Isn't it amazing that GGG won 345 amateur fights

The point was made perfectly in the title and first post. GGGs defense is not merely OK, but very good. The balance he chooses between attack and defense varies depending on his early round assessment of his opponents' abilities. Typically he'll defend strongly in the first as he establishes his opponents power and level of aggression experimenting with a few sallies to establish how his foe reacts. In the second GGG will start to open up a bit more showing his opponent a bit of his own power and seeing how they respond.

By the third round Gena's usually decided it's safe to start moving up a gear - he knows his opponents speed, power and prefered shots. Mostly his forearm parries, subtle head movement and shoulder turns avoid any serious harm whilst allowing his own assault to continue. If necessary he brings up a tight guard before springing back on the offensive as soon as his foe takes a breather.

It ain't what you call a poor defense by any stretch, more a calculated level of protection - reactively adjusti-g to keep him safe at the minimum penalty to his own offense.

One thing I find amusing is that Macklin specifically mentions how hard it is to land yet alone land clean on him, but I've seen posters say that Mack's just talkin' shite cos' he lost.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

His defense is not very good and you don't need to be a boxing guru to see that. I hope that he will work on that in order to have a longer and more successful career.

 

I respectfully disagree. He can defend extremely well, just usually prefers to sacrifice some defense for the sake of stronger offense. It's a matter of choice rather than lack of ability.

There's examples of him covering up real well 'gainst Rosado, but watch any of his fights closely, specially Macklin and see how many shots actually land clean on him - even when the commentators say Mack landed in his brief flurries, look again and you see almost nothing actually connects.

Longevity can also be achieved by finishing your opponents before they get a chance to take you to the trenches.

 

GGG is just to easy to hit. Yes he has beat up a bunch a b class fighters but when he steps up he is going to be in trouble. He also has thin grasshopper legs and he is going bald.

 

He was stopped in sparring by a Hendrix body shot. He did proceed to continue sparring, but yes he was put down for the count and then some by a lhw.

 

I don't think that his defense is as bad as people make it out to be, but his head movement is kind of bad. His position in the ring and feel of the distance is excellent and helps him to be in a good punching position all the time. That kind of unsettle his opponents offense given his tremendous punching power. My take is that Rosado is very good fighter but there were a couple of moments where he was almost able to back up GGG with his punches. I don't know what to make of Maklin fight really, GGG destroyed him and after the first exchange Maklin looked terrified in the ring I haven't see something similar since the time of Tyson. We have to see GGG against B+ opponent that is not scared of him to really judge how much his defense has progressed.

 

The amateur headgear clearly kept Golovkin from several losses due to cuts.

 

It's not a rumor. I saw the video. It's only sparring though.

 

There may be some truth in that. But he seems to be ok with cuts. It the swelling that concerns me. But to be fair he has not fought anyone with power yet. We just don't know about his skin. But I've I studied some of his fights and he gets hit often. His chin seem to be pretty good so far.

 

Yeah dude; I saw him in a gay porn video. True story, saw the video...

 

he wasn't stopped in sparring by Hendrix:nut

if you actually bothered to listen to the interview, Hendrix admited that GG took a knee after a body shot, but then he also admited that GG beat the **** out of him for the rest of the session

 

Luis Ortiz won 349

ha-ha