Middleweights: Gennady Golovkin vs. Emile Griffith

[scorpio83]

15 Rounds Middleweight Bout

Would GGG swarm all over Griffith with his jabs and punching power to take a decision or vice versa for Griffith who would out-box GGG on the outside behind his jabs and combinations to take a decision. What do you guys think and who do you got?

[gilgamesh]

Griffith was almost always sturdy as all hell so I don't think Golovkin can stop him. I expect we'd see a very competitive Boxing match here with either Griffith or Golovkin winning by a narrow margin of 8 rounds to 7 or 9 rounds to 6.

I'd favor Golovkin as he's a more natural Middleweight, but Griffith at his best as a Middleweight (the version of him who beat Benvenuti lets' say) could certainly hold his own in this fight.

[DrDuke]

Griffith was almost always sturdy as all hell so I don't think Golovkin can stop him. I expect we'd see a very competitive Boxing match here with either Griffith or Golovkin winning by a narrow margin of 8 rounds to 7 or 9 rounds to 6.

I'd favor Golovkin as he's a more natural Middleweight, but Griffith at his best as a Middleweight (the version of him who beat Benvenuti lets' say) could certainly hold his own in this fight.

Sounds about right.

[elmersalsa]

GGG would be too strong. It would be Carlos Monzon all over again.

[goose 5]

Griffith by decision.

[giacomino]

Same. Griffith was amazingly durable. I just don't think GGG could dent him and Emile would do enough to win a close decision. The difference with a Monzon, for instance, is that Monzon was brilliant at using his size advantage. And even then, Griffith gave him a hell of a tough fight in both bouts.