Stylistically, who has a better chance against GGG, Canelo or Jacobs?

[Boxfan83]

Vote and explain please.

[John Locke]

Canelo. He's a much better inside fighter than Jacobs, he could limit GGG's power by staying close to him and ripping combinations to the body + uppercuts.

Jacobs is at his best on the ourside, which plays into Golovkin's hands cos Danny will be on the end of all his punches.

[BoxingFan85]

I'd say Canelo.. Canelo has grown leaps & bounds since he fought Floyd & has a really good chin..
Canelo's body punching(left hook to da liva), counter punching & duck & move style(a bit of copied from Floyd imo), faints are good & will work against Golovkin who doesnt have a lot of head movement for my liking. But Canelo needs to cut-off the ring if he has to make it work for him throughout the fight..

It also depends on who is the aggressor & who is boxing & moving...

[bigsmoothh]

i would say canelo, hes movement and close combinations will get gggs attention. only thing i would worry bout is if canelo can last the whole 12 rds on alert.

[Boxfan83]

I'd say Canelo.. Canelo has grown leaps & bounds since he fought Floyd & has a really good chin..
Canelo's body punching(left hook to da liva), counter punching & duck & move style(a bit of copied from Floyd imo), faints are good & will work against Golovkin who doesnt have a lot of head movement for my liking. But Canelo needs to cut-off the ring if he has to make it work for him throughout the fight..

It also depends on who is the aggressor & who is boxing & moving...

Yeah man its hard to say, Jacobs has the physical edge over Canelo BUT I think Canelo has the better style to go 12. I dont see the Jacobs fight going over 8 no matter how it goes.

[Nay_Sayer]

Jacobs.

Reach, height, power, overall boxing ability...

[DreamerUSA]

Canelo. He's a much better inside fighter than Jacobs, he could limit GGG's power by staying close to him and ripping combinations to the body + uppercuts.

Jacobs is at his best on the ourside, which plays into Golovkin's hands cos Danny will be on the end of all his punches.

This times about 1000. Danny has no inside game to speak of and without that you have no hope against GGG.

I honestly don't think Canelo has much of a chance, but if he is willing and able to stay inside on GGG, he has a shot.

[Zaryu]

Canelo, he has a solid chin and three rounds in the bank before the bell rings.

[pacmanis1]

I'd say it comes down to chin. Both have solid tools to beat him but I'd ride with Canelo. Switch chins and I'd ride with jacobs.

[NearHypnos]

In all fairness, I think Canelo has a stylistic advantage over GGG. If anyone is going to beat GGG and we had to think of the attributes they'd need it'd look a lot like Canelo. A hard hitting agressive counter puncher who holds his ground and throws combinations..with good size, good chin, a vicious uppercut along with great body work in addition to elite boxing skills. All that in a fighter with great pride and will. Outside of that we have to think of a supremely skilled long range boxer with durability and a ton of speed who isnt afraid to make it "ugly" with clinches, etc. Lara and Andrade are probably the closest to that in that weight range but I'm not sure they have the durability.


Jacobs does have a lot of speed and is a massive puncher with good skills. Do not discount Jacobs' power because dude is sharp and powerful. Chinny...but he's not just live. If he can hurt GGG this is very very good. Lets see how GGG handles Jacob's power. Make no mistake about it this is a big fight and Jacobs is more than just a live dog (I love Jacobs so maybe I'm being biased or blind but whatever..)