I wanted to get predictions on record for reference, hence the separate thread. I was going back and forth on this one as y'all know but I have now settled on a final pick. I'm going with conventional thinking and picking GGG by stoppage. I think it'll be a war, and GGG will be tested. Lemieux will shake him up more than once and drop him at least once with a left hook. GGG will be getting in his licks too though and both men will be bruised and battered by the end of the 8th...with Lemieux slightly ahead on points. GGG will step it up again at the start of the final third and stop Lemieux on his feet with a barrage of unanswered shots before the end of the 9th. Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin TKO 9 The Sly One has Spoken!!
Golovkin KO 7 It's gonna be a war, obviously. I think early on it's competitive, both guys hurt the other with big shots. But Triple G is physically stronger and I think he's gonna break down Lemieux with body shots. Fight of the year.
Golovkin TKO 8. GGG will not recieve a count at any stage. He'll lose no more than 3 rounds, & as puerto rock wrote, he'll break Lemieux down to the body.
GGG by KO 2.....lemieux was shit in in 2011 when he lose vs. Rubio n Alcine...he's still SHIT TODAY....Murray, Monroe jr., Rosado, Curtis....all put up a better fight than Lemieux ...
Lemieux has shown in his last few fights that he's improved since his two losses. He's not a shit fighter. He'd have a legit chance of beating anybody at 154-160, EXCEPT for GGG.
GGG KO 3-4... EPIC Slugfest...Lemieux Dropped 2-3 Times, Possibly for the FULL 10 Count and Beyond...GGG Dropped (Or @ the Very Least VISIBLY Hurt) Himself...It'll Be Brief yet COMPETITIVE Enough to Warrant a RE, if Neither Man has a More Lucrative Option on the Horizon... REED:shadow:
I believe GGG is the best aggressive counter-punching, pressure fighter in boxing today. Lemieux is not on his level. It's a solid matchup but I think Golovkin will raise his game because of the aggression and power that Lemieux brings to the table. I see this being GGG's finest performance to date. Golovkin TKO 4
Golovkin wins by a 10 count KO in three rounds, snatching the KOTY over this: [video=youtube;7scGb5yWJ94]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7scGb5yWJ94[/video]
I don't see GGG having the one punch power to deliver the Ten Count KO on a guy like Lemieux. However stranger things have happened...Nunn-Kalambay, Marquez-Pacquiao and Martinez-Williams for example.
To the body he does. I was actually more optimistic about this fight when it was first announced. I was thinking maybe it could be an explosive back and forth war til DL gets stopped. Now I'm thinking it's just gonna be a massacre. I don't even think we'll see Golov tested as much as we'd like. He's just gonna beat up LeMoo every single round. IF I'm wrong, great! Always been a Lemeiux fan. It'd be awesome if he pulled the upset, but it'd also be a miracle.
You're examples aren't remotely apposite. Golovkin is a big puncher who can take out anyone with one punch, especially a guy like Lemieux whose only match against a big puncher resulted in a ko. Now, after all that, I'm going to pick GGG by easy decision. Lemieux is dangerous, GGG will be able to control him easily without taking risk, and Lemieux is going to have something to prove and probably won't want to get stopped. Those paying for this card need to hope that GGG tries to impress the crowd and justify the ppv, rather than fight smart and to win. I'm not paying for it. I can see it being a great fight, but there's really only one guy who's going to win. Viloria isn't a ppv fighter, either.
I agree, they are bad examples as a whole, in that GGG is a known puncher. I only bring them up to illustrate that one punch KOs can happen at anytime to anyone...so while I don't see GGG being able to KO Lemieux with one punch (to the head that is) I accept that it's a possibility. One punch body shot KO from him or anyone else is always a distinct possibility however.
Possible, in that GGG is the better overall fighter, but Lemieux is younger very determined and confident and is a better now now than when he was stopped. As such I see GGG tested in this one.
I don't see how his youth matters. This is not Canelo-Cotto where you got a prime young guy against a fading older guy. Golov is a fresh 34, still in his prime, and hasn't incurred damage in any fights. As for confidence - yeah, Lemieux is confident NOW! But in the immortal words of Iron Mike, "Everybody has a plan til they get hit." In other words, after Golov hits him, his confidence will change...
I hear that but that quote and its logic works both ways in this one as Lemieux hits hard too, and harder than anyone that GGG has fought to date. Who knows how GGG will fight after he gets hit. That power may keep him honest.
