Comments Thread For: Canelo Confident: Golovkin is Not What Everybody Think He Is!

[robbyheartbaby]

Canleo will fight him I can feel it, I saw fire in his eyes. I'm a huge GGG fan but you have to respect Canelo. TBH he could beat GGG let's see it!

[Sun_Tzu]

I think you don't like Khan much or maybe it's just your frustration with a poor match-up?
It's not easy to watch fights down here in Ecuador but I was with an 82 year old friend watching it live at the Marriott bar, which is a good tip for anybody away from home in a city with a Marriott hotel. I was explaining the fight to my friend , yeah - I do know some old farts - and I explained how everybody was saying it would go. He asked me and I said well I have Canelo by KO between 4th and sixth. At end of 5th he asked me what I thought and I told him I was sticking with my prediction.
Point is, was Khan that bad? He fought real well and as we knew it only took a slip of concentration from Khan. But whoever fights Khan, they still have to catch up with him first and it does take a few rounds. Canelo is not super fast but he aint super slow either.
How does Canelo best fight GGG? His only chance over the long haul is counter punch him. But his problem is how to get GGG to drop his hands. I think Canelo has the faster boxing brain and the faster hands than GGG. His ability to win will be based on being able to bring those attributes into play without receiving too much incoming himself. He might have to lull Golovkin into a false sense of security.
Looking forward to it as long as it happens by May 2017. Any longer and GGG may have slipped out of his prime.

I dont dislike Khan, Ive never been a huge fan ill admit. I watch his fights and enjoy them for the most part but he had to have a miracle night and you can search my history, I was rooting for just that. He was doing well until he laid his chin out there for Canelo and I said that would probably happen too, its in the same history.

We can talk about resumes or fight night weights or whatever but when the rubber meets the road none of that matters. Canelo got whitewashed in the biggest test of his career, Golovkin has destroyed everyone he has faced. We can say he has faced no one and there is some validity in that he has never faced anyone like Canelo and Canelo has never fought a mw and certainly has never faced anyone like Golovkin. This is a fight with alot of unknowns, can Canelo handle the pressure of a man the same size as him with the technical skill let alone the power of Golovkin and is Golovkin for real <--- now thats the question isnt it. If he is, well its a bad night for Canelo. If he isnt the red head stamps his spot in history.

I just want to see it at 160 and sometime before I die of whatever cancer Im going to catch.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I like what I'm hearing from Canelo. Fight will be at the limit (160). I give him a great chance to win.

[QuadrupleG]

Canelo didn't catch up with Lara. DLH caught up with judges.

[SplitSecond]

I think Golovkin outboxes Alvarez like Floyd did. Golovkins jab is gonna beat Alvarez up and have him swollen and possibly bleeding by the 4th.

The powershots will rain in later. It will be an exciting scrap though.

[Mr.Fantastic]

People are underestimating GGG's boxing skills.

[SteveM]

I dont dislike Khan, Ive never been a huge fan ill admit. I watch his fights and enjoy them for the most part but he had to have a miracle night and you can search my history, I was rooting for just that. He was doing well until he laid his chin out there for Canelo and I said that would probably happen too, its in the same history.

We can talk about resumes or fight night weights or whatever but when the rubber meets the road none of that matters. Canelo got whitewashed in the biggest test of his career, Golovkin has destroyed everyone he has faced. We can say he has faced no one and there is some validity in that he has never faced anyone like Canelo and Canelo has never fought a mw and certainly has never faced anyone like Golovkin. This is a fight with alot of unknowns, can Canelo handle the pressure of a man the same size as him with the technical skill let alone the power of Golovkin and is Golovkin for real <--- now thats the question isnt it. If he is, well its a bad night for Canelo. If he isnt the red head stamps his spot in history.

I just want to see it at 160 and sometime before I die of whatever cancer Im going to catch.

Watch your thoughts unless that is seriously what you want.

[creekrat77]

Okay....so what if he is what everyone thinks he is....?
****** statement, just say you don't give a **** about his stardom or ability. Just that you will destroy him because he isn't as good as you.

God D*mnit Golden Boy has the ******est PR people handling Canelo! So basically if he is what "everybody" thinks he is then it is a different more challenging foe then the one they are selling. But if Canelo bags the win then he is just not very good and Canelo was able to beat him because he isn't that great in the spectators view.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I think we are both close in our assessment. Canelo is no slouch, I think I mentioned that but I don't believe he's fast enough to get out of GGG's wheelhouse. If he was initially, GGG body attack will certainly slow him down eventually and he will have to fight a firefight since he won't be able to rest with GGG's sustained attack. Then it becomes who can take the other's heavy artillery better and the eye test just tells you GGG seems to be the one with the better chin and the better gas tank. If am wrong when the fight happens, then I can admit but I am almost certain the fight plays out just this way. I favor GGG, a 65/35 favorite and I can guarantee you that if the fight gets signed today, GGG opens up as the favorite (those old men in Vegas are almost never wrong). Odds probably tighten up as the fight gets closer but you just get the feeling GGG has been frustrated not getting his big fight for so long and he's been waiting for his moment and he plans to take full advantage of it by putting on a big drama show.

Unless that drama show backfires!

[Sun_Tzu]

Watch your thoughts unless that is seriously what you want.

It was suppose to be a witty conclusion, I fail again as a writer.