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It seems like we are moving to a debate over whether GGG was avoided or himself avoided as this plays part in your legacy question. The fact is in his prime he did not have fighters whom he would beat and that would become a legacy. With so much anticipation and weight added to the second fight with Canelo, it was in a way make it or break it for GGG. I believe he made it, but the official record sooner or later is likely to prevail over wide-spread opinion. And at this age I'm not even convinced he would beat Canelo legitimately in the third fight (it might happen in a year from now or even later) and Canelo, himself being a future HOF, was supposed to be a great victory for GGG.
P.S. I won't watch the videos you posted, but i've seen some where some people might interpret as Abel's admission of a loss. Interpretation of what Abel says may differ between various people, I for one never interpreted it as such since I paid attention to the context and, well, other videos. Abel was also very clear in saying he believed GGG won 7-5. Abel just wants to be gracious in "defeat" and says things which don't make him look like a sore loser. IMO, he has every reason to 8Itch and cry "robbery", but that's a different topic..We are just very complacent with this sort of stuff when it comes to boxing and are too lenient to have double standards. "Well, that's boxing for you". No, wrong decisions must be overturned. We have it in judiciary, why not in sport where a wrong decision might subject a fighter to receiving thousands more punches in the face and rob a fighter of a well-deserved victory? To me justice matters and in light of a second fight (which legitimately could have been a draw, which is very rare) the first one just looks unquestionably won by GGG. Its mind-boggling how people attribute GGG's qualities in the first fight to Canelo in the second fight and still have Canelo beating GGG twice...*smh*.
P.S. I won't watch the videos you posted, but i've seen some where some people might interpret as Abel's admission of a loss. Interpretation of what Abel says may differ between various people, I for one never interpreted it as such since I paid attention to the context and, well, other videos. Abel was also very clear in saying he believed GGG won 7-5. Abel just wants to be gracious in "defeat" and says things which don't make him look like a sore loser. IMO, he has every reason to 8Itch and cry "robbery", but that's a different topic..We are just very complacent with this sort of stuff when it comes to boxing and are too lenient to have double standards. "Well, that's boxing for you". No, wrong decisions must be overturned. We have it in judiciary, why not in sport where a wrong decision might subject a fighter to receiving thousands more punches in the face and rob a fighter of a well-deserved victory? To me justice matters and in light of a second fight (which legitimately could have been a draw, which is very rare) the first one just looks unquestionably won by GGG. Its mind-boggling how people attribute GGG's qualities in the first fight to Canelo in the second fight and still have Canelo beating GGG twice...*smh*.
[no sarcasm, I substantively agree with you].
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