GGG: The Myth or the Truth? M.DeTyrone

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 7^th and 12^th 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 10^th 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.