GOLOVKIN VS LEMIEUX

OCTOBER 17TH

HERE AT THE FIENDSQUAD HEADQUARTERS, WE LIKE BOXING.  WHEN I SAY WE LIKE BOXING, I MEAN, WE REALLY LIKE BOXING.  LIKE ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND, WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER TO WATCH A BOXING MATCH OF SOME SORT.  IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.  NOW, WHETHER OR NOT, IT'S WELL KNOWN FIGHTERS OR UP AND COMING FIGHTERS, WE WATCH THE FIGHTS.  NOW, WITH THE RESURGENCE OF BOXING ON REGULAR TELEVISION VIA PBC, WE CAN CATCH BOXING ALMOST ANYWHERE. 

NOW, ONE SUCH BOXING MATCH THAT HAS REALLY GOT ME ANTICIPATING, IS THE FIGHT BETWEEN GOLOVKIN AND LEMIEUX.  IT WILL BE ON PAY PER VIEW, BUT, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT WILL BE WORTH THE COST.  BOTH OF THE FIGHTERS CAN THROW, DO DAMAGE, AND TAKE DAMAGE.  THIS WILL BE A NON-STOP ACTION PACKED FIGHT, AND I AM EXPECTING FIREWORKS FOR SURE.  THAT BEING SAID, I WILL MAKE MY PREDICTION FOR THE WINNER OF THIS FIGHT, AND I CHOOSE TRIPLE G.  THE REASON I CHOOSE, GOLOVKIN, IS BECAUSE HE IS THE BETTER BOXER.  LEMIEUX, IS A PUNCHER, AND HAS A STALKING COME FORWARD, FLAT FOOTED, STYLE.  NOW, MOST FIGHTERS THAT GET IN WITH LEMIEUX, WOULD PROBABLY CAVE IN TO HIS RELENTLESS ATTACK.  HE THROWS HARD FROM BELL TO BELL, ROUND TO ROUND, AND BEGINNING TO END.  HE CAN TAKE PUNISHMENT, BUT, HE FADES IN THE LATER ROUNDS AND HE HAS HOLES IN HIS DEFENSE, WHICH MAKE HIM SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCHES.  HIS FIGHT AGAINST N'DAM, REALLY PROVED THAT.  TRIPLE G, HOWEVER, IS A BOXER....AND A PUNCHER.  ONE THING, I'VE NOTICED ABOUT GOLOVKIN, IS THAT HE CAN TURN ON HIS POWER, WHENEVER HE CHOOSES TO.  IN ADDITION, HE IS A GOOD BOXER THAT CAN PUT TOGETHER GOOD COMBINATIONS.  HE THROWS HIS PUNCHES FROM ODD ANGLES AS WELL, WHICH CAN CATCH AN OPPOSING FIGHTER NOT WELL SUITED IN DEFENSE.  GOLOVKIN HAS HAD AN EXTENSIVE AMATEUR BACKGROUND, AND HAS SHOWN HE CAN TAKE PUNISHMENT AS WELL.  HE CUTS OFF THE RING VERY WELL, AND IS JUST AN ALL AROUND SUPERIOR BOXER IN THIS WEIGHT CLASS.

I THINK GOLOVKIN WILL WIN BY TKO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 8TH.  I SEE LEMIEUX COMING OUT EARLY TO EARN TRIPLE G'S RESPECT, BUT, MOST LIKELY END UP EATING A LOT OF PUNCHES DUE TO GOLOVKINS BETTER BOXING.  I DO ANTICIPATE FIREWORKS AND BOTH FIGHTERS LANDING GOOD SOLID PUNCHES, HOWEVER, GOLOVKIN HAS THE TENDENCY TO BACK OFF HIS POWER SOMETIMES, ONLY TO COME BACK AND LAND POWER SHOTS THAT DROP HIS OPPONENT.  I THINK LEMIEUX MIGHT GAS EARLY GOING FOR THE KO, AND GOLOVKIN IS GREAT AT PACING HIMSELF.  THAT'S MY PREDICTION.  GOLOVKIN BY TKO, IN THE 8TH.  - 925