The Jab Boxing Magazine Issue 2

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United States] for the press opponents have fought with fear conference we had a chat with in the past and he won’t repeat a few of the guys over there the mistake. [from K2 promotions] and that “Obviously you’ve got to have put that theory to rest. I would respect for the guy; he’s got never duck out of any fights and good punch power but I know I’d have been very disappointed exactly where I’m headed and if it had gone that way because where I am at the moment. You they [K2] wanted to set-up a can’t respect the guy too much, different fight. you have to back your own “I would have preferred to ability and that’s exactly what fight Macklin first because we are going to do. I’m going I think that’s where it was to be doing plenty of different headed, if I’d got through things; I’m going to be getting in Macklin I’d have been fighting there, moving around, I’m going Golovkin anyway. It would have to be doing it all. I’m going to frustrated me knowing that I’d do exactly what he doesn’t want missed out on a good, tough me to do. fight with Macklin if I didn’t need “He has been able to do to. The theories were interesting exactly what he wants against to start with but we found out most of the fighters he’s faced there was an injury so I’m just but he has shown a little bit of happy I’ve got this next fight weakness in his last two fights coming up.” [against Osmanu Adama and Of all the attributes a fighter Curtis Stevens] due to that can possess, a genuine super high confidence. He knockout punch is the one that knows he’s eventually going to unites the masses. It can sellknock people out so a lot of out venues, attract viewers in the time he’s not worried about a way footwork or hand speed getting hit himself. In those simply can’t and it can bring a fights he got hit a few times and sense of childlike joy to even looked a little bit surprised, a the most hardened and jaded little shocked even that he got of spectators. From Rocky hit. You can’t respect someone Marciano to Mike Tyson via too much and up until now, Julian Jackson, Aaron Pryor whether it’s been respect or and Nigel Benn these men fear a lot of the guys he’s fought have been elevated to almost have shown him too much. unhuman status due to their “I’ll be going out there and heavy hands. thinking only about myself, Gennady Golovkin is the landing my punches and boxing latest in this lineage of the way that I box. I know I’m punchers. The Kazakh has better defensively than the been on astronomical rise to guys he’s faced before and I’ll prominence since making his be using that to my advantage U.S debut in 2012. The journey as much as I can. Everyone so far has seen him progress knows that I like to get in there from the Turning Stone Casino and fight, throw plenty of attracting 685,000 viewers punches and that’s what will on HBO against Grzegorz be happening. It’s going to be Proksa to the Maddison Square something that Golovkin is not Garden Theater with a used to, it’ll depend on viewing audience of how he reacts but I’m 1.41 million for his last going to take him in Follow U.S bout against to uncharted waters, Daniel Geale Curtis Stevens. I’m going to take on Twitter. @RealDealGeale However Geale him to places he’s believes Golovkin’s never been before.”

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