Golovkin vs. the terrific Uk 1990 era clump

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  1. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is where I personally think of Golovkin. He'd fit right in and would lose somewhere along the line because there would be big bucks for rematches. So we might be talking about 8 to 10 total bouts. Lots of wear and tear just like Watson/Benn/Eubank had to deal with.

    Graham
    Benn
    Eubank
    Watson.

    Then we could guess how the 168 thing would go---because back then there would have big $$$ moving up---so throw a Calzaghe to the mix. Collins even.

    Then even more conjecture could factor in the American middles like McClellan. Jones. Jackson. Toney. McCallum.

    So we'd have some shark infested waters as opposed to the relatively calm middleweight waters recently.
     
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  2. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wow thats quite a mix up ! I think he stops Benn in brutal fight perhaps after getting dropped .I think he stops Watson very late maybe behind on points I don't think mike had enough fire power to hold off golovkin .Graham could cause real problems and win on points but would he get caught and some point? Eubank was tough enough to go the distance but I think gets out worked
     
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  3. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    He beats Bomber , Watson and Eubanks but id fear for his health against Benn with that wide open defense. Benn himself had the bob n weave defense and good upper body moment has been known to cause Golovkin problems.
     
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  4. Mark Adam

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    GGG is a far more skilled boxer than Watson was, Michael never faced a constant jab like that or powerful combo`s, Benn was not a great combo puncher like GGG, no comparison.
     
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  5. Mark Adam

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    lol! GGG is far harder to hit than Benn was!
     
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    Mark Adam Active Member banned Full Member

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    No way could Benn evade punches like these!
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  7. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Benn wasn’t a great combination puncher?!?
     
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  8. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Dino ,being Dino.

    GGG is likely 4-0 vs the UK's best in the 1990's
     
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  9. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    You're obviously going to say that.

    They would all have been tough, intriguing fights.
     
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  10. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    KOs Graham, Benn and Watson. UDs Eubank
     
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  11. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    You're basing that assumption off his ultra defensive performance against Canelo. A fight he didn't win because of how reserved he was against the faster quicker puncher.
    This is the same guy whose fanbase claimed he used take shots to the head on purpose. Golovkin is not hard to hit unless he's tucked up in a clam shell retreating back wards

    Benn here is the faster and more explosive puncher than Golovkin and would beat him to the punch

    Golovkin was tamed by light hitter Canelo and wouldn't trade shots with him because of the speed disparity. Golovkin is too slow and too open to engage with Benn. He'd get flattened. He's not prepared to end up in intensive care post fight to get the to get the win like Eubanks was.
     
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  12. Okin129

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    Golovkin would beat Graham, Watson and Eubank.

    Benn was a bad man, a true warrior, a psychopath in the ring with brutal punching, far more physically imposing
    and dominant than Golovkin ever has been.

    Benn would drag Golovkin into a war like he did with McClellan, something Golovkin has never experienced in his
    life and he would fall apart in the face of it.
     
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    About right.

    Late 80s Benn against Golovkin would be short but fun. GGG in two, probably off the floor in doing so

    More rounded mid 90s Benn probably gets stopped late with the scores being even for the first half of the fight.

    Graham will always be in it on the scorecard, but sooner or later would get caught.

    Eubank would try and be cute early, but would be outworked and eventually would hit survival mode and drop a very unanimous decision.

    Watson fight would be the most interesting. I think Watson would be edging a classy match before GGG catches up with him in about nine or ten.
     
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  14. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is pretty much how I see it.

    What I don't think GGG would be good at---and I could be mistaken---is the wear and tear aspect. And have having to get in A+ condition time and time again. That B game will show up either during the initial match or the rematches those guys had. But I think that wear and tear and just a little deterioration would show itself and lead to losses. Especially if you consider say 8 tough bouts like that and then going in to face a Calzaghe. Or a Jones at 168. I just think it's too big of a bridge from the stiff competition and being asked to absorb so much more than the folks he faced. Those reflexes do not have to slide much at all and a guy like a Benn or a Watson can easily be the guy with his arm raised---in one of their rise to the occasion bouts.
     
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  15. SHADAPBLAD

    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Terrific? In promoting themselves, maybe.

    Graham gets stopped mid rounds after making Golovkin look silly.
    Benn also gets stopped mid rounds but he puts in a lot of work in on Golovkin's chin.
    Eubank possibly beats him, but most likely loses in a good shootout.
    Watson gets stopped fairly early, his defense is too porous and Golovkin doesnt have much difficulties against stationary high guard boxer punchers.
     
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