Proksa v. Golovkin - 9/1/12

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Eddie Hearn is feeding Proksa to the wolves. Generally, the goal is to get your guy a title fight, but against Golovkin? It's not like he was rushing to put Dazzling Darren Barker in there with the cruel man from Kazakhstan. What makes Hearn believe Proksa is ready for Golovkin? Proksa's win over Kerry Hope?

I am a fan of Proksa. His style is a blend of pizzazz, pomp, and crisp. Many people refer to him as a poor man's Sergio Martinez. Proksa is a flashy, slick boxer. However, Proksa is still raw. Even in his win(s) over Hope, it was readily apparent that he needs development from a world class trainer, in a world-class gym.

Golovkin may be the most feared middleweight out there. He is a pressuring, aggressive swarmer. He has the best pedigree of any middleweight and is trained by Abel Sanchez. Rumor has it that he got the better of Canelo and Angulo in sparring.

I guess someone had to fight Golvokin eventually, as Sturm, Kid Chocolate, and N'Jikam avoided taking fights with him. Credit to Proksa for doing what they wouldn't. It's just the style that Gennady Golovkin brings to the table it all wrong for Proksa. I don't see this fight going any other way: Proksa will be stalked and brutally stopped.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not disparaging the fight. It's extremely exciting as far as available middleweight title fights go. Outside of the available top-ranked boxers at 160--Barker, Murray, Macklin--this may be the best option. In terms of riveting action, it definitely is on par with Martinez-Junior, Sturm-Geale, even if the fighters involved don't have the star power of the those guys. It's just those are more or less 50/50 fights. This appears a miss-match. Does anyone disagree?

The only part I disagree with is calling Martinez-Junior more or less 50/50. I think that fight's almost as much of a mismatch as this one is. Different only in that I don't see Junior getting KO'd.

I'm favoring Martinez in that fight and most betting sites have him as the favorite as well. However, there are a number of people here and elsewhere that are giving Gumby a real shot against Zoolander e.g. @RuThLesSrocco .

Oh, I'm fully aware of that. I just think those people are full of it. I'll grant that Junior has looked much better recently than he did 2-3 years ago, but he's still yet to be in the ring with anyone who's world class. And unlike, say, Adrien Broner, it's not like he's looked virtuosic when in against pretty-good-but-not-great competition. He was losing the Lee fight before (to his credit, obviously) he ended it. Lee is at least three levels below Martinez.