Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin - Analysis and Opinion

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

To simply categorize this fight as a skills-versus-power matchup would be an overgeneralization. Granted, Alvarez has the edge in skills and Golovkin in power. But Canelo is no slouch in the power department and Triple G's Olympic gold medal and the fact that he might have lost a mere 10 rounds in his previous 17 title defenses is testament to his ring IQ.
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[Jewish-Reptile]

Golovkin by stoppage, or multiple knock downs points victory.

[Tom Cruise]

Not sure how you can say Canelo is proven to be more durable than GGG.

Jacobs, Lemiuex and probably Stevens punch harder than anyone Alvarez has faced (in real terms not p4p) and Golovkin has taken flush power shots from them all without blinking.

I also question if Canelo has fought the better opposition if you ignore P4P. In 'real life' i reckon it is probably pretty even.

[observer]

Multiple "strange" statements, to put it mildly. The whiskers statement already debunked above.

Canelo better on his feet than GGG?

When have we seen GGG out of gas after sending an opponent into a KD? Even in the infamous Ouma fight with GGG deprived of sleep and food before the fight he was punching like an Energizer bunny when the fight was stopped. GGG dropping Canelo multiple times and not finishing him is science fiction.

[Slowhand]

Well.. Peter Lim is free to express his opinion but instead of an analysis this was just a bunch of bullsiht.

[mrbigshot]

This was a shocking preview - no mention of the battle of the jab

And no way in hell does canelo have better feet than ggg

[Clegg]

An interesting point that neither has ever been hit with as powerful a body shot as the other can dish out. Thinking back to fights like Khan-Maidana, Maidana was a tough MF and just about made it up in that first round, but a lot of guys who get caught like that are done and even though an early KO from a shot to the chin would surprise me, if these 2 start exchanging to the body it might end at any point.

[angkag]

His analysis is mix of over-simplistic in places, incorrect in others, but with a couple of interesting observations. Worth reading his prediction of the fight from his blogspot, copied below. It suggests that Golovkin's jab will be ineffective over the first 6, instead suggesting that Golovkin 'charges' rather than try controlling the distance, presumably like a bull with Canelo playing the matador. If it played out that way over the first 6, I would be shocked at Golovkin's ******ity more than anything else.

To label this fight as a skills-versus-power matchup would simply be an overgeneralization. True, Alvarez has the edge in skills and Golovkin in power. But Canelo is no slouch in the power department and GGG, a former Olympic gold medalist, might have lost a mere 10 rounds in his previous 17 title defenses.

Canelo's superior hand and foot speed befuddles GGG for the first half of the fight. Fluidly sidestepping GGG's charges, Canelo rattles the Kazakh with picturesque and rapid-fire combinations to the head and ribcage like no other boxer has done before. GGG finds sporadic moments of success with his jab and by investing in well-placed crunching shots to the torso, but they are too few and far between to win any of the first six rounds.

The power differential begins to mark a shift in momentum in the seventh round. While Canelo is a natural 154-pounder who hits like a middleweight, GGG is a natural 160-pounder who hits like a light heavyweight. As flashy and crowd-pleasing as Canelo's flurries were in the first half of the fight, GGG's more deliberate and educated punches has exacted more of a toll on Canelo than vice versa.

Pumping his sledgehammer jab overtime, GGG presses the action with calculated pressure and begins to land the more debilitating blows with increasing frequency. Canelo feistily continues to box and **** but it becomes clear that his punches don't pack the same TNT as those of GGG.

Going into the ninth round, it appears Canelo has built enough of a lead to simply stay on his feet, cruise and perhaps steal one more round to win the fight. But his Mexican DNA refuses to let him turn into a Mayweather. He meets GGG head on and pays a high price as GGG gets the better of the exchanges with bludgeoning punches upstairs and down.

GGG drops Canelo for the first time in his career with a body shot at the end of the tenth round that appears to sap him of whatever reserves he has left in his tank. Rather than resorting to survival mode, Canelo decides to go for broke and comes out firing with both fists in the eleventh round. GGG easily absorbs the incoming fire and drops Canelo three more times but the brave Mexican beats the count each time and miraculously survives the round.

Coming out for the final round, Canelo is an exhausted fighter but GGG has also depleted most of his firepower. He goes through the motions of chasing Canelo around the ring, doing enough to win the round but unable to land a fight-ending punch. At the end of the day, all judges have Canelo winning more rounds but GGG is declared the victor by close but unanimous decision courtesy of the multiple knockdowns.

[Shadoww702]

Not sure how you can say Canelo is proven to be more durable than GGG.

Jacobs, Lemiuex and probably Stevens punch harder than anyone Alvarez has faced (in real terms not p4p) and Golovkin has taken flush power shots from them all without blinking.

I also question if Canelo has fought the better opposition if you ignore P4P. In 'real life' i reckon it is probably pretty even.

??? Your high as a KITE if you really think that???

You mean tell me Jacobs is better than Floyd??? Floyd got rated best boxer of the last 25 years! Damn your ******!

Lemuix LOST to Alcine and Rubio.

Jacobs got DROPPED by a guy who has less power than even Paulie.

This is the DUMBEST comment I read so far this week.

I always KNEW GGG had the DUMBEST fans. *** everyone he fights you clowns hype up. I remember House Arrest Wade how bad you hyped him up. AND WE ALL laughed AT YOU.

[Shadoww702]

Well.. Peter Lim is free to express his opinion but instead of an analysis this was just a bunch of bullsiht.

Will you slap yourself if Canelo wins???