How Canelo Box GGG w.o JAB?

[Carmen81]

Key to the fight: will Canelo be able to handle GGG s power, we know GGG will handle Canelo as he was able to take some bombs from a pretty much light heavy Jacobs. If he can take GGG s power than he can win by crafty boxing and using proper timing and outpoint him. I think he will be broken down though because he has never faced this kind of power from a bigger opponent .

[Bad_Guy]

It is effective, best way to short circuit a boxer who slips well, their reflexes over ride their normal movement and then put themselves in a position to be hit

Yea, I was not being sarcastic. The strategy makes perfect sense, and I agree that this would work at times.

[Boxfan83]

As you know when it comes to power ppl favour Ggg, even Canelo side.
Canelo side's only answer when they are asked how they will beat Ggg is that Canelo will stay away and box him with his 'skills'.
So, the last time i checked Ggg was the jabber, one of the best to win fights with it, and Canelo was throwing at most 4 jabs per round (flick jabs).
How is that possible for Canelo to box him without a jab?

Canelo is listed at having a 71" reach which I think is at least an 1inch or 2 fabricated. GGG is listed at or around 74ins" which I can see considering his height. With that said, Canelos jab isn't to much in the gameplan neither is to much lateral movement. Canelo has a smart team behind him, they know Canelo needs to hold his ground center ring, move his head and fire off combos, a 2(head)3(body) will be Canelos go to combo in this fight.

Canelos bulking up not to fight ring post to ring post. Canelos bulking up because he has to fight GGG on the inside. Canelos going to keep everything compact and smother GGG center ring where Canelo will have the hand speed advantage. Uppercuts will also play a big roll. This is going to be a masterful inside fight by Canelo, GGG is going to learn 1st hand what Mexican style is all about.

[triplohe]

Canelo has a smart team behind him, they know Canelo needs to hold his ground center ring, move his head and fire off combos, a 2(head)3(body) will be Canelos go to combo in this fight.

Canelo has a lot of things, but a smart team is not one of them.

His team is consisted of a couple of simple-minded small time boxing coaches that he started out with. He has outgrown those guys for quite a while now. The Mayweather fight showed it.

[W1LL]

People fall in love with how dominant these type of fighters are against lesser opposition. Segery Kovalev is a prime example.

[triplohe]

People fall in love with how dominant these type of fighters are against lesser opposition. Segery Kovalev is a prime example.

Sergey Kovalev is a lazy bum that got kicked out of Abel Sanchez's gym for being a lazy douchebag.

[whoelsebutjames]

As you know when it comes to power ppl favour Ggg, even Canelo side
Canelo side's only answer when they are asked how they will beat Ggg is that Canelo will stay away and box him with his 'skills'.
So, the last time i checked Ggg was the jabber, one of the best to win fights with it, and Canelo was throwing at most 4 jabs per round (flick jabs).
How is that possible for Canelo to box him without a jab?

Canelos not going to reinvent the wheel. In his past fight when his style wasn't working- he kept it up and eventually broke through to success. His confidence and persistence is pretty high.

G jab is disruptive but since he throws it with power it isn't as fast as a flicker jab which is harder to counter. Canelo will have to balance countering the jab with not over moving from Gs measuring feints.

Canelo generally works from the outside but he is able to get inside and jump back out. He probably feels like he can counter off the jab. Which I beleive he can. As long as he's able to keep the fight in the center of the ring.

With that said, I think Gs jab only matters if he's able to also hurt Canelo with other shots. If Canelo feels like he can take the power shots with folding, Gs jab will be nuetrslized. If not. It's an even longer night.

[Boxfan83]

Canelo has a lot of things, but a smart team is not one of them.

His team is consisted of a couple of simple-minded small time boxing coaches that he started out with. He has outgrown those guys for quite a while now. The Mayweather fight showed it.

Mayweather just is, was, and will always be better than Canelo. But in a sense you are right, I actually dont care for Canelos team but I think they are smarter than Sanchez and will come up with a better gameplan.

[-Hyperion-]

People fall in love with how dominant these type of fighters are against lesser opposition. Segery Kovalev is a prime example.

Kovalev is very skilled, he's just lazy in training....does everything at 3rd gear and refuses to be pushed to 5th by the trainers that have his best interest at heart.

[W1LL]

Kovalev is very skilled, he's just lazy in training....does everything at 3rd gear and refuses to be pushed to 5th by the trainers that have his best interest at heart.

Yea... you can say that now. Twelve months ago he was invincible in most peoples eyes. A white, balding, prime Mike Tyson.