Curtis Stevens Makes a Statement

[Tam Seddon]

@martinMurrayBox: For people asking-the reason I'm not fighting GGG is cuz I wasn't made an offer. Apparently I knocked back a load of money #Bollocks

Murray posted this tweet !

[Fenster]

This reminds me of when Sam Peter left Jeremy Williams twitching on the canvas, even though it was chinny Williams and Peter never looked more than a fat plodder, he became a new heavyweight star.

I don't know much about Curtis Stevens, his record doesn't scream of murderous puncher, so if he's a consistently exciting fight merchant, I'm all for the Golovkin match, however I can't believe anyone that got outboxed by Jesse Brinkley could possibly have a hope in hells against Golovkin.

[jehoshaphat]

This reminds me of when Sam Peter left Jeremy Williams twitching on the canvas, even though it was chinny Williams and Peter never looked more than a fat plodder, he became a new heavyweight star.

I don't know much about Curtis Stevens, his record doesn't scream of murderous puncher, so if he's a consistently exciting fight merchant, I'm all for the Golovkin match, however I can't believe anyone that got outboxed by Jesse Brinkley could possibly have a hope in hells against Golovkin.

Curtis Stevens is there to be outboxed by anybody really. He has a better chance of beating Golovkin than say an Austin Trout because he just can not find a guy who is not in front of him. But to put it plainly his only chance to beat Golovkin is to land the first bomb and even that is less likely because Golovkin can actually box. He doesn't get his credit for that. Golovkin knows when to throw and where to throw it. Curtis Stevens doesn't have the feet or consistent placement/timing that Golovkin does. But he may very well have the same kind of power though. Stevens was knocking people out in the amateurs at 165 and 178. Believe me he is a murderous puncher...but his power seems to subside later and his punches are not very difficult to avoid. And dude is seriously like 5'6". I don't know what they list him at but I'm pretty sure he is like 5'6" in person. So going down to 160 is much better for him and his effectiveness. 168 was never good for him. Guys like Andre Berto and Shawn Porter also fought at 165 in the amateurs(Porter won a national Golden Gloves title at 165) but they knew coming in that wouldn't be good for a long pro career considering their lack of height. Stevens is just now getting hip to that. But my prediction of Golovkin/Stevens would be Golovkin by KO2. That fight would be fast because Stevens knows he has to land first but the difference would actually be Golovkin's ring generalship and IQ.

[Spicoli]

Derrick findley had a cruder, rougher, unpolished lesser view of what Golovkin can do to Stevens minus the devestating impact. I don't think he'll see the 5th round.