Who was the better fighter?

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More skilled? Lara hands down, but better fighter H2H is a different question and better fighter P4P is a different question again.

If Canelo had fought and beaten the larger Murray at the same time he fought Lara in '14 I'd probably have given him a similar amount of credit for it, now... less so.

EDIT: Sorry I didn't realise the intent of the thread... I probably wouldn't have commented if I'd understood, but to clarify, Lara is a significantly better name on Canelo's resume at 154 than Murray was on GGGs at 160, but the close and somewhat controversial manner of the victory compared to GGGs dominance over Murray balances it somewhat. Weigh that ish as you will.

That's the point I was going to make after being drawn back into this discussion. Lara was better than Murray P4P - though definitely not levels above him, as others are claiming. H2H, they would have stunk the joint out as bad as Canelo and Lara, imo.

But GGG didn't squeak past Murray with a controversial points decision. He outclassed him, decked him, and stopped him, which is something nobody else has ever done, at 160 or 168.