insider stories- ggg v canelo sparring

[Madison Boxing]

Been trying to tell these Cendelita heads that "Lil g" is going to do a number on the diva.

Danny Jacobs was HUGE on fight night against "Lil g" and he is probably the second best MW in the world....even so, Jacobs got jabbed to death and had to ride the bike the entire fight to avoid getting KO'd.

The diva doesn't have anything even remotely close to the footwork required to survive 12 rds against "Lil g". Also, like I've been saying, that left to the liver will be the key.....Diva's got short arms, his elbows don't reach far enough to sufficiently reach the liver area. She'll be forced to lean forward or far to the right to protect the liver which'll play right into "Lil g's" hands with either the uppercut or the left hook.

This fight will show exactly why Canelita has avoid this fight for so long.......she remembers what happened during that infamous sparring session a few years ago, just like the witnesses remember it.

agreed ^......

[Dip_Slide]

That has very little to do with the fight in September, in 2011 Canelo was a light middleweight who moved up from welterweight a year earlier. GGG on the other hand was still in his 20s, in his prime, still had a lot of experience from the amateurs and Canelo at the time didn't really have anywhere near the experience that GGG had at the time. Canelo in the last 6 years has been gaining a tremendous amount of experience fighting and sparring all kinds of fighters, his body has developed into a full grown's man body, his stamina and also his ability to take a punch have improved a lot and due to his defense he hasn't taken muh punishment in the sport.

Stylewise he's always gonna give GGG a ton of problems, he has fast hands, he's very sharp, he has very good head movement and he can fight well off the ropes, but the only unknown is how he's gonna react if he got caught flush on the body or on the chin and if he can get GGG's respect early on in the fight. GGG should be favored slightly but I see it as a 50-50 fight and I think Canelo should be given a lot of credit for fighting the best man in the division in his first serious fight at 160 pounds.

[davef]

Whatever happened 6 years ago I still can't see Canelo getting blasted out of there easily

I think it will be a REALLY close fight and go the distance with Canelo winning 120-108 on the cards

[SplitSecond]

Some things never change, canelo still loves to start fast.