Here's an AMAZING stat:

[Boksfan]

No idea wy Golovkin forgot how to body punch vs Alvarez.

[Snowballer]

He was just head hunting like a dumbass

Mostly jabbing.

[Snowballer]

fighters see stuff we dont see as fans!!! it's easy to sit on your couch and complain why ggg didnt go to the body. there's reasons why he didnt. just like how decide not to throw when fighting certain opponents.

What about his coach Abel? Did he insist on more body punches?

[aboutfkntime]

No idea wy Golovkin forgot how to body punch vs Alvarez.

neither do MANY Golovkin fans

which is absolutely ridiculous imho

if you have no idea why the fight played out that way..... then you are not qualified to score a fight, and certainly in no position to cry robbery

it is clearly obvious why Golovkin kept them hands at home

the exact same thing happened to Chavez, for the exact same reason

[aboutfkntime]

What about his coach Abel? Did he insist on more body punches?

he was screaming for Golovkin to stop boxing and fight Canelo..... so, YES he did

[Gigantes]

ggg won both fights without even needing to go to the body, he found something that was working for him so why change it. just too bad he got screwed both times.

[Thuglife Nelo]

ggg won both fights without even needing to go to the body, he found something that was working for him so why change it. just too bad he got screwed both times.

Elite level prize fighting is not amateur boxing or the Olympics where you expect the judges to just score conservative attempts or just jabs. Canelo never made headlines that he was going to do a jab contest with Golovkin, and the judges wouldn't expect that either.

Canelo focused on body punches, counters, jabs, defense.

GGG just focused on lazy robotic stanced jabs.

Welcome to boxing! And if you want to know what a SRL at Heavyweight looks at throwing a jab and looking graceful with footwork search a guy named ''Larry Holmes.''

[lolpz]

Well Canelo is a great counter puncher and is much faster then GGG.

GGG didn't want to get countered. Simple. GGG worked off his jab and though tthat would win him the fight, but he ended up coming up short. Close, but it wasn't enough. He clearly lost.

[phishfan]

Well Canelo is a great counter puncher and is much faster then GGG.

GGG didn't want to get countered. Simple. GGG worked off his jab and though tthat would win him the fight, but he ended up coming up short. Close, but it wasn't enough. He clearly lost.

It’s not simple??? It’s a fight and you’re gonna get hit absolutely no way around it. I refuse to believe that GGG was “afraid” of getting countered. I would love to know his explanation...

[SplitSecond]

Canelo is not as open as spence, and he's much scarier with the counters and speed that he has. That said I did think golovkin could have looked for body shots more. Maybe he sees those jabs landing so well he thinks he must be banking the rounds. But he's not landing many power shots on canelo anyway, he even had to make his right hand shoot like a jab.