Gennady Golovkin

I was pretty disappointed after finally seeing videos of his fights. The Euro posters hyped him up without even looking at his pro fights. The guy is an interesting fighter, but his style is more built for the amateurs IMO. He's the slickest Russian fighter I've ever seen, but he seems too obsessed with being slick and is one of those guys who thinks too much instead of simply throwing punches. He is overly tentative and he lets low level fighters outwork him, which I think says a lot about his mental strength and ability to adjust to solid pressure fighters in the future. He usually shows good defense, but his reflexes aren't sensational or anything and he's not physically strong or tall (5'10''). He also gets uncomfortable sometimes when getting attacked, so I think he'll have problems with high-output pressure fighters in the future. Seems vulnerable to a good jabber too. When he goes on the attack and becomes very aggressive for a few seconds, he leaves himself open and doesn't have effective defense in every situation (in one instance he punches someone quickly on the inside, then goes back to the outside in a straight line with his hands down, relying on his good footspeed to get out of range again. His power seems at least pretty good, but it's still unproven and there's nothing that really stands out about him in a big way.

Prospect Daniel Jacobs is still my biggest hope around MW, even though he hasn't moved up from fighting F levels yet.

 

never heard of him, some1 post his record, notable oponents please

 

I havn't seen the kid, been hearing a fair bit. Any videos hanging around?

 

He won Gold at the World Amateur championships at middleweight in 2003 , won the silver medal at the Olympics the next year losing to the very good Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov .

As a pro he is 13-0-0(10 ko's) with his best win being that a UD over Ian Gardner . Gardner was a very good Light-Middleweight a few years ago and is still decent enough at middleweight .

I've only seen the Gardner fight and Huki has everything pretty much spot on . He seems a good fighter , but there is a lot of work needed with him to bring him to a World Class level .

 

I think Huki is being a little harsh on the prospect.

Golovkin's best opponent Gardner lost a SD to Manfredo Jr. in only his 3rd fight, his only other losses were to World Champions Abraham and Dawson. So, beating Gardner puts him in good company.

Unlike some Boxers with stellar amature backgrounds, Golovkin is definitely a finisher with 10KO's in 12 fights. But, Huki made some good points about Golovkin's flaws, either he's a slow starter or he's a reactive fighter-watching and waiting for openings. He is tenative with the jab rather than establishing it with authority and needs to let his hands go more. But when I watched this clip I got the feeling he might be one of those fighters that likes setting a trap for opponents. He has a long way to go, but he only has a dozen fights. Give him time, the flaws in his game aren't uncorrectable, like a lack of power or chin.

This fight is against Mashego, a South African journeyman who had just gone the distance with Jamie Pittman (just fought for the title against Sturm) and also went the distance with Sturm. This clip shows all Golovkin's weaknesses as well as why he might be someone to keep an eye on.

Look for the uppercut that stuns Mashego before the right hook puts his lights out.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...27&q=golovkin&ei=l65ZSJrMMZvWrgPb-YHyDg&hl=en

 

I'd favour him right now over everyone in the division.

 

The great thing about it is that sounds realistic. Pirog has said he wants big fights and to fight top guys. Fingers crossed we see any of N'Jikam, Pirog or Golovkin taking each other on in the next year.

 

throw Golovkin in with Pavlik

 

He also beat Matt Korobov in the amateurs

 

Golovkin would make Sturm his *****. Same with N'Jikam. No wonder Hassan ducked him.