OoO The Gennady Golovkin Gunboat OoO

I saw him in the olympics and his style seemed suited to the pros alright. He is very well schooled and has a ton of skill. It depends how he holds up in the heat of battle that will determine whether he goes far or not.

 

I agree with this. Golovkin might be the best up and coming prospect at middle. GG can box, swarm or slug, and seems to have the right set of smarts / toughness. Keep an eye on this guy.

 

I was very impressed with his last outing to a ring. He brutally knocked out an opponent in the first round who had gone the full route with fighters like Felix Sturm or or Sturm's next opponent Jamie Pittman. What a brutal ko it was!
Golovkin for sure is the best middle weight prospect out there.
By the way he was the one who kicked Andre Dirrel out of the last olympic tournament.

 

Best prospect at his weight for sure. Golovkin is definitly beter than Andy Lee, who, although being a brilliant fighter was beter advertised than him. Hopefully now he will start to come into prominance and show his quality.

 

If Korobov goes pro though, then he will be the best prospect. I'm not sure he will though.

 

A Kazakh Article about Golovkin before he turned pro (my translation):

The famous Kazakhstani boxer, the crowd favourite and extremely talanted fighter Gennady Golovkin may leave the amateur circuit and turn pro. The 2003 World Champion, and Athens Olympic silver medalist is not planning to take part in this year's Kazakhstan national championships.

An unsuccessful performance in the recent world championships in Minyang (China) brought Golovkin the idea of trying his luck as a professional. In China, he was the leader of our national team and the greatest hope for a gold medal, but he shockingly lost his second match to the unknown egyptian Mohamed Hikal.

Usually such a serious matter as turning pro is not taken lightly, but Golovkin was already generating interested after his win in the 2003 world championships. One of the famous American promotors Steve Trunov, after watching Golovkin take gold, said that he would love to give the Kazakhstani a generous offer.

But Golovkin was never really interested in the proffessional ring, thinking that he hadn't yet shown all he could as an amateur. But recently, he had some problems with his coach.

His former coach Falym Kenzhebaev is currently working in China, and it was he who brought Golovkin to all his medals. "He went to the world championships without a coach, and maybe that is one reason for his poor performance" says the national team trainer Berik Marzhikpayev.

 

Gaidarbekov is in his mid 30s. He was a great amateur but it was far too late for him to go pro after the 2004 olympics, so he retired saying he wanted to take care of his family. In interviews before that he stated that he was only interested in winning the olympics. He came close to that in Sydney, outclassing, among others, Jeff Lacy, but he lost to a Cuban (think it was Riggondeux) in the finals. That's why he had to stay on until Athens, where he beat Golovkin in a scrappy final and achieved his dream.

Korobov would make a great pro, and is one of the best P4P amateurs right now. He is surely favourite to win the olympics, although a few boxers may make it difficult. It's just that in Russian interviews he said that at this stage he has no interest in turning over. He said in one I read last week that he finds the amateur game more technical and skilled, but he doesn't rule anything out. His parents actually emigrated to America in the late 90s but he stayed back to continue boxing. In any case, he goes to Florida often so it won't be such a drastic move for him. He's a very popular amateur in Russia right now, so as with Tischenko, going pro isn't their only option if they have other interests (Tischenko, for example, wants to go into politics).

 

Tischenko is 24 and is the youngest member of a Russian regional governing body. He is a deputy in the Omsk legislative assembly.

Here's a link to the English version of his website: http://www.tischenko.ru/index_en.html.

Russian version is beter though. You can see how popular he is in Russia, and particularly in the city of Omsk.

 

Well, Golovkin holds also a win over Korobov. :yep Seriously, his run at the 2003 WC was amazing in retrospective, he has beaten only quality fighters in that tournament - Korobov, Lee, Bute, Despaigne