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Message: [QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 3129610, member: 516"] I agree - Prime Golovkin never had a “mega-fight” nor faced a top-flight opponent who could challenge him. Unfortunately, GGG’s Prime coincided with a weak 160 lb era. Boxing’s top flight talent (6-7 yrs ago or so) was either too small (Jr Middleweights/Welters), at the end of their careers or bigger (LtHeavy). Just bad timing... And Golovkin never showed any interest in moving up (after cleaning out a weak Middleweight Division) to fight bigger guys (Ward, Kovalev). Both HBO fighters as well BTW. Big career management mistake IMO. Speculation on my part - Abel Sanchez (GGG’s Trainer for most of his career) knew Golovkin’s advantages (strength, hard hands, pressure attack) would not translate well against bigger competition. Unless GGG could overpower his opponent, he was too mechanical, hittable, slow afoot and had just average world-class reflexes. Ward (and even Kovalev) were big enough to keep GGG at a distance and turn him into punches all night. Again - I think Sanchez knew this. So he kept Gennady at 160 and waited for Canelo to grow (or steroid, Lol) into a full fledged Middle. Ironic that Alvarez is jumping to 175 to fight Kovalev (perhaps a shop-worn version) in a quasi mega fight; something GGG’s management never showed interest in doing... Too bad GGG never had a deep middleweight division to fight. It was, honestly, very weak (when compared to the Monzon, Hagler eras). Even Roy Jones era was better. Either way, I think GGG (as an All-Time Great) ranks with Monzon and Hagler as among the best I’ve seen at 160 (Roy is another league). Based on what I saw tonight, I hope GGG retires. Old sluggers don’t get better after absorbing a beating from a younger, stronger guy. But DAZN is paying allot of money, so he probably won’t... My prediction - May 2020 rematch with Canelo. Unless Krusher upsets this timetable... [/QUOTE]

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