Abel Sanchez gets paid to think that Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is the best fighter in the world, but I highly doubt that he’s paid to run off and tell those thoughts to the media.
In an interview with The Sweet Science Sanchez said that GGG would easily do away with some of the best fighters in the world:
“Miguel Cotto doesn’t make it out of the fifth round and he knows it. Canelo doesn’t make it out of the eighth round and his people know it. Andre Ward doesn’t make it out of the 10th round, and that’s why they lost your digits.”
“Andre Ward, his management, his attorney are talking but only doing that, talking. It’s a smoke screen, only to stay boxing-relevant. They need to follow up, call [Golovkin’s manager] Tom Loeffler, maybe they lost his number also.”
It’s reasonable for Sanchez to have confidence in GGG given his recent performances but it should also be noted that GGG has yet to fight anyone the caliber of Ward, Canelo, and Cotto. GGG needs to prove that his power will move with him as he jumps around weight classes; and more importantly that his chin will hold up as well.