Here's an AMAZING stat:

I'm perplexed to. I love GGG but I have to question why he didn't go to the body? That's his bread and butter. I know Canelo has power but GGG does to and GGG took Canelo's best shots. You'd think he'd do a little more work to the body but he didn't. I don't know. Imagine if there was a stipulation on the contract that GGG couldn't work the body like that lol. Naw, I don't thin it's that shady... Or can it be? :/ about a dozen posters have stated why, in this very thread you have to set that punch up, and create the opportunity Canelo was way too sharp and Golovkin was unwilling to pay the price

I think it's more stylistic. Canelo is a counter puncher and GGG is a pressure fighter always coming forward. Canelo is one of the best counter punchers I have seen. I don't think G could take throwing a body shot then getting hit with a monster KO type hook. Not like both fights weren't competitive close Golovkin has fought guys who could counter-punch Golovkin has fought nobody else even close to Canelo or Jacobs Canelo is waaaaay sharper than anyone else, and clearly much higher than Gennady's usual level of competition his bodywork will not be effective in the trilogy either you cannot believe that Golovkin simply " forgot "..... ? like Sanchez said..... Golovkin did what he could

The body shots he did throw in the second were much better than in the first fight and much more effective. One in particular he threw to Canelo's liver and it literally moved his whole body. He's opted to go with that chopping left hook to the top of the head instead of going downstairs. If he goes to the body even close to what he used to, he will be very hard to beat, even at this stage. A sustained body attack from Golovkin is too much to handle.

Elite level prize fighting is not amateur boxing or the Olympics where you expect the judges to just score conservative attempts or just jabs. Canelo never made headlines that he was going to do a jab contest with Golovkin, and the judges wouldn't expect that either. Canelo focused on body punches, counters, jabs, defense. GGG just focused on lazy robotic stanced jabs. Welcome to boxing! And if you want to know what a SRL at Heavyweight looks at throwing a jab and looking graceful with footwork search a guy named ''Larry Holmes.'' yup, welcome to boxing, where the best don't fight the best and instead call it "marinating" and would rather fight bum after bum, and guys go through hell only to let corrupt judges steal it away from them, got to love it.

This is truly mind boggling. Mikey Garcia landed more body punches than GGG did in his fights VS Canelo. You read that right; Mikey landed 10 body shots while GGG landed 8 in the first fight and just 6 in the second fight. I will never get over the fact that GGG wouldnt go to the body and I am being serious. I'm perplexed to. I love GGG but I have to question why he didn't go to the body? That's his bread and butter. I know Canelo has power but GGG does to and GGG took Canelo's best shots. You'd think he'd do a little more work to the body but he didn't. I don't know. Imagine if there was a stipulation on the contract that GGG couldn't work the body like that lol. Naw, I don't thin it's that shady... Or can it be? :/

This thread is exposing those who understand boxing from those that are just blind followers of certain fighters, GGG couldn't deal with and eventually refused to try to deal with Canelo's hand speed and countering. If Canelo was slow say like Mikey Garcia, maybe GGG operates similar to the way Spence did but that wasn't the case and he clearly lost the second fight. Spence jabbed effectively like GGG but he eventually started to work off of the jab and controlled the distance much more effectively.

He didn't go to the body against Canelo in both fights like he does with every other opponent for the same reason he didn't attack him on the ropes in the first he felt canelo's counter shots and decided it was to risky for his liking he found out canelo is not a geale Macklin wade or a vanes and it made him uncomfortable and hesitant to commit.on top of worrying about counters he had to deal with canelo's defence and feints

#levels it was clearly obvious that Golovkin was feasting on scrubs..... who did nothing to prepare him for Jacobs and Canelo I think it's more stylistic. Canelo is a counter puncher and GGG is a pressure fighter always coming forward. Canelo is one of the best counter punchers I have seen. I don't think G could take throwing a body shot then getting hit with a monster KO type hook. Not like both fights weren't competitive close

If not for GGG's jab....that shlt saved his ass the 1st fight. It won it for him I think he won. But he is a good body puncher and he didn’t throw jack in both fights. I didn’t want to believe it but it’s because of canelos counters

It’s not simple??? It’s a fight and you’re gonna get hit absolutely no way around it. I refuse to believe that GGG was “afraid” of getting countered. I would love to know his explanation...It wasn't that he was "scared" to get countered, it was just that he didn't want to give Canelo the opportunity to, because that's what Canelo is good at. He tried to defuse and disarm Canelo, that was the gameplan he chose. He thought that would be the formula for victory, but it ended up backfiring heavily because Canelo's approach to the fight completely countered Golovkin's strategy. Then when Golovkin tried to switch it up, it got even worse for him. Canelo had too many tools in his arsonal. The best thing Golovkin could do was keep jabbing because Golovkin has an A+ jab. It won him rounds, but the problem is that it just wasn't enough to win him the fight.

Canelo is not as open as spence, and he's much scarier with the counters and speed that he has. That said I did think golovkin could have looked for body shots more. Maybe he sees those jabs landing so well he thinks he must be banking the rounds. But he's not landing many power shots on canelo anyway, he even had to make his right hand shoot like a jab.

Well Canelo is a great counter puncher and is much faster then GGG. GGG didn't want to get countered. Simple. GGG worked off his jab and though tthat would win him the fight, but he ended up coming up short. Close, but it wasn't enough. He clearly lost. It’s not simple??? It’s a fight and you’re gonna get hit absolutely no way around it. I refuse to believe that GGG was “afraid” of getting countered. I would love to know his explanation...

Well Canelo is a great counter puncher and is much faster then GGG. GGG didn't want to get countered. Simple. GGG worked off his jab and though tthat would win him the fight, but he ended up coming up short. Close, but it wasn't enough. He clearly lost.

ggg won both fights without even needing to go to the body, he found something that was working for him so why change it. just too bad he got screwed both times. pactrd became a geetard. Why am i not surprised?

ggg won both fights without even needing to go to the body, he found something that was working for him so why change it. just too bad he got screwed both times.

What about his coach Abel? Did he insist on more body punches? he was screaming for Golovkin to stop boxing and fight Canelo..... so, YES he did

No idea wy Golovkin forgot how to body punch vs Alvarez. neither do MANY Golovkin fans which is absolutely ridiculous imho if you have no idea why the fight played out that way..... then you are not qualified to score a fight, and certainly in no position to cry robbery it is clearly obvious why Golovkin kept them hands at home the exact same thing happened to Chavez, for the exact same reason

fighters see stuff we dont see as fans!!! it's easy to sit on your couch and complain why ggg didnt go to the body. there's reasons why he didnt. just like how decide not to throw when fighting certain opponents. What about his coach Abel? Did he insist on more body punches?

He was just head hunting like a dumbass Mostly jabbing.

No idea wy Golovkin forgot how to body punch vs Alvarez.