HBO's veteran broadcast analyst, Jim Lampley, believes the Golovkin we saw last Saturday night is not the same fighter who demolished 23 straight opponents inside the distance.
Lampley is one of those experts who believes that Golovkin, approaching 36-years-old, is starting to show signs of aging.
...Lampley has serious doubts about GGG's ability to win the rematch.
"[After watching the Canelo fight,] I've learned that Gennady Golovkin is deteriorating before our very eyes. I believe that he's slipping and I did not really see it that clearly in the Jacobs fight as I saw it this time. Most particularly his unbelievable footwork, his ability to trap opponents and put pressure on them - isn't there any more," Lampley told BS.com.
"And he only landed eight body shots in the fight, apparently concerned about being countered upstairs by Canelo...
"But seeing what I saw in that fight, I don't know if I'd make him the favorite to win the rematch - because I think Canelo learned enough about what Gennady does. And if Gennady does not get back some of what it seems to me that he's lost, if he's going to be that timid about throwing body shots in the second fight - then I think Canelo is going to take a big advantage of that. I think you are going to have to see a slightly different Gennady Golovkin if he's going to be the winner of the second fight."
Well he is right GGG is slipping but still formidable . It's in his companies interest that we think Canelo has a chance of winning a rematch..
The part I need a double check on I almost thought heard him say that the Linares vs Campbell fight was better than GGG vs Canelo, he couldn't have said that right?
I don’t feel that GGG is slipping on iota… or at least there isn’t sufficient evidence support such a notion.
The calibre of the opposition that Gennady had faced prior to the start the current calendar year was absolutely dire… and that includes Kell Brook, who was merely a blown-up welterweight that even GGG conceded had no place competing at 160lbs.
Now that Golovkin has finally started engaging in bouts against genuinely talented top-tier world-class opponents that weren’t intimidated by his fearsome reputation, whilst also being similar in physical stature to himself, then none of us should even be slightly surprised about the Kazakh puncher suddenly appearing to be “only human”.
Golovkin is a really good fighter… and still is, but casual fight fans need to realign their expectations of his performance levels whenever they see him engage in bouts against marquee names like Jacobs and Canelo, because they do both GGG and also his opponents a disservice by demanding that he always deliver one-sided beat-downs resulting in him scoring quick KO’s!
If GGG had engaged in a rematch against Willie Monroe Jr. instead of facing Canelo a week ago, the American would have been stopped much earlier than he was more than two years ago.
Lampley makes it seem as if the judges' scores were legitimate and none of them were in my opinion. We can say the same thing about Canelo. He ran away, he looked fatigued, etc.
his ability to trap opponents and put pressure on them - isn't there any more," Lampley told BS.com.
Let me get this straight - GGG, at the age 0f 35, faces what many consider to be the toughest opponent of his career, backs him up for most of the fight.........and he's LOSING the ability to put pressure on?
GoonyGooGoo wrote:his ability to trap opponents and put pressure on them - isn't there any more," Lampley told BS.com.
Let me get this straight - GGG, at the age 0f 35, faces what many consider to be the toughest opponent of his career, backs him up for most of the fight.........and he's LOSING the ability to put pressure on?
He's not going to the body anymore like he used to. Lampley isn't wrong, and the GGG from his amazing KO streak would've stopped Canelo.
GoonyGooGoo wrote:his ability to trap opponents and put pressure on them - isn't there any more," Lampley told BS.com.
Let me get this straight - GGG, at the age 0f 35, faces what many consider to be the toughest opponent of his career, backs him up for most of the fight.........and he's LOSING the ability to put pressure on?
He's not going to the body anymore like he used to. Lampley isn't wrong, and the GGG from his amazing KO streak would've stopped Canelo.
Didn't GGG back Canelo up throughout the fight though?
GoonyGooGoo wrote:his ability to trap opponents and put pressure on them - isn't there any more," Lampley told BS.com.
Let me get this straight - GGG, at the age 0f 35, faces what many consider to be the toughest opponent of his career, backs him up for most of the fight.........and he's LOSING the ability to put pressure on?
He's not going to the body anymore like he used to. Lampley isn't wrong, and the GGG from his amazing KO streak would've stopped Canelo.
Didn't GGG back Canelo up throughout the fight though?
First 3 rounds, IIRC were all Canelo. GGG didn't even back him up in the 12th when Canelo was dead tired. Sorry, my memory isn't super specific, but I remember Canelo winning the 12th on his activity alone.
It wasn't the same GGG that used to cut off the ring with the precision of a surgeon and commit some lethal body-shots.
Mexi-Box wrote:
He's not going to the body anymore like he used to. Lampley isn't wrong, and the GGG from his amazing KO streak would've stopped Canelo.
Didn't GGG back Canelo up throughout the fight though?
First 3 rounds, IIRC were all Canelo. GGG didn't even back him up in the 12th when Canelo was dead tired. Sorry, my memory isn't super specific, but I remember Canelo winning the 12th on his activity alone.
It wasn't the same GGG that used to cut off the ring with the precision of a surgeon and commit some lethal body-shots.
Well my memory isn't super specific either, but I remember GGG stuffing the jab in his face throughout the fight and Canelo backing up most of the time. Whether or not GGG was afraid to go to the body, or if it was part of his plan I don't know. So Lamps was dead wrong about that.
Didn't GGG back Canelo up throughout the fight though?
First 3 rounds, IIRC were all Canelo. GGG didn't even back him up in the 12th when Canelo was dead tired. Sorry, my memory isn't super specific, but I remember Canelo winning the 12th on his activity alone.
It wasn't the same GGG that used to cut off the ring with the precision of a surgeon and commit some lethal body-shots.
Well my memory isn't super specific either, but I remember GGG stuffing the jab in his face throughout the fight and Canelo backing up most of the time. Whether or not GGG was afraid to go to the body, or if it was part of his plan I don't know. So Lamps was dead wrong about that.
And BTW I had the first three rounds for Canelo too, although I thought he won them going backwards most of the time
He's right on the money. Same thing I thought for the most part, the only thing I would disagree with is that he can win the rematch doing the same thing like he should've won the first. Canelo won't do shit in a rematch.
