If we exclude Roy Jones jr is Gennady Golovkin the h2h #1 Middleweight of all time

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What are your thoughts
     
  2. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    If Canelo, Jacobs and Derev could

    then i think plenty could too.
     
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    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This place is truly no better than the general forum now. Makes it hard to stick around.
     
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    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    No.

    GGG is very very good. Brilliant even. But a bit too cautious vs high quality opponents. Even though i thought he beat Canelo in fight #1, he was too cautious when he had Canelo trapped against the ropes. A guy like Hagler would have gone for the finish there while GGG backed away.

    GGG is a great h2h fighter but vs the extremely high quality fighters, i feel he would be too cautious.

    Is he a top 10 middleweight h2h? I think he is. But is he better than peak Toney? SRR? Hagler? Monzon? I don't think so.
     
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    m.s. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You must be referring to going the distance. I give them kudos for that.
     
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    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    In some ways, GGG is a victim of his own success. Jacobs went the distance vs him and people started exaggerating and claiming that Jacobs had a case for winning that fight, which he didn't.
     
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    Golovkin isn't necessarily the best, but he holds his own real well. He and Hopkins are solid representatives of this era. You can add Canelo to this list as well.
     
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    Yep, it was like 7-5 for GGG plus the knockdown.
     
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    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hagler, Monzon, Robinson, Jones, Hopkins, Toney, Nunn, Tiger, Valdez, McCallum.

    Those are 10 middles just off the top of my head I'd pick to beat Golovkin H2H.
     
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    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    Fixed it m8
     
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    I think he could hang with anybody but there are lots of middles who have a claim to that crown.
     
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    tiger lol
     
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    Please.
     
  15. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, the same Dick Tiger with a much deeper wins resume than Golovkin.
     
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