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Who cares? BBB side is irrelevant.Comment
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Awesome! Yeah. I'd like to see that. I took notes this time to explain why I scored it as I did.
Okay. Here we go. I watched while I ate dinner. I took notes this time too, so it actually took longer than I had wanted it to. It's been awhile since I watched it. I don't remember what I scored it the first time. Anyway, I'll attach my card.
Alvarez: 111
Golovkin: 117
Round 1: Both guys trying to get the jab going. Canelo landed a couple more clean punches than Golovkin, esp. at the very beginning. Upper body movement by Canelo is beautiful.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Round 2: So close. Almost impossible to pick a winner. I score it for Canelo because of the combination counters. He edged it by a fraction. Plus, Alvarez was pushing GGG back. Sneaky hook to Golovkin’s face, left bright red mark.
Round 3: First round easy to score. GGG landed the harder punches and more of them. He also backed up Canelo more than Canelo backed him up. (Commentators shocked he’s not waking Canelo down the whole time. But GGG is going backward to not allow Canelo to get in range. GGG is controlling distance. Not backing away.)
Round 4: Canelo landed some good shots but GGG landed better. He also landed more. First adjustment by GGG, turning Alvarez.
Round 5: First blood drawn by GGG. Cut above Canelo’s left eye. He pushed GGG back a lot. Great weaving by Canelo to get inside and past GGG’s jab. But GGG out landed Canelo with clean, effective punches, getting some uppercuts in and avoiding Canelo’s quick counters more often than not.
Round 6: Canelo rallied here to a shaky beginning. Put great combos on GGG to take the round.
Round 7: GGG outworked Canelo. It was competitive the first half but second half GGG actually started landing Combos. For GGG this round goes. Was clear at the end.
Round 8: Canelo landed the flashier punches. His left eye started to really bleed, however. Also, he touched the ropes for the first time. GGG started to back him up and landed more scoring blows than Canelo.
Round 9: Dominant round for GGG. CANELO had a small rally but GGG took it in the end.
Round 10: GGG landed to vicious uppercuts in a row. Canelo then counters GGG. GGG landed the old on-two and shook Canelo. Too hurt to retaliate, he backs up onto the ropes. (Not even half the round has elapsed) Canelo’s recovery time is amazing. GGG is out working Canelo but Canelo puts it on. But GGG comes back and bloodies Canelo’s nose. Clear round for GGG. His strongest so far.
Round 11: for the first time Canelo is up against the ropes like he was in the first. Something happened in the last round and it’s no longer the same Canelo. His defense is gone. He’s getting pieced up. Canelo rallied back at the end but not enough to win it.
Round 12: GGG starts strong. First thirty seconds it’s GGG. Combos with a vicious uppercut. Canelo is pushing him back as GGG tries to maintain range. Canelo landed a couple nice shots. But GGG can’t miss with his uppercut. He landed if five times this round and through it five times. Hit every time. GGG bleeding from his left eye but was caused by a head butt. GGG came in head first, so it was his fault but still accidental.Comment
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Hey thanks man. It's kind of funny how people score these fights or even talk about them. Dougie Fischer, Editor-in-Chief for the Ring Magazine, was giving rounds to Canelo that I thought were strange. I always thought that he was a Golovkin fan. Maybe he is, but the things he had been saying were odd. He gave round three to Canelo, which is just strange.
Also, for people spending so much time in boxing, they seem to not understand what was actually happening. This narrative that GGG was backing up and that that was somehow bad just blows my mind. He had the reach advantage, so he was controlling distance by not allowing Canelo to get in mid-range or on the inside, which is what Canelo wanted and had to do in order to have success. So GGG's plan was to deny him that, staying on the outside with jabs and straights. It's Boxing 101. But somehow that flew over everyone's heads.
You have other boxers do this all the time, like Floyd Mayweather or Sugar Ray Leonard or even Ali. They always fought that way, on the outside, turning the other guy. No one said they were backing away. But somehow GGG does it and he's backing away.
The hypocrisy in boxing never cease to amaze me.Comment
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Who cares. His only relevancy in his career was piggyback off of Canelo's name. He hasn't done **** outside of that before or after.Comment
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How many bums are people willing to pay to see those fights ?
He has maybe 2 more fights vs legitimate opposition.Comment
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