Gennady Golovkin

By Scott Gilfoid: For #1 WBC Martin Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs) to have a chance at beating WBA Super World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) next Saturday night on February 21st, Murray will need to be a great fighter, and not merely a good fighter.

We really don’t even know if Murray is a good fighter because he’s never really beaten anyone of note. All we’ve seen is Murray picking up wins against mediocre guys with less than spectacular credentials, such as Domenico Spada and Max Bursak. Those are middle of the road middleweights, and not the kind of guys that would give anyone problems.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Next Saturday night on February 21st, WBA Super World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) will be defending his WBA title against #1 WBC Martin Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs) on HBO Championship Boxing in Monte Carlo.

Earlier today, Golovkin and Murray both weighed in for their 7-day weights. Golovkin came in at 163 pounds. Murray weighed in five pounds over the middleweight limit at 165 pounds. Golovkin has very little weight to take off for the fight, and he should have no problems.

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By Niall Kaye: Ever since our sports official inception around the year 1691 and through subsequent centuries, fans have had a voyeuristic obsession with power punchers. Think Jack Dempsey, Ernie Shavers and most notably Tyson, these men were amongst the most exciting, exhilarating and enigmatic figures the sport has seen, and their attraction was impelled exclusively by the devastating power they possessed in their fists.

But there was always a problem with pure power punchers: they are historically one dimensional, and so are beatable. In the case of WBA Super World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs), the aforementioned theory stands to be proven. But I must speak directly. I fear this theory will be proven sooner rather than later.

I hope you don’t construe my directness as unkindness, nor bias. Golovkin, is of yet, untested. He is able to emphatically beat fighters who are fearful of his power, who freeze on the night and who are caught up in the hype which he has induced. These fighters have expected to be beaten, and so were dispatched accordingly.

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By Scott Gilfoid: In just eight more days from now, WBA Super World middleweight champion and WBC interim 160lb champ Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) will be putting his straps on the line for his title defense against Britain’s Martin Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs) in what Golovkin hopes will be an easy fight on February 21st at the Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

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By Gerardo Granados: On February 21 at the Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo in Monaco, the defending WBA – IBO middleweight champion of the world Gennady “GGG” Golovkin W31 (28)-L0-D0 will try to increase his long 18 knockout streak against the favorite son of St Helens City middleweight contender Martin Murray W29 (12)-L1-D1; also, Golovkin aims to increase his winning title defense streak to an outstanding 18 consecutive knockouts.

First of all, Martin Murray took a fight against maybe the second most avoided fighter next to bantamweight king Guillermo Rigondeaux. Let us not forget that for Murray this will be the third time that he gets a shot at a major organization championship and at his last two chances he could have been declared the winner. But why is Murray such an underdog at the betting odds? Is it because we might be overlooking a solid middleweight contender giving him just a minimal chance to win?

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