GGG Responds to Mayweather Saying He’ll be ‘Easy Work’ GGG: ‘He’ll Be Easy Money’

Gennady Golovkin will face Dominc Wade this Saturday night and most likely grab his 22nd straight knockout.

21 straight knockouts is an impressive achievement for a middleweight. For any weight. Knockouts are what get the majority of boxing fans excited.

There have been many great knockout streaks over the years, not many of them are coming from this current era.

Between August 1970 and May 1972, Earnie Shavers had a streak of 27 straight knockouts.

Vitali Klitschko has many people calling him the greatest knockout artist of all time within the heavyweight division. When he started his pro career, he had 27 straight knockouts.

Edwin Valero is a name that many remember for the wrong reasons, in 2010 he was arrested for murdering his wife and then he committed suicide in police custody shortly afterwards. Valero fought at featherweight and lightweight. This didn’t stop him from having a punch like a heavyweight thought.. Knocking out all 27 of his opponents and stopping 19 of them in the very first round.

Alfonso Zamora is probably one of the smallest fighters to have such a high KO ratio. He had 29 big KO’s in a row at the start of his career.

Acelino Freitas is another little guy, fighting at featherweight, this Brazilian also stopped his first 29 opponents.

Henry Armstrong had over 100 knockouts in his career, a fighter many regard as one of the best. He clocked up 27 in a row.

George Foreman, another heavyweight, many say this guy had the hardest punch in the whole of the sport. He had 24 straight knockouts.

This guy for me is one of the most impressive on the list of knockout streaks, a true legend of the sport. Fighting at bantamweight Wilfredo Gomez notched 32 straight knockouts. The funny thing is, his pro debut was a draw, then he went on this amazing KO streak.

Then in the present day, we have Deontay Wilder, he has stopped all of his 36 opponents.

There is no doubt that GGG is going to put his name with these guys when it comes to knockout streaks. Golovkin has has some criticism with regards to the opposition he has faced, but, as the list of fighters above would say to you, you can only fight the people that are put in front of you.

Golovkin is a guy that people feel would beat Floyd Mayweather, a claim I have many problems with, namely because I have heard this many times over the years with many other names, but mostly because they are not even in the same weight category.

Golovkin was asked to comment on Floyd Mayweather Jr. saying that he would be ‘easy work.’ Floyd said that Golovkin is ‘straight up and down with no special effects,’ he claimed he wouldn’t be a challenge.

Golovkin said, “I think Floyd and his father know I’m very serious, he said easy game, I love easy work! Please bring and show me easy work, I’m ready for easy work, you know I love easy money and I love easy work. Please give me easy work.”

GGG went on to say how he doesn’t like Floyd’s style, to win on points, he likes, “true fighters.”

“I remember his fights against Maidana, I remember Floyd dancing a little bit, you know, I think I have chance, big chance.”

If Floyd and GGG were ever to meet, I’m not sure at what weight it’ll be. As Mayweather would be the main draw, I’m sure it’ll be somewhere near what suits Floyd more.