Originally posted by doom_specialist
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Let's look. Canelo resume reads good, until you look at some things.
Trout, umm not exactly that good after all. Hasn't done jack. He beat Cotto, but Cotto was already losing. Cotto only looked good recently fighting a weight drained Geale.
Angulo, same guy who got beat by Kirkland. The Kirkland that Ishida took his zero with a 3rd round KO. Angulo was also inactive and had to drop some weight.
Cotto, well he is still decent, not great. But he was 20 pounds lighter and too old and shop warn.
Mosley, way too small and old to be a threat.
Kirkland, by this point Kirkland was out 18 months and was really heavy. Had to drop a staggering 55 pounds to make 155. He could barley talk coming into the pre-fight interview.
Lara, here may be a decent one, we really don't know. Lara hasn't exactly set the world on fire. No p4p ranking worth a note. Got dropped twice by Angulo. I just explained how Angulo faired against Kirkland.
Funny thing is, most of those fighters wouldn't even try GGG. They know what would happen. Lara talks, but he never contacts K2. Usually waits until GGG has fights scheduled to pipe up.
CANELOS resume has some names, (especially for 25) but his wins have often come against guys who were inactive before they fought him (which ironically so has Khan). GGG doesn't have the economic advantage Canelo does.
Although, GGG has some decent fights too. Ishida beat an undefeated Kirkland, and GGG blew him out. Ishida has never been KO'd since, and is now a heavyweight.
Rubio had power and wasn't horrible. Murray, Maklin, Geale, all decent fighters. Lemieux was a World champ, so was Geale, so was Ouma.
GGG beats the same level of fighters Sergio did, but blew them out.
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