Re: Golovkin in 80s-90s.
As much as I like GGG, I don't think I could fathom those matchups yet, as we haven't been able to see if he has more than one gear. It remains to be seen whether he is just a Tank that eventually rolls over everything in his path, snuffing them out with hard punches or if he can add finesse to his game and win by design, rather than attrition. I have seen him adapt somewhat during a fight to see punches he's already been hit with but a lot of his ko's have either come while trading or walking down an opponent. The hunter has to become the hunted to reveal his guile.
At this point its theoretical style and toughness match ups. He could match up well with any raging bull types, where his chin gives him opportunities to trade and target, but with evasive, speedy combo counter punchers like jones, he could track and stalk and get cut to ribbons for his trouble without landing something flush and meaningful the whole fight. The only fight there's maybe an inkling for to me is a toney fight, if we liken GGG to a faster, better conditioned jirov who mixed up body and head punches a little better. Toney still out slicks him, but based on effective aggression and GGG chin so far and toneys reluctance to use his legs, it could go to a decision closer than maybe some think.
Against hopkins, i just see him popping the kazaks head back when hes moving straight back and tying him up, i wouldn't put it past this fight to end in some kind of controversy where the frustration winds up with hopkins thrown to the floor or rabbit punched and trying to make an easy night of it.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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