Welcome back fight fans to another video here on The Fight Game.
In this video we'll be looking into how we think Golovkin's most
recent transition to a new trainer may effect his boxing style.
We all know Golovkin for his devestating knockouts in the ring, being heavy-handed in
boxing seems to be something boxers are born with. When it comes to power, you either have
it or you don't. Boxing has seen it's fair share of god-given power, from Julian Jackson
to Gennady Golovkin to Deontay Wilder. But perhaps one of Golovkin's main strengths is
also one of his main weaknesses. Golovkin iterated
that the focus on his power punching was hindering his overall boxing performance,
and said he feels uncomfortable relying on it so much.
So with that came change.
For those that don't know, Golovkin parted ways with his trainer Abel Sanchez earlier
in April, leaving Abel visibly distraught. For what
reasons, we'll never truly know, but all fingers point
in the direction of Golovkin cutting down costs, as Golovkin is now 37 years old it's
not out of this world to say he may be approaching
the end of his career. Golovkin says it's because
he wants to try new things and being with Abel Sanchez he felt he lost that element
of learning. With a big signing to dazone he seems to be
taking more control of his boxing career. Golovkin
signed a six-fight three-year deal with dazone at the beginning of this year which will see
him fight until the year 2021.
Golovkin signed with new trainer Johnathon Banks. Banks is a former professional boxer
and was trained by the late Emmanual Steward. Emmanual Steward is a legendary trainer
who coached the likes of Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klistchko. Which means
decades of boxing knowledge has been passed down to Johnathon Banks, who will pass the
very same knowledge down to the man they call Triple G.
That ancient wisdom could prove to be very fundamental in shaping the course of the latter
stages of Gennady Golovkin's boxing career. First let's take a look at some of Golovkin's
excellent qualities of a fighter:
Power, this should come as no surprise to you as Golovkin sports a knockout ratio greater
than 85 percent. The strong piston-like jab, the looping
right hook, the chopping overhand left, Golovkin holds an assortment of different attacks in
his arsenal. While his Jab is orientated around disrupting
his opponents attack, it's also used as a measuring device for his looping right hook.
Golovkin's power isn't necessarily a kill switch like Deontay
Wilder's, but it's thudding and it's powerful enough to
earn any opponents respect.
Shifting, not many fans know of the lost art of shifting, for those that don't know the
art of shifting entails a switch in stance as one throws a
punch. By shifting your feet you're able to close the distance
much quicker, bringing you closer to your opponent, positioning you to unleash an additional
attack. This ancient technique has allowed Golovkin
to score many brutal knockouts ever since he first laced up
his professional gloves.
Distance control, another one of Golovkin's excellent qualities is his ability to control
the distance with his jab. Often toted as the best punch in
boxing, the jab has more use cases than any other punch.
In his fight versus David Lemiuex, we saw this on full display, the power puncher Lemiuex
walked into Golovkins's jab all night and Golovkin eventually
broke him down to score a technical knockout victory.
Those are some of the qualities that were focused on and reinforced by his former trainer
Abel Sanchez, but now with his new trainer Jonathon Banks, Golovkin
may have added a new quality to his arsenal, and that's
speed.
Not necessarily speed in the form of punching, but his mobility, his movement, ever since
signing with Banks he seems lighter on his feet, he's using head
movement. He seems to have added a touch of fluidity
to his boxing style. And then in June, he brought this to the ring,
as he knocked out Steve Rolls on his dazone debut.
Golovkin still looks good at 37 years old, what do you guys think? Does he still have
what it takes to compete at middleweight world class, or
is his time coming to pass. We think Golovkin still has a few more
good fights left in him.
The change in style could help Golovkin prolong his career, while he once before seemed invincible,
now that he's been beaten people have written him off. While
others still strongly believe that Golovkin not only won the first Canelo
fight, but the second one too. Perhaps it's fair to call the score one-one.
Golovkins new style may actually help him reach knockouts even easier as he becomes
a more well rounded fighter. All things considered it will be interesting
to see how Golovkin evolves with his new trainer Johnathan Banks,
who knows, maybe we are yet to see the best Gennady Golovkin.
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