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He would be considered one of the shorter Middleweights. That said he for sure is not a blown up Welterweight. Canelo is naturally very heavy when you consider his height which is slightly over 5'7". A friend of mine met him at a soccer match back in like 2011 and said that although he wasn't tall (they were the same height) that he was a very big guy for being short. I think this why his feet are so slow. Golovkin although taller than Canelo is overall a lot thinner in most of his build aside from his arms. From people I know they say that when you see the dude in person the first thing you will is his forearms.
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All of a sudden now Canelo is a blown up featherweight who loves fajitas...
Ahahahahaha!
But but Cotto was a REAL Middleweight doe who needed to honor the MW belt and fight GGG doe.
Crickets from the peasants now that Canelo has the belt.
"GGG needs to earn his shot at Nelo doe..but not so much for Cotto doe"Comment
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According to boxrec he's 5'9", not 5'7". That's about average for a MW, maybe slightly under. Hagler was 5'9", SRL was 5'10" and Duran was 5'8".
As for other physical attributes, there's absolute no way he's a blown up WW. He fought at WW when he was 20 years old. At 20, your bone density is still increasing and you're definitely gonna pack on more muscle.
Maybe you can make an argument that he's a Jr MW, but considering how much he rehydrates, no nutritionist in the world would recommend him to continue balooning up 20 pounds in 1 day. It's not healthy. He can fight at 154 for another 2-3 years, but anything more he'll be risking his long-term health.Comment
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Canelo is 5'8. He looks very slightly taller than Floyd who is on the tall end of 5'7. He has a thick bone structure. Look at his big ass head, jaw, hands. He is a tweener and his camp knows it. That's why they fight at Caneloweight. He's the perfect size JMW if he could make the weight, which idk if he can anymore. I think he struggles to make 155.Comment
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lol this dude really trying to prove canelo isnt a middlweight. he weighs close to 180 on fight night how is that a blown up WW?Comment
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No, he's a legit middleweight.Comment
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Canelo is almost 5'8'' he has slightly shorter body/legs than Floyd but has a huge head and thick body...because of his cement feet and counterpunching style, guys with reach who can survive his ocassional power shots have a shot to beat him free of danger just by outworking him.....Lara couldve clowned him but he was too much of a fa66ot to throw a bit more per round.....
Golovkin is also short for a modern middleweight(I see people mentioning Hagler......Hagler was making middleweight back in the same day weigh-in days for years.).....it's not like he's Bernard Hopkins-Jermain Taylor-Kelly Pavlik and look natural at 175lb, had good reach, 6'0 height or more...Canelo simply wants to drain GGG because he doesn't believe he can hurt him at his best...and that's what he needs to do to win.Comment
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I dont know but I know is that I repsect canelo for following in Mayweather footsteps, grabing boxing by the horns and dictating how he gonna control it, he fight who he wants and when he wants and at whatever weight he wants. More power to the boxers!Comment
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