Gennady Golovkin vs Grzegorz Proksa

The same way Sir Charles Barkley did. Actually scratch that, Chuck's an ATG in his sport and one of the most entertaining guys on TV.

 

Competitive is a big word, as Sylvester got dominated, wobbled and sliced up.

He wasn't inactive at all. He had recently lost his belt to Geale, which he defended very regularly since winning it. Who are those "others" that stopped him in the first?

Unlikely. Ouma was clearly on the slide and hadn't shown much at 160 yet (actually never did). Only reason that fight was competitive for a while probably is due to Golovkin reportedly being sick that day. Lots of people actually wrote off Golovkin due to that performance.

 

Yes sir, Turning Stone. I reside bout an hour east of the HOF. I hit up the induction ceremonies yearly along with every card that has come thru over the years. It's a piece of heaven in the middle of nowhere lol

 

Did you have any idea who you were coming to see? what did you think,and what were people saying about what they saw? I used to go there in the mid 1990s when I lived in New Jersey. Used to sell my boxing art at the local high school memorabilia show on the Hall of fame weekend. I used to drive 5 hours from NJ. I remember Richard Slone and Gabe Perillo was there also. Also saw Delahoya vs Chavez 1 at Graziano's bar and grill surrounded by boxing stars and legends, Arguello ,Willie pepp,Barkley, Michael Carbahal, Joe Frazier, just to name a few. You know what it's like, you've probably been there plenty of times. Later I moved back to CA and haven't been there since.

 

Yep I knew. I knew goin in GGG was a monster (at that time) and he didnt disappoint. People were impressed. Some folks who were there didnt know much bout him but def were buzzing bout him after. Thats awesome how you sold your art on the ceremony weekends. Very cool. Graziano's is awesome as well. Def been there few times.

 

I remember being high on Proksa. He had a couple legit wins, Sylvester one of them, but the Hope fight just tanked him off. He was... basic. But I was high on him until that point. He was at the bottom end, but in, the top 10 MW when Golovkin beat him.