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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