Gennady Golovkin
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Sure, the Kazakh is 31-0 with 28 knockouts, but Lemieux would be an idiot for not wanting to put his name next to GGG’s. It’s not like Golovkin is too picky with his opponents, either. At this point, the undefeated boxer is still interested in finding guys to keep his record alive and kicking.
The problem with GGG is that he’s a professional knockout fighter. His opponents either think they can outpunch him before they expose themselves and get knocked out, or they play defense and last a few rounds–before they get knocked out.
Lemieux has proven that he can be a hard hitter, but are we banking on him knocking out GGG here? Not even close. The Canadian’s best bet in this set up would be to survive and look talented against the Kazakh machine in order to gain more publicity and respect for future bouts.
