Was anyone else very underwhelmed by GGG vs canelo?

[Chuckguy]

Dont get me wrong it was a good fight. But it wasnt what it was all cracked up to be for the past 2 years. Both fighters only landed a couple really hard blows throughout the whole fight. Canelo literally spent the majority of the fight backing up avoiding exchanges then occasionally threw a combo. GGG looked hesitant and sluggish.

It just didnt live up to the hype, was supposed to be one of the best fights in recent years wasnt even the best fight of the year. Im not even hyped for the rematch.

To me it was like they didint want to hurt each other
I don’t know what annoyed me more? GGG not going balls to the wall or canelo on his damn bike all night

[just the facts]

Joshua/Klit was a great fight

Easily the most uneventful heavyweight title fight I've ever watched. 45 plus years a boxing fan.

[REMOVE SHARK 55]

Canelo took zero risks at all. To make a fight great you have to take risks, thats what alot of fighters dont do nowadays. Thats why ther arent much fights like hears/hagler or SRL vs duran

We had Badou vs De Gale at SMW for the IBF and WBC strap. What a compelling fight. They both took risks all night.
The Ward vs Kovalev saga?.

The Sugar Rays and Duran's had their time. It's a new era.

[Eff Pandas]

Anyone expecting a war was disappointed & underwhelmed I'm sure. I never really expected that sorta war & in general in big fights I'm on pins & f#cking needles cuz I know anything can happen in boxing at any moment...it usually doesn't, but it can. And that gets & keeps me amped for the big fights or fights with guys I'm invested in in some way so I'm rarely underwhelmed for the bigger fights. On repeat viewers it can be underwhelming doe lol.

Randomly I re-watched the fight, Calvin Grove vs Jorge Paez I, that got me watching everything boxing related & going to fights & I remember going nuts for that fight & in particular the finish where Paez scored 3 KD's in the 15th round to swipe the W & while the ending was still exciting as f#ck the rest of the fight not so much. Watching it doe I was invested as f#ck & hyped about everything going on. And thats pretty much how I get in the big fights or important fights to me ever since live in the moment even if the taped version isn't as good to me.

[siablo14]

When does a PPV fight ever live up to the hype though? The only one in recent times is May/Mac and that's just because of how low expectations were for it.

When the top guys in boxing fight each other, I never expect an entertaining fight, it's pretty rare. I still can't believe that people were upset that Mayweather vs Pacquiao wasn't some toe to toe slugfest.

Tell the poster above you. He thought it lived up to the hype.

[Bobby Deez]

Kind of.. I mean Canelo made GGG take the power off his punches and resort to arm punching.

[TonyGe]

I thought it was an interesting fight. Mostly because of the things that the fighters did wrong. Canelo going to the ropes and fighting in spurts Golovkin neglicting to body punch and not attacking Canelo all out along the ropes. I had Golovkin winning by four rounds. The rematch should be better.

[daggum]

it was a fixed fight with subpar coriagraphy

[mjbjst]

Yes it wasn't the great fight everyone made it out to be.

[RussB23]

Anyone expecting a war was disappointed & underwhelmed I'm sure. I never really expected that sorta war & in general in big fights I'm on pins & f#cking needles cuz I know anything can happen in boxing at any moment...it usually doesn't, but it can. And that gets & keeps me amped for the big fights or fights with guys I'm invested in in some way so I'm rarely underwhelmed for the bigger fights. On repeat viewers it can be underwhelming doe lol.

Randomly I re-watched the fight, Calvin Grove vs Jorge Paez I, that got me watching everything boxing related & going to fights & I remember going nuts for that fight & in particular the finish where Paez scored 3 KD's in the 15th round to swipe the W & while the ending was still exciting as f#ck the rest of the fight not so much. Watching it doe I was invested as f#ck & hyped about everything going on. And thats pretty much how I get in the big fights or important fights to me ever since live in the moment even if the taped version isn't as good to me.

I expected a war, and thats what the promotion promised. Thats why is was so dissapointed when it just turned out to be a regular fight.