Gennady Golovkin ATG Ranking???

P4P # 1 in hand to hand ability

with the potential to become the GOAT is only he could get the fights *sigh*

Give GGG a time machine and he would knock out Hagler and Monzon

 

He'll never be considered an ATG, I feel pretty certain about that.

The problem with him is he turned pro way too late. The guy is already in his mid 30's. HOw long do you expect him to keep fighting for?

He's a very good fighter with an outstanding amateur pedigree. But as a pro boxer, I'm still waiting to see him take on one truly great fighter. All these guys he's taking on the last couple years are gatekeepers at best. Not one very good/great/HOF fighter in that entire pro resume of his.

And quit with the Hagler and Monzon talks. I have a feeling you never saw those guys fight if you think GGG would have some kind of cakewalk with them and knock them out??! That is the most rudimentary, uninformed assessment of a fight I've heard in some time on this forum, and that's saying a lot.

Marvin had a granite chin with a come forward pressure style. He's pretty much the perfect poison pill for Gennady's style as I'd imagine Gennady would be fighting off his backfoot in that fight. He's not going to win a fight inside the pocket against the Marvelous one.

 

Not there yet.

 

Yup.

 

There should be no entertaining any discussion of Hagler or Monzon with Golovkin, it's disrespectful to Hagler and Monzon. Golovkin is nowhere near that tier and isn't even going to make it there.

You don't even really believe what you posted.

 

He's 33 and still pretty fresh. Too early to be ranking him now but he could really do a lot in the next five years. It's not like he's on his way out ffs.

 

33 is not young at all. Many fighters are retired by this age range.

I don't know, 5 years is very ambitious. I think his window period is shorter than that.

 

The dude has never had a 12 round fight, all of them end early, and he doesn't take a lot of punishment. He has a lot of longevity. He himself thinks he has 5-7 years left.

 

Did I say he was young? He's a pretty fresh 33. Hasn't been in wars. He wouldn't be the first guy boxing (and doing it well) at 36, 37 or 38 years old.

 

I'm not going to go through the list of the myriad of fighters who were rarely in 12 round fights that built up records similar to what Golovkin has and when they really started ascending the ranks and actually took on top competition regularly, the fights began to last longer and it shortened the length of their careers.

This is what happens when you move up your level of competition. The fights get harder. It's inevitable he'll start getting the big fights he's craving, but at his age, I have a feeling it'll narrow his window period of dominance.

 

You're underrating him, I'd say top 600 easily.

Seriously though, he's got 2 more good years in him and he'll be a hall-of famer, but Kostya Tszu is in the hall of fame, and so is Sugar Ray Robinson, there's a lot of territory there.

 

ATG??? he hasnt beaten anyone to suggest hes an ATG... calm down and let his career play out.

 

zim dksab :verysad

 

800 at 160. 79868876 P4P.

 

In this day of age of health and technology, I think he'll be just fine. Like it was said, he seems fresh. Bodies age differently. He seems to be aging well and when you add that with today's athlete longevity and little wars, it's a good combination for a long career.