How many rounds do you think Erislandy Lara could win against GGG?

[dirty fingers]

9 rounds leading the poll. Somebody logged into a bunch of alts and voted for that.

[Loque-san]

9 rounds leading the poll. Somebody logged into a bunch of alts and voted for that.

I reckon some posters thought the question was "How many rounds would Lara LAST against GGG?"

[Mike Haynes]

I think he could win an ugly, boring, holding, pot-shoting, moving too much for my taste 7 rounds against GGG.

[SplitSecond]

9 rounds leading the poll. Somebody logged into a bunch of alts and voted for that.

this is the same lara who averaged around 4-5 powershots landed vs canelo

golovkin is gonna be right in his face the entire fight, and he's gonna be taking rounds with 4-5 punches...

[From Russia]

Since Canelo and Angulo, who are much worser than GGG at cutting off the ring could land dozens of bodyshots i see the fight like this:

Lara runs non-stop, lands some jabs, pisses GGG off, GGG corners him, lands bodyshots combo and its ovah. This big drama show will be very short.

[alexguiness]

In a big ring Lara could win 3 rounds, maybe more.

GGG I much better a cutting the ring than Canelo.

[Greed.]

Lara doesn't throw enough punches

[Dr Rumack]

I like Lara, and I think this could be an interesting fight, but given how he performed against Canelo I can't see him winning this. He won't take enough risks.

Golovkin cuts the ring off far better than Canelo, and hits a lot harder as well. Lara's desire/need for space and unwillingness to work in the pocket gives you the impression that he'll just be on his bicycle without ever throwing enough shots to actually win rounds.

But maybe not. Golovkin's handspeed isn't amazing and maybe Lara would feel like he could counter and disrupt him in a way that wasn't possible against Canelo. It would take a marathon type running effort to keep Golovkin off him but with the right timing for his own attacks, he could finish a majority of the rounds having landed the cleaner shots.

I doubt this would happen to be honest, but I think it would be interesting to see how Golovkin handles that style.

[joseph5620]

I don't think Lara has the style to win a lot of rounds against Golovkin.

[joesaiditstrue]

19 people have Lara winning (15 have him winning comfortably)
53 people have GGG winning (51 have him winning comfortably)
3 people have it a draw