Golovkin vs Szeremeta

[Master]

Gennady Golovkin is back in the ring this week with the Kazakh superstar looking to shake off some ring rust after more than a year out due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The world middleweight champion defends his IBF title against Kamil Szeremeta, with the Polish fighter taking an enormous step up in quality to challenge the former pound-for-pound superstar.

Golovkin, now 38, and looking to rebound from a close and disputed points victory over Sergiy Derevyanchenko, will be eager to expend as little energy as possible ahead of another big fight in 2021, with hope of a trilogy against Canelo Alvarez, should the Mexican superstar prevail against Callum Smith a day after his bout - in what is a massive week for the future of the middleweight and super-middleweight divisions.

The appetite for that third fight is not as high as it once was, with some claiming Smith is a tougher, or at least more interesting opponent for Canelo, but there are more big fights out there for Golovkin should his rival resist the temptation to give the former Olympic silver medallist a chance at redemption after his disputed draw and then win from their two fights in 2017 and 2018.



WBO champion Demetrius Andrade, Billy Joe Saunders, who is currently the WBO champion at 168 pounds, Jermall Charlo, IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant and even Smith off a potential loss against Canelo, could all be discussed as potential opponents in 2021.

Golovkin v Szeremeta is on Friday, 18 December and will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Florida.

Gennadiy Golovkin vs Kamil Szeremeta – for the IBF middleweight title

Ali Akhmedov vs Carlos Gongora – for the IBO Super-Middleweight title

Hyun Mi Choi vs Calista Silgado – for the WBA Super-Featherweight title

John Ryder vs Michael Guy – Super-Middleweight bout

Reshat Mati vs. Dennis Okoth – Welterweight bout

Jalen Walker vs. Rafael Reyes – Featherweight bout

We expect GGG to win well and look good against an opponent in deep water after no test or bridge to this elite level. There is no opponent remotely close to the quality of Golovkin, even at this stage of his career, and the year out for the Kazakh off a punishing 12 rounds with Derevyanchenko will have done him the world of good. We’re going for GGG to stop Szeremeta in the fourth round and move on to perhaps the final ‘peak’ year left in his career in 2021 at the highest level.

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[imp]

Still no Charlo.

Still no BJS.

Still no Andrade.

GGG will not fight any slick boxers or move up in weight and challenge himself.

[X]

I am a big Golovkin fan. So avoided on the way up, so unlucky that no big defining fights happened until he was past his best, so robbed by the judges against Clenelo. Such a good fighter, so many dramatic knockouts.

Most definitely on a decline now though. Showed some weakness to the body in his last fight. Hope he gets some good paydays before he embarrasses himself.

[powerpuncher]

I think that GGG is still a top fighter (although I thought he lost to Derevyanchenko), but I’m not sure if we see him win any defining fights at this point. I’m assuming that he’s still waiting around hoping for a third Canelo fight, but I doubt he gets it at this point. I would be surprised if he fights Charlo or Andrade at this point.

Basically, I think that he could still compete at the top level, but he has dropped off enough that I’m not confident he beats the top fighters at middleweight anymore. Because of that, I think he avoids them unless it’s a huge money fight with Canelo.

[Memphis]

Yeah Golovkin was and still is a top operator, capable still of mixing it with the best whilst showing clear signs of slipping. Murderous puncher without the frailty that likes to follow a banger. The fucker was bomb proof. It's a shame those peak years weren't punctuated with something a bit better than Lemieux, Macklin, Murray. No disrespect intended to them, good fighters. What's he got three fights left on his deal, two after this one? I hope he can finish his career the way he wants and on a high.

[Spicoli]

Golovkin deserves better than these obscure steamroller matches. It's an after thought. Or maybe they're just waiting for him to lose quietly for the least pay out. Always a must watch but considering how Dazn is matching some of it's best 160 talent these days it's a bit forgettable.