Gennady Golovkin vs. Grzegorz Proksa Saturday night fight thread

[Spicoli]

If they rematch I'm shooting my TV

[beenKOed]

If they rematch I'm shooting my TV

Spicoli has a way with words, and I agree, Gonzalez vs Dzinziruk was an ugly affair, one I wouldn't want to see again unless Gonzalez got serious and decided to come in on weight an in shape!

Proska vs Goloukin was much better! Proska is an awkward guy to fight, jumping in and out with straight and looping punches and he's tough too! Somebody should tell him to stay off the ropes, especially in front of a puncher, he was taking great body shots on both sides!
Goloukin impressed me by staying calm and concentrating on what he knew would work, applying pressure, working the body and head, plus keeping Proska's back to the ropes. He has two belts but I would not throw him in with the big dogs they were talking about, yet.

[Beanz]

Golovkin was very good. He was a great amateur, he knocked out Bute and beat Andy Lee and Andre Direll on Points. 16 of his first 19 fights as a pro were won by knockout, the guy is special. He has the power to trouble Pirog, Martinez, JCC Jr ,Sturm or Geale. Great skills, his short punches are nasty, Proska was smarting and that guy is hard, and GG's power punches betray his size he could fell a SMW. Well impressed.

[Hulk]

Despite routing against Gonzalez, I did think he won the fight by a round or two.

Soo many close and inactive rounds tho.

Proska was one tough mother, he had a look of pure anger on his face even as he was being beaten up and dropped for the las time.

Golovkin is very solid. Nice short power punches and tight defense, he looks small for middleweight.

Him vs. Pavlik or Abraham next would be good.

[shza]

Geale would be the obvious choice for a next fight, assuming neither Geale nor Golovkin can get Martinez next. I don't see Geale putting up his titles against Golovkin though -- he would be a big underdog. I'm completely sold on Golovkin -- he looked way more skilled than he has in any of the random youtube stuff I'd seen from him. He was so calm and measured too -- an excellent closer. I'd favor him over anyone but Martinez at MW.

HBO was definitely looking to hype him and if anything, he exceeded expectations, so I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him there. The HBO money should definitely help some in trying to get top quality guys to actually fight him -- something he needs now. He's 30 years old.

Other solid fights would be Quillin, Pirog, and Junior. I agree Pavlik would be a decent next-tier-down scrap, but at this point I think Pavlik is done at the top tier and would get his ass beat. No interest in seeing the fraud Arthur Abraham in against anyone top quality ever again.