If You Take Away GGG Punching Power WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

[Chuckguy]

If you take away floyds defense what do you have?
If you take away tysons power what do you have?
What a ****** thread. Fact is he has power and there are no what ifs about it

[Redd Foxx]

I see people listing points but they all rely on him having power. Otherwise, his cutting off the ring, pressure, jab, etc don't work.
However, he DOES have power. So, we're just entertaining fantasies if we talk about him not having power.

[Szef]

You have a fighter Canelo is NOT fighting in September.

[satiev1]

Olympic silver medalist. Just outbox you on points like he did with lemieux. Great footwork, great jab, dosen't get hit when he dosen't want to, great timing, etc...

[Mike D]

Yeah but if you take away Chavez Jr's...oh wait, he don't got **** to take away

[IronDanHamza]

What do you think Canelo can do to GGG? Counter punching but against Chavez he chose when he wanted to fight or defend.

GGG will bring constant pressure.

How doe you see this playing out?

Also consider stamina

I think at distance and mid range Canelo has a great advantage. He's the more skilled and better counter puncher.

Where he's going to struggle is when Golovkin backs him to the ropes and tee's off, Canelo doesn't clinch, his defense is good but when someone gets inside he's not comfortable and rides the shots. Golovkin will get inside and I think Canelo loses there to GGG every time. Especially as he fades like you mentioned. Golovkin has a good engine and carries his power throughout.

My guess is GGG stoppage with Canelo up on the cards.

[Mukuro]

You fight according to your strengths. If he was born with average power, he probably would have developed a different style. This whole discussion of take away so and so's best asset and what do you have is some of the dumbest **** to argue about.

I agree with this. He has power, and so his style is largely focused around delivering it.

Also, there seems to be a blindspot among modern, American style trainers and fighters when it comes to Soviet style boxing. It is a different school, and they don't seem to appreciate some of the subtle things guys like GGG do (superior parrying and blocking for example). It is probably part of the reason why Soviet style guys are so effective. Even a semi-respected trainer like McGirt can look at GGG and only see power.

[IronDanHamza]

I see people listing points but they all rely on him having power. Otherwise, his cutting off the ring, pressure, jab, etc don't work.
However, he DOES have power. So, we're just entertaining fantasies if we talk about him not having power.

Exactly.

His power is extraordinary so taking it away is hardly fair.

[Scipio2009]

Pre-Abel or Post-Abel?

Without Abel, you end up with an Eastern Euro stylist in the mold of Pirog (though likely nowhere near as fluid).

With Abel, you end up in a rough spot (taking all those shots to the face, without your own baseball bat, isn't the greatest plan).

[Hype job]

A good point.

He has other attributes but without his extremely hard punch he doesn't have much to fall back on.

Defense?

Ring generalship?

Jab?

Footwork?

Stamina?

Chin?