These Are The Five Middleweights I Think Would Have A Slight Chance Against Golovkin.

While I still believe GGG would be the prohibitive favorite against all the fighters that I'm going to mention, these are the only ones I think may have a tiny miniscule chance. Personally I think GGG is pretty much unbeatable at Middleweight, especially against the big money options like Canelo, Cotto and Quillin, none of the name guys have close to a chance however a few smaller less known fighters have a decent chance, well at least a decent puncher's chance. Here they are. D:


Number 1: David Lemieux:toney
Much has been made about DL getting KO'd against Rubio, but few have actually seen the KO, Rubio hit David right behind his left ear and it clearly effected his equilibrium, because technically it was an illegal punch, also his stamina wasn't great back then, because he'd never had to go that deeply into a match. So those 2 factors have everything to do with the RTD. David has improved in the stamina department it seems, so based on GGG not being that amazing fighting off the back foot and not being the hardest to hit target, if David who fights with a somewhat similar high guard as Murray, catches GGG will a decent shot, he may have a slight chance. Although he better jump GGG from the opening bell and go all out because the longer it goes the more his chances greatly diminish. But P4P he may punch just as hard if not harder than GGG.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOzHJ3WOYsM

Number 2: Ievgen Khytrov:toney
Khytrov who's 11-0 10 KO's while not known by many he may in fact be an even greater threat than Lemieux. He has the amateur pedigree than Lemieux doesn't, but its no ordinary amateur pedigree he's had 500 matches and has a 80% KO ratio. Which is quite scary. The Ukrainian Khytrov packs the similar devastating touch you and you go down power that GGG possesses and he to a lesser extent utilizes a similar shifting technique that Golovkin uses to cut off the ring and always be in his opponents face. Khytrov may also have more power than GGG, that remains to be seen but he has a higher KO ratio than GGG in the amateurs. He gets hit a little too much but he has a definite puncher's chance as well. He may be The Next Big Thing at Middleweight and sooner or later all of you will want to see Golovkin vs Khytrov like you do with Kovalev vs Beterbiev.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGB6VjrUEh8

Number 3: Andy Lee:toney
While Andy would most likely get KTFO early in the match and personally I think he would fold under the pressure of GGG within a few rounds, but he has the great equalizer, The Right Hand of Doom. It may be one of the most devastating weapons in all of boxing, let me put this into perspective, Matt Korobov had never been badly hurt as a pro and I think even as an amateur, but here's the catch he fought Beterbiev and Kovalev as an amateur and has a wins over both. Yet Andy nearly knocked his head loose. Andy would probably get knocked but has a chance with a perfect right hand, which he seems to have perfected when in trouble, which he'll be in from the opening bell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBd9NfSxiC4

Number 4: Ryota Murata:toney
Middleweight Gold Medalist Murata seems to be the total package especially when he first turned pro, his chin seems to be rock hard like many Japanese fighters and he effectively broke down with body punching almost all put before him. Although I started getting worried because he slightly adjusted his warrior style and seemed to turn into a somewhat tentative fighter for a little while in late 2014. But it seems that he may have just been trying to get rounds in early by going the distance a few times. As far as a threat to GGG, not incredibly high but if Murata possesses a chin like many Japanese fighters he may be able to walk through some of GGG's shots and back him up and aybe do enough damaege to hurt but that is a longshot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BvE6sEVcU8

Number 5: Billy Joe Saunders:toney
While this one is an incredible longshot, that fact is that Billy Joe is an incredibly slick Boxer who seems to have a solid chin, and if BJS can fight just out of range of GGG punches and land just enough, he may be able to steal 6 or 7 rounds early. However stamina seems to be an issue with him so if he gasses late he's screwed but if he can improve in that department, maybe he could get a MD or SD, but this one is a real stretch. But I do think he's far better and more elusive than Martin Murray so its vaguely possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ5bVc2QQ9M

Number 6: Sergiy Derevyanchenko

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVk2U2UnCg

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As for the rest......
Cotto gets brutally stopped.
Canelo gets farther than Cotto But stopped.
Quillin is too chinny he gets KO'd.
Jacobs gets Pirog'd again.
N'Dam would be KO'd wouldn't get far.
Mora lost to Vera and dropped by Han enough said.
Eubank Jr. got stunned by BJS GGG KO's him.
Tureano Johnson gets stopped.
Heiland gets stopped.

 

Who do you think could take on GGG at Middleweight???

 

Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers and don't forget part 2 Bud The CHUD:yep

 

I know Alcine beat him in a close fight, I wrote about that in my Lemieux thread a few months ago, I chalk that up to David being shook up by blowing his load too early against Rubio and trying to fight more cautiously to save energy, and Lemieux was shutting out Rubio, the only 2 rounds he lost were the last 2. And fighters can improve, and he was basically a kid when the Rubio and Alcine matches happened. Geale would be KO'd and Macklin just got stopped by Heiland who fought kind of Lemieux like against him.

 

You're right it was a razor close decision and Beterbiev won, it was almost a draw. Still he wasn't KO'd by Artur which is what I was getting at.