Why couldn't Canelo Alvarez beat Golovkin as convincingly as Pacquiao beat Margarito?

[SthPaw]

Because Canelo Alvarez is not Manny Pacquiao and Gennady Golovkin is not Antonio Margarito.

[Mr Objecitivity]

Because Canelo Alvarez is not Manny Pacquiao and Gennady Golovkin is not Antonio Margarito.

So you're admitting that Canelo Alvarez isn't that much more skilled than Golovkin? In other words, Golovkin is close or equal to Canelo in terms of skills?

[BoxingTrav]

Manny Pacquiao practically ended Margarito's career. Apart from the stoppage, Pacman beat Margarito pretty much as convincingly as Shane Mosley did. Especially when taking into consideration Pacman had no business even competing at that weight against opponents of that size whilst Mosley is a much bigger sized boxer than Pacquiao. So what Pacman did to Margarito (taking size into consideration) > what Shane Mosley did to Margarito.

Why does it matter you ask? Because if Canelo Alvarez was as skilled as many that favored him claimed him to be and if Golovkin was a Margarito clone as many claimed, then that's how big the margin of victory should've been for Canelo over Golovkin. However, it wasn't. Why was that?

Margarito's worse defeat was at the hands of Shane Mosley. Manny got a man that was already destroyed. Canelo did not have that same luxury when he fought GGG.

The fight was Manny's fourth above 140 and performed well in those fights so how did Manny have no business fighting at that weight?

[j.razor]

Considering I've been reading and hearing comments lately about how Golovkin is only as good (or rather as bad) as Antonio Margarito. As in, Golovkin's boxing level is at Margarito's level whilst many of those favoring Canelo Alvarez to beat Golovkin have been commenting on how much superior Canelo's boxing skill / level is, compared to Golovkin and the margin between the two overall in the skill / level department. As if Canelo Alvarez is a character from a play-station game with matrix like abilities whilst Golovkin is a Antonio Margarito clone. That's how the margin between the two have been described frequently between Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez in terms of boxing skill / level.

So why couldn't Canelo Alvarez demolish GGG as convincingly or more convincingly compared to how the legendary Manny Pacquiao demolished Antonio Margarito?

Margarito was never the same when they caught him cheating & manny was cheating while he beat margarito & manny was never the same when people started talking about him & PED's. lil g is just like margarito, walks forward & takes punches....lol....Didn't you hear Floyd say it aint cool to be hit? I agree 100% with Floyd.

[BoxingTrav]

manny actually beat marg worst than what shane did so not sure what this is about LOL.

Margarito was stopped and dropped by Shane. He never hurt Shane. He hurt Manny in the 6th round with a body shot. And of course we know Manny never dropped Antonio.

[Raggamuffin]

Considering I've been reading and hearing comments lately about how Golovkin is only as good (or rather as bad) as Antonio Margarito. As in, Golovkin's boxing level is at Margarito's level whilst many of those favoring Canelo Alvarez to beat Golovkin have been commenting on how much superior Canelo's boxing skill / level is, compared to Golovkin and the margin between the two overall in the skill / level department. As if Canelo Alvarez is a character from a play-station game with matrix like abilities whilst Golovkin is a Antonio Margarito clone. That's how the margin between the two have been described frequently between Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez in terms of boxing skill / level.

So why couldn't Canelo Alvarez demolish GGG as convincingly or more convincingly compared to how the legendary Manny Pacquiao demolished Antonio Margarito?

Don't ever put Margarito and GG in the same sentence again mother****er.

[WesternChamp]

Margarito was stopped and dropped by Shane. He never hurt Shane. He hurt Manny in the 6th round with a body shot. And of course we know Manny never dropped Antonio.

Manny scarred marg for life, made him wear sun glasses everywhere he go lol. I dont know about you, but i rather take a ref stoppage than being scarred for life.

Manny and shane is not the same size, shane was able to push marg around where as for manny, he beat marg based on speed.

[Xi_]

Margo was a ****ing bum by the time Pacquiao got him in the ring.....he looked like a bag of **** in his past two fights including a ko loss.

[Mr Objecitivity]

Don't ever put Margarito and GG in the same sentence again mother****er.

Tell that to those who are claiming Golovkin is at Margarito's level in boxing abilities.

[Mr Objecitivity]

Margarito was never the same when they caught him cheating & manny was cheating while he beat margarito & manny was never the same when people started talking about him & PED's. lil g is just like margarito, walks forward & takes punches....lol....Didn't you hear Floyd say it aint cool to be hit? I agree 100% with Floyd.

Where's your evidence that Manny Pacquiao was cheating against Margarito and Canelo Alvarez wasn't cheating against Golovkin?

Or perhaps Manny Pacquiao became older and declined, which had nothing to do with PED?

If Lil G is just like Margarito, then why hasn't he been DECISIVELY beaten yet?