GGG:
The Myth or the Truth?
M.DeTyrone
I’m
not one to follow or believe the boxing media, announcers, or commentators
since they by the most part are pushing forward an agenda, which further
benefits their career economically. According the causal fans GGG is invincible,
a monster, a juggernaut of mythical power and can’t be defeated, but mention
Andre Ward 27-0 (14KO) who is one of the best boxers in the world other than
Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Guillermo Rigondeaux , and they act as if it’s
blasphemy. They comment, “Why doesn’t Ward go fight at 175 lbs.? GGG is a
middleweight.” However, according to GGG’s team they can defeat anyone from 154
lbs. to 175lbs. recently I’ve seen 168 lbs., and they were to fight Chavez Jr.
at some super middleweight catchweight. You see those facts don’t matter
because GGG is part of the boxing medias’ bandwagon propaganda that Rocky type
slugger that will save boxing. A few years ago, there was Lucas Matthysse
before him there was Nonito Donaire etc…
Notice
that there’s always this notion that boxing needs saving by a single fight or a
single boxer. I’m sorry! Boxing is bigger than one fight or a fighter, if you
believed that boxing needs to be save by one boxer or a fight. Then you have no
understanding of boxing and its history. Maybe it needs saving in a certain
ethnic demographic within the USA, but not worldwide because boxing remains
strong. Boxing in the USA doesn’t need a messiah but a higher boxing I.Q. fan
base.
Let’s look at the facts, stats, and all that
the boxer has accomplishes in the ring. Yeah, many say and show GGG pulls in averages
of millions of viewers and he’s a future but has never headlined a PPV event,
been part of a big PPV. Go figure that one out! Although his team panders to
the Mexican and Mex-USA fan base with constant comparisons to Julio Cesar
Chavez Sr. and his “Mexican Style,” there’s a strong push by boxing
commentators, journalist, announcers, and one network. Add the catchy name GGG
and after saying all that. He lacks the base of an ethic demographic, the
strong promoter and manager, like a “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio C. Chavez Jr.
has supporting them. The moment that GGG can sell a PPV with more than 600
thousand buys on his own without a Canelo, Cotto, or Chavez Jr. as opponents
then I’ll believe that he’s a true PPV star in the making. Outside that, it’s
all speculation and theories about the 32-year-old GGG being this great PPV
star. Boxing fans especially the modern casual fans are very fickle and they
only remember a boxer’s last victory and defeat. They are has quickly to jump
on a boxer’s bandwagon if the media promotes and the boxer defeats whoever, but
they are also as quickly to jump off the bandwagon.
GGG
has a very impressive pro record 32-0 (29KO) and average height of 5’ 10” not
typical of a middleweight and more of a Jr. Middleweight with a good reach of 70”
and he’s the current Super WBA Middleweight Champion and Interim WBC
Middleweight Champion. His KO power is very impressive and it’s and one of his
strongest marketable things. Very impressive 79 % of his 29 KO’s have been
within the first six rounds and 21% of his 29 KO’s have been within the 7th
and 12th round.
Nevertheless,
you must ask yourself who has GGG defeated, who has GGG KO’d in 32 fights? GGG in
32 fights has only face 2 ex world champions those being Kassim Ouma at the
time 27-7-1 (17 KO) not a KO artist or an elite boxer, who had recent defeats
against Gabe Rosado, Vanes Martirosyan, Cornelius Bundrage, Saul Roman, and
Jermain Taylor. The other was the boxer Daniel Geale 30-2 (16KO) who had a
recently had been defeat against Darren Barker 25-1 (16 KO) which later was
TKO’d in the second round versus Felix Sturm. Geale was not a KO artist or considered
an elite boxer, yet at the time considered GGG’s toughest opponent, until
recently.
Among
GGG’s great KO victims are Osumanu Adama 22- 3 (16KO): who lasted or survived
seven rounds. Curtis Stevens 25-3 (18KO) lasted eight rounds vs. GGG, struggled
vs. a prospect, and recently defeated by Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam. Macklin 29-4 (20KO)
KO’d in three via a body shot by GGG and recently demolished in the 10th
round by Jorge Sebastian Heiland. Nobuhiro Ishida 24-8-2 (9KO): KO’d in three
rounds by GGG, Ishida was and is not a boxer with power. Gabe Rosado was TKO’d
but was his first fight at middleweight and recently has lost severely. GGG has
faced many boxers like Makoto Fuchigami, which had less than 10 KO’s when he
faced GGG. Lujan Simon has less than 15 KO in 30 pro fights, and recently in 31
pro fights only 12KO’s.
Yes,
GGG many KO’s vs. boxers with little or no power that are able to stop his
moment and force and is able to expose his bad defense. In my opinion, until
GGG defeats Andre Ward in a fight then he’ll continue to be a highly hyped big
fish in a little middleweight pond.
