Comments Thread For: Kovalev: Golovkin-Canelo is 50-50, Canelo Held His Own With GGG

[Mr. Objectivity]

I applaude Kov, trying to give Canelo some confidence....LOL...wink wink

[Metho_4u]

GGG struggled in that fight ? He lost a round for sure (and if you want to agree with the judges, 2 of whom gave him round 1 even though GGG outscored Brook in every measurable stat + staggered him, then he lost more than 1).

He showed almost no regard for Brook's power so took shots, but if you want to see what happens when he does respect the power of the other guy, watch the Lemieux fight.

Anyway, if that's GGG struggling (vs Brook), that's some high praise.

He will fight Canelo more like he fought Lemieux and it will be a lot more technical than with Brook. Canelo will need to get past the jab and land while protecting himself against counters. He won't want to get in a firefight with GGG, although that might break out if one of them gets hurt.

I see Canelo as more capable than Lemieux at getting past GGG's jab to make a fight of it, but I suspect he will take hurtful counters early that reduce his aggression and keep him from moving forward as often as he would like (definition of keeping him honest). Could stay technical at distance for long periods, which plays into GGG's hands more than Canelo. Then Canelo will go for it if he feels he's falling behind on the cards and a fight breaks out, then someone gets hurt - could go either way, but odds are Canelo gets hurt first.

ps. GGG and Rigo are chalk and cheese in how they fight, but they have ONE thing in common. Rigo has skills in his toolbox that he's almost never used as he hasn't needed to - at his peak his foot-speed and straight left were enough to beat pretty much everyone, he didn't have to employ half of the tools he had. GGG also has skills he has hardly used - that was why the Lemieux fight came as such a surprise as he used tools he hadn't needed against anyone else. It doesn't mean the 'destruction mode activated - march forward - forget the defence' is the only thing he can do. Its what he has used a lot - but lets not pretend that's the only tool in his box.

You're a tool

[icha]

I applaude Kov, trying to give Canelo some confidence....LOL...wink wink

now say it without the tears...

[Shadoww702]

Haha that's awesome. Hopefully we have a year of big fights coming up! Heavyweight scene looking better again, too.

For sure!!! The year starts out with Santa Cruz vs. Frampton with Mikey Garcia on the undercard fighting a VERY dangerous boxer. Then we have Thurman vs. Garcia. Hopefully a Kov. / Ward rematch. Heck even Khan/Brook is going to happen... I think hell just froze over.

Have GGG vs. Canelo finish it up.

[Shadoww702]

I applaude Kov, trying to give Canelo some confidence....LOL...wink wink

I applaud fools who believe beating on punching bags helps you down the road in a REAL fight!!!

Fighting Cans = Being inactive

BOTH TERRIBLE long term plans.

[Mr. Objectivity]

I applaud fools who believe beating on punching bags helps you down the road in a REAL fight!!!

Fighting Cans = Being inactive

BOTH TERRIBLE long term plans.

Come again? You mean canelo fighting cans?

[Shadoww702]

Come again? You mean canelo fighting cans?

Lol if you say so. I'm sure you already had House Arrest Wade in the boxing HOFame.

You know he had even worse odds of winning then Rod Salka did against Danny Garcia lol... U are a very special type of ******.

[whoseyourdaddy]

Canelo and Khan take alotta crapola on these blogs, from fans who have written them off. But it's my guess that Canelo will make a good accounting of himself vs GGG. And I would say win a UD. He's in his prime, as many have said, while GGG is getting old. If Canelo can keep some fast combinations going for most of the fight, he will confuse GGG to no end. He will have to be consistent throughout though. Can't give GGG any room to get comfortable.

GGG beats Canelo that's the bottom line, having said that I think Canelo may be the hardest fight for GGG but will still succumb to 3G.

[Metho_4u]

Lol if you say so. I'm sure you already had House Arrest Wade in the boxing HOFame.

You know he had even worse odds of winning then Rod Salka did against Danny Garcia lol... U are a very special type of ******.

I just said that to that loser the other day! Lmao

[Shadoww702]

I just said that to that loser the other day! Lmao

I'm still trying to figure out what gives the rights of his fans to make fun of other boxers resumes???? I mean GGG has a "Where's Waldo/Pick out my next fight" type of resume. Sht they would be better off just giving out bingo numbers to ppl and who wins gets GGG. When your best fight is against a hockey legend like Mario Lemuix and the Buffalo Bills of Boxing Martin 0-4 Murray your a FKN JOKE!!!! When your 35 years old