Comments Thread For: Hopkins: Canelo's Speed & Chin Were Key, Golovkin Got Tired

[BigStomps]

You dumbasses need to stop giving the credit for waiting until a fighter gets old to a few body punches. GGG has been declining for years and he was huffing and puffing badly by the 5th round against Willie Monroe Jr too, where you could see he was already declining. That's part of GGG "letting" Monroe hit him was that he was tired enough where he decided letting Monroe unload a few punches on his face was worth taking a little breather. You guys keep wanting to overhype fighters you like by giving them all this credit for a few punches they landed within a fight most people did not even think they won. You did the same thing with Kovalev-Ward before your opinion got completely exposed when it came out that Kovalev had been partying and drinking for awhile and his stamina was complete ****. The same exact thing happened to him vs Mikhalkin and Alvarez even after he fought Ward, and to a large extent vs Chilemba before he fought Ward as well.

All these guys are doing are waiting until a fighter gets old and his stamina goes in the toilet, then claiming their body punches are what tired him out when really, GGG has so much muscle around his midsection, he can take a great body shot. That wasn't the issue. The issue was at his age, he gasses out quickly.

Damn you a straight hater! You'll never give Canelo any credit for anything. You're a fool!
You think you know it all but you really don't! Everyone on here can tell you're a clown!
So just go away cause nobody cares what you got to say!

[Mindgames]

So if Canelo can out box GGG do think Mayweather would have boxed GGG ears off when they said they would fight Mayweather at 155 ?

Triangle theory doesnt really work in boxing though. The fact that Golovkin is taller heavier and bigger than Mayweather, more so than young Canelo, and that Jab of GGG is so good, while the jab is Mayweathers only weakness, as he showed against Oscar, i think Golovkin would've been far more dangerous than Canelo for Floyd. Saying that, i thought Golovkin won both fights with Canelo, not by much.

[Mindgames]

Age definitely plays a part, as it did in Bhops two losses to Taylor. Them smaller quicker guys are a problem.

[markther]

Age definitely plays a part, as it did in Bhops two losses to Taylor. Them smaller quicker guys are a problem.

Yup and in his wins against HOF’er Trinidad at 36, against HOF’er William Joppy at 38, Oscar De La Hoya at 39, Tarver at 41, Winky Wright at 42, Pavlik at 43, Pascal at 46, Tavoris Cloud & Karo Murat at 48.

And for the record, Jermain Taylor and Hopkins were about the same size, in the same division at Middleweight. Hopkins was 6-1 and Taylor was just an inch shorter at 5-11. Please brush up on your boxing knowledge. Thanks!

[texasboi15]

I hope this fight finally shatters the myth of Big Bear and training at high altitude.

Admit Big Bear is a bunch of Big Shit or give Canelo's body shots some credit.

[markther]

Mayweather would have definitely out boxed GGG IF he fought him the year he fought Canelo. Because his reflexes and defense were superb. And that was a perfect game plan against a younger and stronger Canelo. And Mayweather has a pretty good chin too. A lot of people under rate his ability to absorb shots and roll with them to lesson the impact and damage. I strongly believe Mayweather would have avoided GGG’s telegraphed shots. And Floyd always had his team watch film to help him take away his opponents strengths. No way GGG beats him. Even people that hate Floyd have to admit that and I’m not a Floyd fan. He was just a master boxer and defensive genius. And at a catch weight of 155, that’s strongly favors Floyd, not GGG. Now, it would have been a boring ass fight but I was hoping he would step up to that challenge like Leonard did for Hagler. Boxing experts would have favored Floyd too. GGG has NO special effects. Easy to game plan against.

[A.K]

Canelo has a hell of a chin but cause he survived doesn’t mean he should of got the nod. I don’t know where this Golovkin got tired mess is coming from the man was clearly dominating the last 4 rounds up until the last minute of the fight.

[samy787]

he beat b hops record anyway you look at that streak if you can do math maybe in todays days maths has changed but defended it more times

[markther]

BHOP is spot on in his analysis. Canelo was right in front of GGG to be hit. But Canelo was confident that he could absorb those shots, that he had the faster hands, that he could put GGG on the defense, and that he could beat GGG to the punch. Doesn’t mean people can’t say GGG won or it was a draw. It’s about strategy and persuading the judges in their scoring. Like his team said, Canelo would throw more punches this fight but so did GGG. The difference was the optics with the judges. Canelo persuaded the judges this time by being right in front of GGG, throwing 46 shots to the body, firing off at GGG’s Head, and showing toughness through eating GGG’s shots. He didn’t need to fight a perfect fight, just one that was efficient enough to have the judges lean his way & see it his way.

[samy787]

whether succesfully or not