Canelo Alvarez on How Dmitry Bivol's Power Stacks Up on Out of All the Hardest Punchers Fighters He Ever Faced in His Career: "He Punches as Hard as Golovkin!"

[JakeTheBoxer]

Canelo has fought 3 strong guys in his life: GGG, Bivol, Kovalev. Kovalev was washed up and unprepared.

I can`t count guys like Mayweather, Mosley, Cotto as big punchers,lol, they have always been too small to be big punchers.

Cotto didn`t even want to fight GGG at 160, he was too small.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Skill for skill, Cotto & Mosley are clearly superior fighters to Bivol 'Their actual boxing skills, and power relative to their weight class'.

Alvarez fought all of his best fighters, in the Welter Weight Division.

Note: When James Toney moved up into the Heavyweight division, he continually reminded people 'That he had fought better fighters, than all of these Heavyweights that he would be competing against. Toney was fighting bigger fighters, but they were not better pure fighters'.

The weight difference between Alvarez and Bivol was nothing much 'I estimate, that Bivol may have only been 4-6 pounds Heavier on fight night'.

But I would honestly would not be surprised if Alvarez was heavier than Bivol on fight night 'It is all speculation'.

I am well aware that Alvarez did not lose his fight vs Bivol 'Due to the difference in weight'. Bivol stylistically skill for skill, is a extremely challenging fight for Alvarez.

Movement, Gears, Athleticism, Solid Fundamentals, Endurance, Work-rate 'Those are all the attributes, that Alvarez have always been a stylistic challenge for him'.

I believe that Beterbiev stylistically, is a easier fight for Alvarez to prepare for than Bivol etc.

Beterbiev knocks Canelo`s brain out and you know that.

I don`t care how great fighters Mosley, Mayweather, Cotto were...they have always been small fighters for our discussion.

Canelo is now a 168 guy that fought at 175 twice. Fighting these midgets is his history way back.

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Bivol is too fast for most guys to take a chance with him so he always end up fighting shelled up heavybags with feet.

it's hard to KO someone in defensive construct.




guys like Artur, Foreman, and GGG are slower so their opponents are going to land their hardest shot so they will more likely open up.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Bivol is too fast for most guys to take a chance with him so he always end up fighting shelled up heavybags with feet.

it's hard to KO someone in defensive construct.




guys like Artur, Foreman, and GGG are slower so their opponents are going to land their hardest shot so they will more likely open up.

Yes. If you watch Bivol fighting, his opponents are fighting in survival mode for 12 rounds.

No sh.it he has a low KO %. His opponents are too slow and too scared to actually even land something big.

Beterbiev for example is much slower, his opponent will land some big shots and open up also.

[MulaKO]

Yeah true, I was just pointing out that a 175 guy should feel a harder puncher than a 160 guy would for Canelo who came from 147, plus Canelo was not as primed at 175 as he was at 160 that would come into it as well amongst other things, ask these guys right after they fight them would be the best time to ask.

Exactly but would their answer be true ?
Anyway there are many factors that go into it from what I read
Like the mma guy being the hardest puncher , I read that was like total bullchit and that if he would punch it ten times you would have ten different readings
Oh well lol

[Satir]

he doesnt give it all, guard energy for later rounds

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canelo doesnt like ggg

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bivol is a solid puncher, canelo did mention he has good power after the fight i do remember

[HeadShots]

Yes. If you watch Bivol fighting, his opponents are fighting in survival mode for 12 rounds.

No sh.it he has a low KO %. His opponents are too slow and too scared to actually even land something big.

Beterbiev for example is much slower, his opponent will land some big shots and open up also.

yup GGG later in his career would tell us sttraight up he let his opponents land so he can throw at the same time as them. against Kell and Monroe, he straight up said he does that.

[garfios]

Still 2 weightclasses higher make a lot of difference how much so is a guess without testing it, and from Canelos perspective I can see how he would say it because he was not in his best condition and on the losing end that can make it feel worse, I think if GGG was 175 he would hit way harder than Bivol, probably not a whole lot away from it even as a MW.

Are you referring to Charlo? Because when ginger was fighting at 155 he used to come in at 171-177 pounds, and he was 10 years younger. Are you not one of his fans that after kovalev suggested he should fight usyk at a catchweight? That he would mop the floor with him. He ain't small for 168 nor 175, he's just a bully that pick up on the wrong guy. It was skills that won that fight, not weight.