The myth of canelos power

[Grimgash]

Canelo has power... is he a massive power puncher? No. He's also not really a brawler... and easy way to compare it would be to someone like JMM or Floyd... there's no one who fought them that really just walked through without a regard for their punches even though they weren't your typical power punchers. Canelo is similar he has above average power... with good timing and speed. It's enough to make a guy second guess and throw off his gameplan which is evident with the GGG fights considering GGG is supposed to have a granite chin.

[kidbazooka]

He’s never been a one punch ko artist but he is heavy handed no doubt about it.

Just ask ggg why he didn’t wanna go Mexican style with canelo he felt that ****tt but if he didn’t then ggg must be the biggest biatccch ever.

[Redd Foxx]

Canelo has power. He has a lot of things. You guys have to deal with it. If you're going to criticize the guy, his career moves, gifts from judges, and failed test are the things to criticize. As a boxer, he's pretty damn solid.

[Guest]

Canelo has power. He has a lot of things. You guys have to deal with it. If you're going to criticize the guy, his career moves, gifts from judges, and failed test are the things to criticize. As a boxer, he's pretty damn solid.

I don't dispute that. To think Kovalev has none of the above though is crazy.
Maybe they think it will be a DLH - Pac situation where Kov is just faded enough and would be drained and Canelo would be too fast for him.

[GhostofDempsey]

I don't think it's his power that creates the KO's as much as his pressure and creating openings with combinations. I'd also say his size advantage plays a factor as well as quality of his opposition. Look what happened when he fought Cotto and Chavez Jr., Cotto held his ground even though he was considerably smaller in that fight and Chavez stood there like a human punching bag and took all of Canelo's best shots.

[Guest]

I don't think it's his power that creates the KO's as much as his pressure and creating openings with combinations. I'd also say his size advantage plays a factor as well as quality of his opposition. Look what happened when he fought Cotto and Chavez Jr., Cotto held his ground even though he was considerably smaller in that fight and Chavez stood there like a human punching bag and took all of Canelo's best shots.

Speed kills the most IMO. And timing.

[GhostofDempsey]

Speed kills the most IMO. And timing.

He has the timing, but he's not all that fast, unless he is in there with a lumbering journeymen. Good quickness but not anything special.

[icha]

I don't think it's his power that creates the KO's as much as his pressure and creating openings with combinations. I'd also say his size advantage plays a factor as well as quality of his opposition. Look what happened when he fought Cotto and Chavez Jr., Cotto held his ground even though he was considerably smaller in that fight and Chavez stood there like a human punching bag and took all of Canelo's best shots.

they were both gun shy for most of the fight... chavez has fought bigger fighters than canelo and i never seen him gunshy like that... same happened to lara who traded much more with the likes of angulo or paul williams, but once canelo started to land he wanted no more of a fight... also ggg quited on his mexican style for a reason...

[Stokely]

not true. canelo couldn't drop mosley even though a smaller pac easily did it. canelo couldn't stop or even drop jacobs even though he was stopped before and dropped multiple times. couldn't stop or even drop chavez jr even though fonfara dropped him and made him quit. couldn't even hurt a smaller past prime cotto etc. etc.

canelo's power is vastly overrated. thats the truth. people who think he's going to just drop and stop kovalev are completely delusional. people actually think canelo is going to do to kovalev what he did to frickin fielding hahahahhahahahahahaahhaha wow.

I’m saying that the people he KOd have already been KOd before

[GhostofDempsey]

they were both gun shy for most of the fight... chavez has fought bigger fighters than canelo and i never seen him gunshy like that... same happened to lara who traded much more with the likes of angulo or paul williams, but once canelo started to land he wanted no more of a fight... also ggg quited on his mexican style for a reason...

Chavez was just in over his head. He's a B-rate fighter and he mailed it in that night, pulled a Clottey and put his earmuffs on so he could last the distance. GGG adjusted his game plan based upon Canelo's style. Which, in the eyes of most was good enough because he was robbed in those fights, and he walked through most of Canelo's punches. To Canelo's credit he took GGG's best punches as well. They both have world class chins.