Abel Sanchez "I Lost a Son" Interview

[Thuglife Nelo]

Wasn’t GGG more like Wlad and Vitali when he first started? And it was Sanchez who made him become more offensive and more exciting to watch?

And GGG fans swore that he was a defensive genius, bringing up compubox numbers of how little GGG got hit.

I’ll tell you what actually happened. The truth is that everyone before Jacobs and Canelo were lower leveled fighters, and that’s what GGG got used to. So when he fought Jacobs and Canelo and could not KO them, it was a shock to his ego that he actually had to use his boxing skills to win. He did alright imo, neither Canelo or Jacobs dominated him. They had great success against him, especially Canelo. But no fighter dominated in those fights (GGG didn’t either).

Truth is at the top level you’re going to get hit, you’re to have draws and close fights and you will not dominate every top fighter at that level. Like since the beginning of time.

No trainer in the world can help GGG at this point at the elite level. Anyone saying otherwise is only fooling themselves. Have any top trainer train GGG for a third Canelo fight, GGG may still lose.

If you’re talking about GGG’s Ego, then industry knows as well as the judges that Canelo dominated GGG’s skills. When you nullify what most saw from GGG, that’s why other “dominating” or exposing what GGG couldn’t adapt or change to.

The world heard GGG was going to fight “Mexican style.” Only noobs and casuals think that Moretti has never seen Mexican style fights...lol.

This is why Canelo is respected. No boxer, as RJJ said, fought GGG at his own chess game. Canelo even gave the world two different performances and styles on how to fight GGG.

Call them mental fortitude or whatever, but Canelo did it. That’s gangsta and beast mode. Why GGG never attempted the body assures matchmaking in the past works wonders.

[Boxingwizard]

Wasn’t GGG more like Wlad and Vitali when he first started? And it was Sanchez who made him become more offensive and more exciting to watch?

And GGG fans swore that he was a defensive genius, bringing up compubox numbers of how little GGG got hit.

I’ll tell you what actually happened. The truth is that everyone before Jacobs and Canelo were lower leveled fighters, and that’s what GGG got used to. So when he fought Jacobs and Canelo and could not KO them, it was a shock to his ego that he actually had to use his boxing skills to win. He did alright imo, neither Canelo or Jacobs dominated him. They had great success against him, especially Canelo. But no fighter dominated in those fights (GGG didn’t either).

Truth is at the top level you’re going to get hit, you’re to have draws and close fights and you will not dominate every top fighter at that level. Like since the beginning of time.

No trainer in the world can help GGG at this point at the elite level. Anyone saying otherwise is only fooling themselves. Have any top trainer train GGG for a third Canelo fight, GGG may still lose.

I never said GGG was a defensive genius, but he is a highly skilled boxer. Sanchez never taught GGG defense, no head movement, how to block or slip punches. Sanchez never taught GGG on how to utilize his boxing skills during those 9 years. Yeah Jacobs is a step up from most of Golovkin's opponents, but he looked terrible against Jacobs. He's getting hit too much, that blame should be on Sanchez because whatever gameplan he had for Jacobs and Canelo it wasn't effective enough, and it's pretty obvious.

When a fighter loses or isn't performing well, sometimes the trainer deserves blame, sometimes the fighter, in this case it's definitely the trainer. Given the way he fights, Golovkin should have hired Kevin Rooney 9 years ago. That's why I say Teddy Atlas would be a great trainer for Golovokin.

[buddyr]

It’s funny seeing guys who used to defend Isabella Sanchez when we were calling him a liar now turn on him lol. It’s just hilarious

[Madison Boxing]

Spare me the tears. Isnt it funny how these trainers form such close connections with their best fighters who bring them the money. They never have some father and son relationship with a bum.

[TonyGe]

Effective aggression and power punching rules. If you outland your opponent in power punching in 9 of 12 rounds, I doubt the judges will give it to your opponent.

Canelo outlanded GGG in 9 of 12 rounds in power punching, for a total of 143 to 113. GGG stayed back and jabbed, jabbed, and jabbed. Canelo came forward and landed more telling blows in more rounds. After GGG and Sanchez spoke of big drama show, Mexican style, coming to fight, etc, GGG came to get on his bike and jab his way through the fight. And it was Canelo coming forward.

If GGG wanted to potshot and win fights like Mayweather, he needs to also lower the amount of punches landed on him, especially telling blows, by being more elusive. Jabbing and potshotting while also getting hit with as much power punches as he was is an uphill battle on the scorecards.

Even if you assign 1 power punch 2 points vs 1 point for a jab Golovkin still outscored him in the majority of the rounds.
Almost every punch that landed for Golovkin landed to the head of Canelo. That wasn't the case for Canelo who threw more body punches. Golovkin out landed him in jabs 2 to 1. Golovkin out landed him in in combined punches in 10 of the 12 rounds. Canelo's power punches never forced Golovkin to the ropes, staggered him, or forced him to abandon the center of the ring. He had some abrasions but that doesn't score points against him. Golovkin fought him the way a fighter is supposed to fight a pressure fighter with faster hands. Step back when necessary use your jab, circle and land power shots. Canelo couldn't slip the jab of Golovkin even though he had a prior fight in order to learn how. So who was more effective over all? The man who didn't learn from the first fight or the man that landed more punches over all. That would be Golovkin. Fights are scored by rounds and jabs are scoring punches. That's the way boxing is structured. The judges got it wrong.

[TonyGe]

It’s funny seeing guys who used to defend Isabella Sanchez when we were calling him a liar now turn on him lol. It’s just hilarious

That is bull****. There are a lot of Golovkin supporters myself included that were critical of Sanchez since the beginning. There wss that young fighter from England that left Sanchez for the exact reasons the OP described. No variety in the Sanchez gym.

[hectari]

That would be a good trainer for him.

Yup, ggg is always going to be an offensive fighter he is not going to be a slick boxer at his age, Roach is the best trainer for him he will bring that aggression back that ggg was lacking.

[SplitSecond]

This is weird considering the greedy/shameful/without honor quotes earlier. Temper was high then I guess.

[blue_dolphin]

"i lost a bum" -Abel Sanchez

i agree . Lil g is a bum

[Smash]

Part II - 'Return of the Son'
Part III - 'Revenge of the Son'
Part IV - 'KO of the Son'