The most explosive fight in years - Golovkin v Lemieux

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Gonzalez was brilliant. Sheer poetry at times, as if he was creating an already imagined masterpiece, and that is no way underplaying the more than game performance of Viloria.

Golovkin did what he always does and took his opponent to pieces. I think part of the reason he looks so dominant in doing so is that he and his coach really study each opponent and they are often not given credit for doing so. He creates space and time to work because he really is not so heavy handed that he is in the habit of finishing things with one punch ( although his body shots nearly always signal the end being near if not immediate), and so he hammers his opponents into the corner of his own workshop, and they forget that they are there to earn a living. It's not so much that they are caught up in admiring his work, but more that he leaves them little light in which to figure out how to start. He hits thunderously hard at range and mixes it up beautifully up close, that's a rare and winning combination.

Perfectly said of GGG @Greenbeanz
I really do think (and i think he himself knows) that he can get any of the guys he's faced out of there whenever he chooses but holds back and batters them systematically for the pleasure of the crowd to create more of a show - he didn't really go to the body too much with his left (arguably his killer punch) after he dropped Lemieux.... i mean he threw some rights to the body and the odd left too but not to the extent most fighters would have after landing a punch like that, infact most fighters would have looked for that punch again every other punch as soon as the next round started.
I think it's safe to see he enjoys beating the shit out of people and the look he gave the ref when he stopped it was a kind of "Fuck off ref i ain't finished punishing him yet" look
I still think his absolute best has yet to be tapped into because nobody has come close to bringing it out of him, i'm pretty sure the dirty hard as nails street fighter (which is what he did as a kid under his older brothers orders) is another side/level we have yet to see in the ring.
If you put all the elements together that make up Golovkin.... Footwork, Timing, KO power in both hands, the boxing brain, proven chin and that ridiculously thumping jab then you really have a near on unbeatable fighting machine verging on perfection.
I don't see anyone beating him - and i mean up to Super Middleweights, yeah Ward is slick but i honestly think Golovkin is too clever and would stop him around 10-11 rounds