shared a ring with him he doesn't. Many of his opponents and sparring partners glow about his power, but many of them have also said that there is a lot more to him than just merely savage power too. I'm sure a few of them mention it in some of these videos.

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'Ola Afolabi said to Sky Ringside “I think it’s going to be a knockout. The guy [Golovkin] hits incredibly hard. I’ve been in the ring with heavyweights, cruiserweights, light heavyweights, and I get in the ring with this kid and every time he hits me, I say whoa''

Ryan Coyne (former CW now LHW)

''He’s a f__king beast,” said Coyne, a 20-0 cruiserweight prospect who has recently dropped down to light heavyweight. “He’s been running guys out of here. Nobody under 175 pounds will spar with him.''

“I’ve sparred with heavyweights who can punch, including Mariusz Wach and Mike Perez, nobody has hit me as hard as Golovkin. His power is out of this world.”

''I spent my summer up in Big Bear training with Gennady Golovkin who is emerging as the most murderous puncher in the boxing. I watched former champions, light heavies, cruisers, and even heavies get sent home.''

David Imoesiri HW

“The dude can hit, I’m still getting used to it,” said Imoesiri, who like Coyne, is delightfully bright and articulate. “It’s crazy. I sparred with [undefeated WBA heavyweight beltholder] Alexander Povetkin and he never hurt me like this guy.''

“I must have done 50 rounds while in camp with Povetkin and it was three and half weeks before he hit me with something that made me hold on. With Golovkin I was ready to get out of the ring 45 seconds into our first round of sparring. He hit me with two lefts to the body in the identical spot and had me doubled over. I got through it but it’s hard to defend against 6-inch punches with that much pop. He backs me into a corner with just a jab.

“And it seems like he does it effortlessly.”

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"The guy hits like a hammer.

"I have never felt that type of power anywhere, not in sparring or anywhere."

--Grzegorz Proksa

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''Golovkin has freakishly unreal power''

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''Golovkin hits like a LHW. And that's coming from someone who can take a punch''

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''He be punching as hard as Johnathon Banks be punching''

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''I've sparred heavyweights, cruiserweights. These punches nothing to me. I spar Golovkin and every punch I feel''

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“The rumors are true, Gennady Golovkin is an animal. I’ve never been hit as hard from anybody else and I’ve sparred heavyweights”

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"He's the strongest dude I ever sparred. And I been in there with heavyweights, cruiserweights."

--Farah Ennis (boxes as a Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight)

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