WHO was the harder fight for Canelo; Lara or Golovkin??

Golovkin by a mile. When he fought Lara, he truly had cement feet, and basically had no offensive game. Lara wasn't a hard fight, it was annoying. Back then, Lara/Floyd were the worst stylistic matchups for Canelo.

Triple G came to fight. Lara came to paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw paw and hook

GGG - Canelo was breathing heavy early and was exhausted towards the end. GGG also hurt him late, dont think Lara ever really hurt Canelo.

Not playing any angles. Just asking an honest question. It's not about who is better, as these happened at different times in different weight classes. Just who did Canelo have a harder time with. Would like to get a discussion going. I would say that the Canelo who fought GGG was slighty better, he somehow fully moved up to 160, but he was more grown, mature and experienced. I had a draw in the Nelo vs Lara fight. I had GGG winning 8-4/7-5 so I would say GGG gave a harder fight.

Lara! Had Canelo winning that one by barely a point! In the GGG fight he won by 2 points IMO! GGG's style is a delicacy for a counter puncher like Canelo! While Lara's is tougher cuz he's faster, knows how to use his reach, Southpaw, and is excellent on the backfoot on creating space and using the ring! It's a beauty to watch Canelo evolve as a fighter, you can tell that he really works hard on his craft and that's something the fans on Saturday nite in that arena took for granted!

Golovkin because he got both outboxed and beat up, Lara only outboxed him. I also had Lara winning that night. People don't know how to score fights, it's just crazy.

Lara was a tricky fighter for Canelo mainly because Canelo couldn't cut the ring off and Lara moved all night.. Golovkin came at Canelo so he tried to box him on backfoot.. Both were tiring at the end but I had Canelo-Lara an even fight because Canelo was tagging Lara in later rounds but was not getting hit as much and GGG-Canelo a 7-5 for GGG.. But Lara was the tougher fight for him at that stage of his career..

That's how I feel. Guys were saying Canelo would hit G when he pressed so maybe that was more in Canelos wheelhouse? He's not a seek and destroy fighter so hunting down Lara was hard. G was right there all night. Canelo likes to be flashy and that's his problem. My sentiments exactly. And Canelo does a great job of being flashy. His punches land sharp and clean, and his combinations are a thing of beauty. But his stamina issues make him fight in spurts for the second half of fights. If he gets that fixed, he'd be HARD to beat!

Lara by far. Canelo kicked GGGump's ass. Lara got Canelo when he was lacking boxing experience. Even with that said, he adjusted and come on strong late with Lara managing to time him with harder and harder shots even though he lost that fight IMO.

Not playing any angles. Just asking an honest question. It's not about who is better, as these happened at different times in different weight classes. Just who did Canelo have a harder time with. Would like to get a discussion going. Physically: lil g Tactical: Lara I think he had a harder time with lil g cuz lil g kept coming after taking all those punches & he couldn't hurt lil g. Lara used the ring more & put no pressure on Nelo. I have Nelo winning both fights.

Golovkin was harder. But both won.

There's a lot of biased posters here, but the bottom line is Lara is the better, more skilled fighter over golovkin. Had canelo not had stamina issues, I have no doubt golovkin would not see the final bell, or it would've been a very wide UD. He had stamina issues because of the pressure and pace of the fight. Ggg didn't let him rest.

He looked more comfortable and skilled against Golovkin in my opinion

lara would school triple lame. triple lame couldnt hit the side of a barn with his punches.

I thought GGG was a much harder fight for him. Lara kept the fight close with his cleverness and fast accurate punches but I thought Canelo won and Lara never hurt him. Lara ran most of the fight so Canelo chased him and landed the better punches even if Lara landed a few more punches. It wasn't a grueling, physically draining fight for Canelo. He wasn't exhausted at the end of the fight. I thought GGG beat Canelo. Canelo was faster and sharper on offense and defense than GGG and he landed some hard flashy punches throughout the fight. GGG was too strong for Canelo and set too fast a pace for him. GGG attacked 3 minutes of every round and threw a lot more punches and landed a few more punches than Canelo in most of the rounds. His constant pressure and high volume punching tired Canelo out. It forced him to fight in spurts and then retreat to get his strength and wind back. I think GGG won 7 or 8 rounds. He hurt Canelo and tired him out. Things Lara wasn't able to do to Canelo. The GGG fight was a much more difficult fight than the Lara fight for Canelo. At the end of the Canelo vs Lara fight Canelo called Lara a runner and said he would never again fight such a runner because it made a bad fight for the fans. He couldn't accuse GGG of running because he was the runner in that fight and Lara laughed at him after the fight which Lara scored for GGG.

Lara plays rope a dope? Rope a Dope? Is that what they're calling laying on the ropes when you get tired now? I think Lara should have thought him how not to use all his energy when running as well.

GGG by a long shot. Never seen Canelo running like that before!

Check out the different reactions of the crowds in attendance at those two fights when the verdicts were announced - wild applause and cheers for Canelo when he got the nod over Lara ... booing and jeering from his own fans when he was given the draw with Golovkin. That alone should answer the question posed in this thread

Not playing any angles. Just asking an honest question. It's not about who is better, as these happened at different times in different weight classes. Just who did Canelo have a harder time with. Would like to get a discussion going. Lara,by far

of course Lara cuz he did not give him a round and he had exhibited all his ability. People prefer to watch Alvarez - Golovkin fight but Lara is more talented both of them. I'm inclined to agree. It felt that Canelo went after the Lara fight (I mean, he literally chased the guy around the ring) and it was the best Alvarez had to offer at the time. He's an even better fighter now, but against Golovkin, he was making stupid decisions, not listening to his corner, and was not the best he could be. To me, there's no "right" answer on this one. That's a tough question. No trolling. Definitely. Those 3 names pretty much always incite flames so it's hard to get a rational discussion going but I thought I'd at least try.