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Following Froch's comments on GGG, saying his best wins are against British fighters Murray and Macklin. I disagree.

The middleweight division hasn't really boomed for quite some time and there are some good fighters in the division, who GGG is yet to fight..

But in your honest opinions. Who is/are GGG's best wins?

The fact remains, he has won his fights in some fashion and has wins over the likes of..

Grzegorz Proksa
Gabriel Rosado
Matthew Macklin
Curtis Stevens
Daniel Geale
Marco Antonio Rubio
Gabriel Rosado
Martin Murray
Willie Monroe Jr
David Lemieux
Kell Brook

Surprisingly, he has only took three 0's of his opponents, two of them being his last two fight.

Martin Murray was Golovkin's best win.

Enlightened-One wrote:Martin Murray was Golovkin's best win.

Agreed.

Kell Brock sure

Kell Brook is clearly the best fighter GGG has faced, but he's a welterweight.

Daniel Geale was the most accomplished middleweight GGG has faced and arguably the best boxer, but the power-chin matchup meant that Geale was always going to be stopped eventually. Geale couldn't hurt GGG and couldn't take his punch.

Martin Murray was GGG's toughest, most durable opponent to date, but GGG was never in danger in that fight because Murray just couldn't hurt him.

David Lemieux and Curtis Stevens were the most dangerous opponents GGG has faced, due to their power, but GGG neutralized them with his boxing ability.

GGG lacks an A-level fighter on his resume (I would consider Brook A-level, but he's a welterweight, so it doesn't fully count), but he has wins over several B-level fighters - guys who were legit top 5-10 in the division, real contenders who gave other champions very close, competitive fights, some of whom were arguably robbed. GGG stopped them all in dominant fashion. This is why he is favoured to beat anyone from 154-168lb, Canelo included.

jezzamundo wrote:GGG... has wins over several B-level fighters - guys who were legit top 5-10 in the division, real contenders...

Going by the Ring Magazine ratings, which are usually synchronised with ESPN's, Golovkin has only ever faced two top five-ranked 160lb-ers. He has fought a total of six top ten contenders (four of which ranked 7th to 10th).

I'm not being critical of Golovkin's talents, as he's clearly a very very good fighter, but his resume is extremely weak for a man of his status in the sport.

Enlightened-One wrote:

jezzamundo wrote:GGG... has wins over several B-level fighters - guys who were legit top 5-10 in the division, real contenders...

Going by the Ring Magazine ratings, which are usually synchronised with ESPN's, Golovkin has only ever faced two top five-ranked 160lb-ers. He has fought a total of six top ten contenders (four of which ranked 7th to 10th).

I'm not being critical of Golovkin's talents, as he's clearly a very very good fighter, but his resume is extremely weak for a man of his status in the sport.

I don't disagree with any of that.

I wonder how many active champions have defeated more top 10 contenders than GGG? I bet the list isn't all that long.