Who had a better MW title reign: Hopkins or Golovkin?

Just tocmake my point in case it wasnt clear:
I dont rate alphabet titles and paper championships.

Golovkin never eon the middleweight title,fought for it twice and probably should have gotten the decision but alas he didnt.

 

I sense salt ...

 

I sense no argument to what I said.

 

De La Hoya arguably didn't get past Felix Sturm, a guy who was roughly on the same level as Martin Murray, Daniel Geale, etc. That's a nice name on Hopkins' ledger, but not a huge scalp to have.

 

I'm a Golovkin fan but this is an important point. Conflating "regular" belts with "full" titles and then "full" titles with Lineal/Linear ones just makes everything too complicated. You either are THE champion or not, and Hopkins was; Golovkin was not. All of this talk about defense totals has become hand-waving. Hopkins had 6 and GGG had 0.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for Golovkin because his career was stymied by politics. Had he been given a shot at Sturm back in 2008 or so, there's no way he could have been put on the back-burner for as long as he was. And I don't think anyone would be arguing whether or not he was a great fighter. Hell, I think his ability to arguably defeat a man largely seen as the best fighter today twice at 35+ years of age is a good testament to how good he was in his prime. But he didn't get those chances early and his official failure to get over the hump might always haunt him. The good thing, however, is GGG does have a chance at redemption. If he gets past Murata and then fights the #2 guy (Charlo right now), he can acquire the title he failed to against Alvarez, the Middleweight Championship of the World. To do so at 39 or 40 years of age would be a fantastic feat and I hope he pulls it off.

 

Excellently put.

 

Sure:

"Gennady Golovkin made his record 21st defensive of his middleweight titles Friday night, knocking down previously unbeaten Kamil Szeremeta four times before their fight was stopped after the seventh round."

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/ge...iddleweight-title-defence-record-9126671.html

Conclusion: YDKSAB

 

Again,I am not talking about paper titles.

 

SZCERMETA BOY ARDEE!! Wooowww

 

Golovkin vs. Szeremeta results: GGG sets record with 21st successful title defense

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/box...xing-tko-szeremeta/1xfbu5uokse8j1m27z5b9d0m47

Again, YDKSAB.

 

What is your argument?
Yes,he made 20+ alphabet defenses but he disnt win the legitimate title.
Dont know what ia so hard to understand.

 

Let me help you:

"An otherwise routine triumph for the Kazakh superstar at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood was notable for being Golovkin’s 21st successful world title defence at middleweight. That number breaks the existing middleweight record set by former undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins, who was able to defend his belts on 20 occasions."

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/bo...ddleweight-title-defences-record-b386249.html

Conclusion: YDKSAB.

 

Let me ask you this:
Who did Golovkin beat to win the mw title?

 

Let me help you again:

GENNADY GOLOVKIN enhanced his case as the greatest middleweight champion of all time after defending his crown for a record breaking 21st time.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/1352...-gennady-golovkin-middleweight-title-defence/

 

Not consecutively!