Since people have started druming up canelo-ggg,it would be nice to know if canelo actually has enough pop to put GGG in trouble. Even though he just came off of a verry impressive KO of Kirkland,let's not act like Kirkland has an iron chin( he got koed by feather fisted ishida in one round). So let's look at gggs hardest hitting opponent,which is Curtis Stevens. Stevens is a hard puncher,and was able to land flush on GGG,but at no moment did it deter golovkin. So here's my question,who cracks harder?
Stevens and Quillin's left hooks are probably the 2 snappiest punches in the division. Stevens just wants mid range only and Quillin is just too hesitant.
GGG's punches are just really heavy. Everything he throws is heavy and got weight behind them. He moves opponents with them.
Canelo is snappy also, with some weight behind them, he punches more like a David lemieux, somewhat less than david, but with much better talent.
Also Andy Lee got some fire in that right hook.
Boxing =/= whoever hits harder is better
Stevens has more punching power, i.e. one-punch-KO power, especially in his left hook.
Canelo, on the other hand, is a better puncher -- faster, more skills, can run combinations on your bitch ass, very good timing, can set traps, but lacks one-punch power.
Canelo > Stevens
Stevens, obviously.
Canelo hasn't demonstrated real power in any of his fights, he's just very fast, explosive and accurate, which makes him look powerful.
He's also bigger than most of his opponents, I doubt he'd look so good against someone as big/bigger like Stevens has.
Raw power, probably Stevens. But Canelo is quicker, more accurate, better counter puncher and throws excellent combinations. If Golovkin drops his hands like he did against Monroe, he's going to eat a lot of leather.