Gabe Rosado believes that Gennadiy Golovkin is not the hardest puncher he has ever faced.
Golovkin is currently the WBO middleweight champion after recently vacating his IBF strap at 160lbs, and is regarded as one of the fiercest fighters in the modern era.
Rosado lost to Golovkin in 2013, and while he acknowledges the technique behind his blows he pointed to an opponent the following year as the opponent who hit hardest.
The 37-year-old Puerto Rican is preparing to fight Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez at light heavyweight on March 18 live on DAZN, and while he acknowledged that the Mexican is naturally the biggest man, he pointed out that size was not always the decisive factor in which boxer is the most painful to face.
“I’ve worked with big guys all the time,” he told The DAZN Boxing Show.
“A lot of the time, there’s middleweights that punch harder than light heavyweights.”
He described facing GGG, before revealing who he fought in 2014 who had heavier hands.
He added: ”You’ve got to remember, [GGG is] a sharp puncher, I didn’t think he was a harder puncher than [David] Lemieux, but he was a sharper puncher.
“He’s like that snap, but with Zurdo it’s not a thing about punching power, it’s about the physical weight, the leaning. I think the size advantage is the weight, not the punch. A mean puncher can knock out a light heavyweight.”