GGG's boxing skills

I like how patient he is and how he picks and chooses his shots! & He cuts the ring very well.

 

This part of what Mack says is spot on!:

He's also really aggressive. From the moment the bell rings, he's on ya, looking to take you out. But he's so patient, relaxed and economical when he stalks ya. It's all so effortless. He's able to apply intense pressure without throwing many punches or exerting much pressure himself. He's a master at getting opponents to burn nervous energy. Against me, he was bowling forward in second gear, I was darting backwards in fifth! He's a very, very impressive operator.

In fact, apart from disagreeing with him about his overrating Ward a bit I agree 100% with him.

 

I really really like his accuracy in there. Once he positions himself to land a punch other than a jab, it seems like the guy is at a 75% clip. I mean he just doesn't hit air. He hits the shoulder or top of the head or something but it's always on the torso of the other guy.

And people always underestimate the accumulation factor of that stuff. What you see is it breaking down a guy's defense and meantime, GGG keeps getting stronger. And more accurate.

Hardly a fan favorite on this board, but Michalczewski was the other guy that did that. He just never seemed to hit air with those 2/3/4 shots of his. And did they ever add up.

What a pleasure to watch. I love watching that style for a guy ko as opposed to the real big hitter type. That type tends to run into a slippery defense or un-cooperative type defense if you will, and they can look so average. A guy like Golovkin isn't like that and just does a bricklayer type job in there with both hands.

Very very tough night's work for anyone signing a contract to fight that guy right now. This is where the world of 4 belts hurts the sport because you don't see the #1 guy face the top fighters in the division. It's always #1 against #6 or something and we, the boxing fans, suffer the most. Well, maybe it'd be the GGG opponent suffering the most.

 

Thats what impresses me most about him too - he pursues relentlessly, but remains so patient and calm, while at all times being able to end the fight at any given second

Must be utterly terrifying to be in the ring against that

 

it is if you don't have the skillset to break his rhythm and pose him problems
like I've said before, good fighters always look 'great' when they are fighting guys who can't take them out of their comfort zone

 

I like the way he has his opponent wide open against the ropes, and where most fighters would be bashing away, GGG takes a step back, works out a route then proceeds. He's so methodical in what he does. There was a point at the end of round one during the Macklin fight where he could have taken advantage after crushing him with a straight right but he stood back, raised his arms and let Macklin recover his balance. Proper Gentleman!!

 

Honestly I wouldn't bother. I've tried explaining this so many times and no seems to understand

 

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take away HBO and people wouldn't be rating him so high too
the only reason guys like Curtis stevens and macklin are stepping up is that he has notoriety and HBO have given him a US profile

he's a good fighter, but people are going WAY overboard before he's been in with anyone proven

 

Its a pleasure to watch a fighter who fights so aggresively yet is so efficient. This is like the Rigo thing all over again. When you fight damn near 400 times against the world best and against all styles and only lose a handful your a hard man to beat. I think GGG will struggle against a fighter who can push him back though and is a high volume puncher. Ouma was doing the right thing by letting his hands go and he put the most heat on GGG so far. Then again i think GGG took more risks to get a stoppage and he did brutally break down that man. I'd like to see if someone like Chavez can push him onto the back foot but judging by their sparring i think GGG would toy with him.

 

cuddle up to one another all you want, its not gonna change anything. GGG is one of the very very few fighters where the hype is warranted


"if you dont have the skillset to break his rhythm"

You say that as if theres a deluge of fighters who could do that. Name me a few (around his weight class and who actually have the balls to fight him)

 

He's calm and doesn't overextend when he sees his opponent stumbling. I really like his ring IQ. You probably won't ever see him overpace himself like Groves vs. Froch or Angulo vs. Kirkland.

 

I've never said in any post that GGG wasn't a good fighter, what i'm saying is people are treating him like a demi-god when he's fighting stiffs

part of the reason is that he was with sturm's promotional team in Germany and so his career went nowhere, and part of it is bad luck now that he has exactly what he needs to get big fights - network backing and international recognition/fanbase - but he can't really go forward until Martinez abdicates or fights him

 

Well....you came on a pro GGG thread to try and talk some **** on him :nut


There's arguably 3 guys better then him on a p4p level

But unlike Floyd Ward or Rigo, GGG's a KO artist


What dont you get about the hype for Golovkn?

Guy's a ****ing monster :smooch

 

There ain't really that many posters claiming he's a top P4Per yet, or that he beats Ward etc - a few do, but the vast majority of fans are more measured.

There's a lot of discussion about GGG cos he's still a realatively new (in terms of US exposure), and undeniably exciting fighter who fights very regularly, but I think pretty much everyone understands that he really needs a marquee victory before he can truly be considered elite.

Thing is, although he's just winning the fights he should and TCOB he looks so damn good doing it - there ain't many fighters who you can virtually guarantee will stop guys of the level he's fighting (a good number of whom had never previously been stopped).

There does remain a perception that Golovkin is simply a big hitter - obviously there is far more to his boxing to that, but how his skills will translate to the elite level remains a legitimate question as does discussion of just what sklls and traits he brings to the ring.

As an aside, whilst the Ouma fight is often refered to as a illustration of GGGs limitations (and I'm well aware of the circumstances) - one thing in particular it did show was that under pressure Golovkin is a fighter, and can, if he has to, dig deep and battle it out when things aren't all going his way. Without this trait, IMO it's all but impossible for a fighter to succeed at the very highest level.