Boxing News: Gennady Golovkin ‘too big and too strong’ for Floyd Mayweather says veteran analyst

While Floyd Mayweather has not announced any change of his plans with regards to his retirement from the sport, respected boxing analyst Al Bernstein believes that the undefeated American will have a difficulty in getting the victory in a probable match-up against Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin, who is being touted as the next biggest star in boxing.

“I don’t think he beats [Gennady] Golovkin, I think Golovkin beats him. He’s too big and too strong and he knows how to box. I’m not sure Mayweather at this age can even defensively outbox him over the course of a twelve round fight. It’s [going to] be hard for him,” Bernstein stated in an interview with On The Ropes Boxing.

Bernstein is a world-renowned boxing analyst and journalist and has covered the sport since the 1970s.

Mayweather retired from boxing since his one-sided win over Andre Berto last September with the American going undefeated in 49 career bouts.

There are rumours that Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are in negotiations for a rematch of the “Fight of the Century” with the Filipino boxer confirming that he’s considering it although the American has been silent about the possibility that he unretires. Mayweather previously reneged on his retirement in 2008 when he announced he’s quitting from the sport but returned about a year later.

However, Golovkin’s rise to the elite group of boxers post-Mayweather retirement has fans talking about the Kazakh taking on the other top boxers in the sport including Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto, who takes on each other in November, and Mayweather, if he decides to return to boxing.

Bernstein’s opinion that Golovkin could be “too big and too strong” for Mayweather could be true as the Kazakh fighter campaigns in the middleweight and super middleweight divisions, or the 160 and 168 pound limits, respectively. Meanwhile, Mayweather has held titles in the welterweight and super welterweight divisions or the 147 and 154 pound limits in his career.

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