ggg's amatuer record is meaningless. has nothing to do with pro boxing

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  1. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They are very different sports. For very clear reasons. The whole landscape is different. Records in the amateurs don't mean to much. They do give a good background to the guys who go through it, but AM success doesnt always equate to PRO success.

    Jeff Lacy had a great amateur record too. Just because g has one doesnt mean he doesnt have serious flaws in his game.

    Lemeix KO 3.
     
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  2. GolovKing

    GolovKing ESB Since 2006 Full Member

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    Comments on amateur background are correct.

    Prediction is laughable.
     
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  3. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wladimir Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin, Deontay Wilder, Kubrat Pulev, Oleksandr Usyk, Rakhim Chakhiev, Andre Ward, Artur Beterbiev, James Degale, Floyd Mayweather, Gennady Golovkin, Vasyl Lomachenko, Guillermo Rigondeaux. Do you wanna guess what all these guys have in common? And Lacy's amateur career is not nearly as good as Golovkin's.
     
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  4. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Another day, another GGG thread. :grouphug
     
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  5. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    its easy to sit here and name all of the AMs who succeeded. You and I know a list of failures would be lot longer.
     
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  6. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    :think
     
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  7. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That was just on top off my head. And I don't think you can make a longer list for oympic medalists\great amateur careers with failure pro careers.
     
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  8. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They are not very different sports. Any boxer who had hundreds of amateur fights on the international level with a winning ratio of over 95% is a great boxer. Specifically GGG, Rigo, Loma, Ward and Usyk are among the most skillful boxers out there. But specifically GGG and Usyk is further special as they both possess immense power.

    Lemieux sure is a great puncher, one of the hardest punchers in the sport. But even he has no chance against Golovkin. That's how great Golovkin is.
     
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  9. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Name me all the Olympic medallists who failed as pros. Audley is the only one I can think of and even he was European champ at one point, failure is only relative to expectation.
     
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  10. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You can say Solis but his failure wasn't really about boxing skills.
     
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  11. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    Ricardo Williams...
     
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  12. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it's not a different sport ffs

    you must fight the best to suceed
     
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  13. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most all boxers have amateur careers unless from a poor county where pro boxing is allowed at 15 years of age

    btw a very good amatuer career is not all about olympic medals
     
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  14. Uppercut_Artist

    Uppercut_Artist Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Very true. Te only applicable reference to his amateur background is that he won a medal in the Olympics.
    Otherwise, it means nothing.
     
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  15. QuadrupleG

    QuadrupleG MAZAFAKA Full Member

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    His amateur record shows the highest level of skills. That combined with his power, great chin and discipline makes him an elite professional boxer.
     
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