What does Golovkin do next?

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Sour note to go out on so he should probably fight at 160 again and see how it feels.

[TIC]

i think jaime munguia is a good fight for ggg. is jermall still fighting? just stay far away from zhanibek

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Golovkin doesn’t lose any ground at 160 for losing a fight to the top guy at 168. For one thing, different weight class. For another, and even bigger thing since these rankings are not “official” .... no one else in this division has made anything close to a compelling enough argument that they should be considered the top middleweight.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

I mean would Charlo or Alimkhanuly beat today’s GGG? Yeah, it's possible I think. But Charlo’s title reign has been truly HO-HUM and Janibek is just getting started, hasn’t had the chance to make a serious dent just yet. FUCKING HELL, none of them are likely to fight each other.

[palmerq]

Munguia would be a good one if they can set it up, I doubt Golovkin is going to take on any less famous monsters.. GGG would make Jaime look silly and both would probably get paid well, I don't think that's a bad choice for his next fight, get back in the win column then take on some real challenges..

Golovkin is still pretty handy and he managed to turn up the energytowards the end. The very slow start is a problem though. He's still got a few good fights left in him.

[TitoFan]

Retire.

He got his money... he proved he can still climb the ring ropes at 40. He proved Father Time takes no prisoners. He proved he's hard to knock out.

Nothing left to prove.

Retire, before he makes a fool of himself in the ring.

I've always liked GGG. But I don't like that he willingly played the fall guy for Canelo's manufactured legacy not once, but THREE times.

Enough already. Leave.

[mikeeod]

Tough for GGG moving forward- I don’t see the same intensity and he built his style and “expectations” around intensity. BHOP is one of the only fighters I can think of who made a name for himself as a pressure fighter/puncher and then managed to successfully make a complete shift to intelligent, defensive minded, skillful boxer for the latter half of his career. GGG has built the expectation that he will walk his opponent down, break him down with big punches and pressure, and then take him out.

With even a little of his stamina and intensity gone, that expectation won’t be met and he will have to do what you’ve seen lately: focus on pace and his jab. When you are expecting to see a killer/The Terminator, and you get a guy trying to control the fight with his jab, even if he is winning the perception is that h is losing since he isn’t meeting what you have come to expect. Additionally, while GGG is strong and skilled, I don’t see him having the athleticism or craftiness\ring IQ that Bernard did.

With all that being said, I would like to see GGG fight Charlo next. I think Charlo has the hype for a payday for GGG, and I honestly feel like Charlo is overrated and will fold in a tough fight with GGG. There is some danger since Charlo is athletic and explosive, but I feel like this is a very winnable fight for GGG over a guy with name recognition/hype.

[Master]

Golovkin was avoided by the middleweight champions early in his career so missed out on big pay days. When he was champion he did not have the biggest challengers to build his legacy that it should have been.

Triple G is still unified middleweight champion and could fight in his home country, and then take on Charlo for undisputed before retiring in an ideal world.

[east end bob]

Sour note to go out on so he should probably fight at 160 again and see how it feels.

Golovkin is past his best but still one of the best out there. In my view the Canelo score is 2/1 to Golovkin. The fact that he did lose this one against Canelo is in part due to a slow start and poor game plan. I think that he was reserving his tank for a long fight but did it for too long. He was back to the old Golovkin in the later rounds. He is in my view far from finished as he would still beat most if not all of the middleweight contenders.