There are similarities between GGG and Canelo

[JakeTheBoxer]

They both can stop only some washed up dudes or undersized guys or old guys.

They go distance every time they face world class prime boxer.

Makes me laugh how people question GGG`s power, but they don`t question Canelo going distance with old GGG twice, Lara, Trout, old Cotto, Callum..

They bot have the power. But this is not like Beterbiev`s ability to stop unbeaten champion Gvozdyk.

[Lance98]

Canelo has dominated and handily beat elite boxers, ggg has never handily beaten any elite boxer. ggg's wins were controversial. He looked bad against a freakin' welterweight brook before stopping him (that fight exposed ggg a lot and was the start of ggg's downward spiral), arguably lost to jacobs and derevyanchenko, and couldn't beat canelo.

[asgarth]

Canelo has dominated and handily beat elite boxers, ggg has never handily beaten any elite boxer. ggg's wins were controversial. He looked bad against a freakin' welterweight brook before stopping him (that fight exposed ggg a lot and was the start of ggg's downward spiral), arguably lost to jacobs and derevyanchenko, and couldn't beat canelo.

Brook is a technical sound boxer and had a significant speed advantage coming from a lower weight class. Its natural that he would be able to outbox Golovkin early on until the size and power difference comes into effect.

A similar thing happened in the Canelo vs Khan fight. The speed from a welterweight gave him issues early on until he was able to time Khan.

I like Canelo, but which elite boxer did he handily beat?

[#1PaperChamp]

Canelo almost only fights elite opponents and his power has always been overhyped but in general - Canelo and GGG aside - there are almost never KOs at the elite level. Its very rare. HW can be the exception but most times its a glorified sparring session

[ShaneMosleySr]

Don’t forget that both have multiple wins that could easily be losses.

[ShaneMosleySr]

I can’t think of one elite boxer Canelo has “handily beat.”

Canelo has dominated and handily beat elite boxers, ggg has never handily beaten any elite boxer. ggg's wins were controversial. He looked bad against a freakin' welterweight brook before stopping him (that fight exposed ggg a lot and was the start of ggg's downward spiral), arguably lost to jacobs and derevyanchenko, and couldn't beat canelo.

[DreamFighter]

wait - you can think of an elite that GGG beat?

[Thuglife Nelo]

Canelo = 140 (15 yrs of age) - to a small 175

GGG = “160 only fomi, but hey guys, Max, this is boxing, doesn’t matta fomi, 154-168 easy!”

[TernceBudCharlo]

Canelo has dominated and handily beat elite boxers, ggg has never handily beaten any elite boxer. ggg's wins were controversial. He looked bad against a freakin' welterweight brook before stopping him (that fight exposed ggg a lot and was the start of ggg's downward spiral), arguably lost to jacobs and derevyanchenko, and couldn't beat canelo.

What elite boxers has canelo dominated lmao such a joke

[TernceBudCharlo]

Canelo almost only fights elite opponents and his power has always been overhyped but in general - Canelo and GGG aside - there are almost never KOs at the elite level. Its very rare. HW can be the exception but most times its a glorified sparring session

This is a massive lie that he almost only fights elite opponents. Since Lara, which is when the Canelo protection program began, he has fought 12 times. 7 of those fights were against bums that nobody wanted to see. He fought 3 good fighters, Jacobs, Cotto and Smith. Nobody in their right mind would consider any of them elite. Now GGG he fought twice, maybe the casuals think GGG was elite, but I think EVERYONE in this thread, including that Thuglife Nelo guy, would agree that GGG is highly highly overrated and nowhere close to elite. Nobody who knows boxing thinks GGG is an elite fighter.

So that means Canelo in his 12 fights fought bums over 50% of the time. The other 40% of the time he fought good fighters, but not elite fighters