The challenge is now tied at ten points after Arthur Abraham's unanimous decision over Paul Smith to keep his minor Super Middleweight title and with Gennady Golovkin's eleventh round stoppage of Martin Murray.
I haven't had a chance to see the Abraham week,but a few thoughts on the wrecking ball that is "GGG".
Before the bout,most said that Martin Murray is the best fighter that Golovkin has fought and should provide a stern test.
Keep in mind that similar things were said about Matthew Macklin (finished in 3),Daniel Geale (again,through in 3) and to a lesser extent Marco Antonio Rubio (gone in 2),so these voices were heard before..
Murray did give Golovkin a battle,but in the end-Golovkin mowed down Murray just as he has done to everyone else as he floored Murray twice in the fourth and might have stopped him then and there had he turned up to gas a little bit.
Golovkin would send Murray flying across the ring late in the tenth with a right hand that reminded me of when Ken Patera would pick up the enhancement talent and just throw them across the ring with ease.
Golovkin finished Murray off in the eleventh with a proud Murray not going down,but essentially helpless along the ropes.
Murray's corner could have stopped the bout many times and saved their courageous warrior,but continued to send him out for more.
Instead,Golovkin delivered the type of beating that ruin fighters careers to Martin Murray and that's sad.
Martin Murray might have proved himself as the second best middleweight in the world in this loss,but there is a huge gap between number one and number two.
If Murray has anything left after such a prolonged beating that has changed fighters for the worse after similar outings,I would consider picking him against any of the other 160 pounders and that includes Miguel Cotto (more on him soon).
I think Murray beats the winner of the vacant IBF title bout between David Lemieux and Hassan N'Dam and I think he beats WBO champion Andy Lee or his latest challenger Peter Quillin as well.
Murray doesn't punch hard,but his skills (assuming this bout doesn't speed up their deteriorating) might win decisions against any of these fighters.
It'll be interesting to see Murray's next few fights to see what this defeat and pounding took out of him.
As for GGG,he wants to fight three more times this year and I'm just not sure if we will see fighters against him any better than Martin Murray.
Miguel Cotto is the WBC champ and he seems more interested in fighting junior welterweights (Mentioned names include Tim Bradley,Brandon Rios and Cornelius Bundrage) for the middleweight crown.
I'd have a lot more respect for Cotto,if he said "I'm a natural 147 pounder at this stage of my career,proud to have won the middleweight belt,but it's too much for me etc" and vacated the title.
That would be understandable,but Cotto wants to fight once a year,duck top competition (he pulled out of a Canelo Alvarez bout),yet hold onto his title.
I can't see Canelo Alvarez fighting Golovkin anytime soon,since he is the top fighter of Golden Boy Promotions,who couldn't afford a huge loss.
I think Alvarez might try him in 2016,but I'd be surprised if it was this year.
Andre Ward talks about GGG for his 168 pound title,but that's all talk because Ward doesn't fight anyone of late.let alone someone of the talent of Golovkin....
If you want to see Golovkin collect all the titles-you need to root for David Lemieux against Hassan N'Dam and Andy Lee against Peter Quillin.
I do think GBP would take the risk with Lemieux,an exciting puncher,who would instantly move up in value with an exciting win over GGG and Andy Lee almost fought Golovkin before and I think he would again,which is more than I can say for Peter Quillin,who wouldn't fight Matt Korobov because manager Al Haymon said no.
No way that Quillin fights Golovkin and neither does the newest Haymon fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr,who backed out of a agreed to Golovkin bout,jumped to Haymon and then began to toss Twitter challenges,knowing all the while that Haymon would never allow it.
Looking at the WBA ratings for possible fights,I'd bet one of the next two will be the WBA top contender Dmitri Chudinov (or Chris Eubank Jr,if Eubank beats Chudinov Saturday night in England) and after that,it's going to be whoever steps up.
If I had to guess,Chudinov/Eubank winner,Lemieux and Lee would be the perfect dance card,but lots of things have to fall into place for that to occur.
In any event,Gennady Golovkin is always must see television right now and I'd bet that the steamroller keeps on running because I just don't see anyone standing up to him under 175 (yes I said 175) pounds for quite a while....
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