2. Back Golovkin Up
Photo by Marilyn Paulino/RBRBoxing
One of the easiest ways to take away Gennady Golovkin‘s confidence is to make him fight going backwards–repeatedly. As great as Golovkin looks coming forward, one of his weaknesses is his inability to fight going backwards. You don’t find a large number of fighters who can, but it certainly is an asset when facing another pressure fighter.
I’ve seen Golovkin look uncomfortable going back when he was tagged with several effective shots. The reason why he was able to keep coming forward is because his opponents lacked follow-through. On the other hand, we’ve seen Lemieux throw ripping combinations and continue to come forward relentlessly.
If he can do this in the right moments with Golovkin, he can have a real shot at testing his chin and at the very least, position himself more favorably on the scorecards.
