Floyd would take Cotto at 160lb but not GGG. I would not blame him either.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
GGG is without a doubt the pound for pound best fighter on the planet. His power is freakish, his ring generalship is superb and his attitude is next to none. Noone at 154 or 160 beats him or comes close to it. I wish Floyd wasnt such a bitch and would fight him.
look at the nuthuggery.
I wish GG wasn't such an old bitch and would fight Ward.
Floyd has taken risks by moving up since he was 21.
GG is 32 and has yet to move up once.
Floyd is required to "take risks" but GG is allowed to fight in a long dead division.
Cotto's ONE fight at 160 is better than anything GG has done so far.
I just say it as it is. When was the last time Floyd blew away a top 5 fighter in 3 rounds? When has Andre Ward done that. They just aint good enough. Heck Mayweather struggles with straight forward plodders like Maidana, hes done washed up and should retire. Ward may as well retire too giving his activity and the lack of interest anyone has in his career.
Thing is, for all Floyd's talents and skills, exceptional punching power is not one of them so it's very unlikely he can ever blow anyone out in 5 rounds especially since he seems to have found the max weight class in which he can be effective. GGG has exceptional power but hasn't moved up yet, so the comparison isn't fair.
Maidana is a better fighter than anybody GG has ever faced.
Let's see GG move up a couple of weight classes(like Floyd has done) and win a title WITHOUT A TUNEUP.
Maidana had a title.
What did Adama have?
What did Geale have?
What did Stevens have?
How about Mackling ....
What did he have..
I can do that all day
Adama is a worse plodder than Maidana and he was catching GG..............CLEAN.
So was Geale.
Floyd is fighting better comp on a higher level and for bigger stakes than Golovkin.
A slow guy on Adama's level, couldn't hit Floyd with rice at a wedding..
Golovkin got hit a LOT last night...that's never a good sign...power is good to have but skills pay bills.
Geale and Adama lasted long enough to expose major flaws in GG's game....his defense has more holes than an oil field in Iraq.
No wonder they stopped saying they'll fight ANYBODY from 154 to 168..
Geale would have to fight Cotto 6 times to land that many punches.
I'd be impressed if he were 22 instead of 32.
He's not even sparking guys out.
dude last night got off the canvas in plenty time and quit.
Watch some Julian Jackson fights if you want to see sparked out.
Andre Ward single-handedly stopped GG's camp from saying he'll fight ANYBODY from 154 to 168.![]()
That's a little skewed. Mayweather was a kid coming in at 19 and Golovkin at what, 24,25? They have both basically defended their initial strap the same amount of times. When Mayweather did move up yeh...he got outfought and received a gift. Won the rematch, beat a guy who had been outboxed recently by Lamar Murphy and beat up Ndou who was positioned..."moving up and taking risks" to a top 4 ranking without having ever fought, let alone beat a top lightweight. Cherry pick eh? Golovkin is calling for unification and that's all you can hope a champ would do. Here's an idea..how about Ward just fighting? Anyone? Can't knock a guy for destroying guys and then with a straight face fault him for not fighting a guy in Ward who is content to sit on his couch.
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