LIAM SMITH: "Canelo's better than GGG in every department apart from power"

[Lester Tutor]

[Vlad_]

Sure he is... especially with his leading jab and footwork hahaha.

[RL_GMA]

The only things to me Canelo has an advantage in are:

Fighting under the "big lights"
Youth
Combination Speed
Slightly better defense (being heavily overrated IMO, but hey)

Outside of that I give GGG every other advantage whether it concerns overall accuracy, jab, punching power, footwork, experience at Middleweight, stamina, Am pedigree.

[True That]

From a non-biased, honest point of view, not a cheer leading fan boy perspective like the TS or cheer leading fan boy point of view like you get from either sides fanboys:


This truly is a tough fight to say exactly what is going to happen.

Many different things and outcomes can happen.

I believe either guy can win and has a good shot. It's those intangibles and questions that are going to be answered that we don't really know about going into the fight.

I can see scenarios where Canelo cuts Triple G's face up and the fight getting stopped on cuts with Canelo up on the cards.

I can see Canelo focusing on Triple G's body to try to wear him down that way. The problem is Triple G is going to be returning fire too. So while I think Canelo will get some shots to the body in, I don't think it will be enough to completely wear down Triple G because Canelo is not going to constantly stay there in front of him to take those return shots. And Triple G will be hitting Canelo to the body as well.

The only way I see a Canelo win by knockout is if it's due to cuts on Triple G's face or something of that nature. A win for Canelo is more likely by decision.

I can see Triple G eventually wearing Canelo out and getting a TKO win in the late rounds.

For Triple G to win by decision it is going to have to be quite clear and obvious that he won. By having a knockdown or knockdowns, staggering Canelo or really dominate at least 9 rounds or more.

The deck is stacked against Triple G when it comes to winning by a decision as we've seen in the past with Canelo scorecards against Trout, Mayweather, Lara and Cotto. Not saying the right guy didn't win, just saying scorecards were ridiculous for those fights.

Which may lead to another scenario where a lot of people may say that Triple G won but was robbed on the scorecards creating controversy and setting up a rematch.

Or we may get where Canelo in the views of many did win and deserved the decision.

Hopefully we can also get where Triple G seems like the winner after 12 by many and gets the decision if indeed he earned it and won in the eyes of many. This kind of thing seldom happens though.

It's because of these many scenarios, intangibles and questions that it is hard for me to predict an outcome on this fight.

How will Canelo fare against his first real Middleweight and that being the best Middleweight? How will Triple G deal with Canelo's hand speed and how much more power will Canelo have at Middleweight? Does Triple G have a chance to win a decision at all? Can Triple G deal with Canelo's skillset? Can Canelo last 12 rounds against Triple G and if he does, which is definitely a possibility in my opinion will the judges be fair, does Triple G have any chance at all winning a close decision if it looks like he was the clear winner in a close fight, they may even score a draw if it looks like Triple G won a lot of rounds. Hopefully it will not be a controversial ending and the right man wins and in the eyes of the fans, people, judges it is the rightful winner whether that be by decision or knockout.

My prediction is I have no prediction. This is a tough fight to call to say exactly what is going to happen.


Let's just hope for the best and may the best man win!

[Sidney Powell]

AKA "I lost to him so he's the GOAT"

A common symptom of gettin yo ass kicked

[TheBigLug]

GGG has better footwork, power, better jab, maybe a better chin too because i doubt he would get put on ***** street by Cotto's journeyman brother. GGG could have better stamina too.

The only area that Canelo has him beat hands down is hand speed/combination punching and defence.

[triplohe]

Liam Smith wouldn't last 3 rounds with Golovkin. That is a fact.

Why does Liam Smith look so punchable by the way? dear lord I could just punch him all day.

[RussB23]

Not really, GGG has better footwork, probably a better jab. Better conditioning and a better chin. Also has alot more experience.

[alexguiness]

I am disappointed in Liam to be honest.

He is starting to act just like his brother Paul.

[A.K]

All of canelos opps want to justify their L's like they weren't cherry picks