By Robert Segal: Boxing legend Robert Duran says Gennadiy Golovkin looked “lazy” and “weak” losing to Canelo Alvarez last Saturday night.
Duran feels that Golovkin didn’t make the right decisions inside the ring, and feels he needs to “retire now” after his lack of performance in losing to Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) in a 12-round unanimous decision. decision.
For Duran, he was disappointed in the efforts displayed by the 40-year-old Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) in losing to undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Duran wasn’t just disappointed in Golovkin, he also wasn’t in love with Canelo’s efforts. It looked like Canelo was preserving his strength for fear of running out of gas in the second half, which he did anyway.
He thinks Canelo was going to apply more pressure on Golovkin and knocked him out because he was there to stop him if the Mexican star came after him.
Durán: GGG “didn’t think well”
“It was okay because I didn’t see anything. I thought Canelo was going to apply more pressure to knock him out,” Roberto Duran told Fight Hub TV of his thoughts on Canelo’s win over Golovkin.
“GGG had a year without fighting. A year without a fight, but he didn’t apply much pressure.
“Of course, fight that rematch with him. It would be nice,” Duran said when asked if Canelo should fight Dmitry Bivol next.
“Retreat now. He lost to Canelo,” Duran said of what Golovkin should do next. “GGG is not the same as before. I saw it loose; I saw him weak; his mind didn’t help him. He didn’t think well. In boxing, you have to think a lot.”
Golovkin collapsed mentally
“We waited and wished and waited for that moment that never came,” Danny Jacobs told DAZN Boxing about Golovkin failing to explode with his offense.
“For me, I said it before the fight. Father time waits for no one, and you watch GGG mentally break down. He saw him grow old in that fight, and he saw him fail to time a younger, faster, stronger champion in Canelo.
“It was a strong sense of a lack of urgency in GGG’s behavior. As a champion, someone who understands putting it all on the line, that’s why you hoped he could do this the way he wanted it to,” Jacobs said.
