Am I the only one who finds Canelo extremely overrated?

[Boxing Scene]

Nope! Voluntary testing is a paradox innit!?

Brush up on your IQ bruh!

Must eat you alive to the point that you cannot sleep that your hero and boyfriend failed TWO DRUG TESTS. Just must really keep you awake at night in your mom's basement. And the funny part is there's nothing you can ever do to change it. You act like you're on Canelo's ****in payroll and it's just a sad sight to see some internet nerd obsessed with a boxer he'll never meet.

[Boxing Scene]

if GGG was Mexican, he would not have received a free pass for avoiding guys like Lara and Ward...

if Golovkin was Mexican, appropriate questions would have been asked about his poor opponent selection

if Golovkin was Mexican, his fans would have much higher expectations

This is how god damn dumb you are. AVOIDING WARD a fighter not even in his weight class or a mandatory. All the while CINABALLS DROPPED his belt and fled back down to Cleneloweight to AVOID fighting GGG until he got older.

[Thuglife Nelo]

This is how god damn dumb you are. AVOIDING WARD a fighter not even in his weight class or a mandatory. All the while CINABALLS DROPPED his belt and fled back down to Cleneloweight to AVOID fighting GGG until he got older.

“Ha-ha!” You must of lost a lot of money on GGG. Why did you bet your house? Households are important.

[hugh grant]

I'm sorry but I just don't see any one thing that he does that separates him from everyone else at the elite level. Sorry but he just doesn't blow me away.

He's improved a lot over year. He's good and maybe his toughness is his best asset as he didn't outbox ggg, or jacobs.
So he's somewhere near top but not dominant that's for sure.
But his resume is very good.
So depends on how your judging him

[STREET CLEANER]

I used to be critical of him. He has stepped it up and showed that he has real skills. The triple G fights were close and I had G winning them but I am not upset about it, it was that close.

[Da Boxer]

Nope, he is where he is because of robberies

This is 100% correct.

[sicko]

Overrated? NO! Do some fans Overrate him? Absolutely! We can say that about ALL fighters and their Fans

Going to be a Influx of bitter GGG fans bashing Canelo this week of course

[Caxcan]

Another rehashed thread in which people complain about Canelo not dominating elite opposition enough in their eyes. Canelo may not be a perfect fighter (few fighters in history have fit that description) and I'm not going to compare him to this or that legend from the past (Pac is the only active fighter I consider worthy of the title of legend), but he IS one of the most efficient technicians in the game today along with having one of the deepest resumes at a relatively young age.
His stamina has never been great, however, one of his best attributes is his ability to rein in his opposition's offense without exerting a lot of energy. His sharp defense combined with counterpunching makes opponents reluctant to open up against him, and even if you land a good shot, he happens to have one of the best chins in boxing and is liable to shoot right back with a hard counter just the same. It's telling that Jacobs was taking more chances against GGG than Canelo yet some people turn around and claim his power is overrated.

I find it ironic when people suggest the only certain way to beat Canelo is by knocking him out because not only do you not see opponents trying to take him out (except for the guys who end up getting smashed), his opponents instead become uncharacteristically tentative and reduce themselves to arm punchers like they're the ones trying to play it safe and make it to the final bell. Canelo for his part doesn't throw many arm punches or half assed shots, he commits and digs in when he lets his hands go because he has confidence in his timing and accuracy. Then you'll have people claim controversy in a decision because they insist there should be no distinction between arm punches and power shots. Some will even cry robbery when his opponent's own damn corner admits it was a fair decision like with Trout and GGG. It's laughable.


In the leadup to Canelo-GGG II, team GGG constantly thumped their chests about being the definition of Mexican style and insisted any fighter who takes a step back isn't a real man and deserves no credit, yet when confronted with an aggressive Canelo, he hit reverse real quick and backtracked on both his words and his ass. Then you had a guy like Lara who claimed the Cuban amateur style to be superior to all others and promised to take Canelo to school but on fight night ended up ditching classing instead. The dude was practically tripping over himself at times while turning to high tail it in the opposite direction against a 23 year old no less. The whole thing is comical.

Another one of Canelo's best attributes has been his ability to improve from fight to fight. I'd rank beating GGG (AKA "the boogeyman of all boogeymen") at his own game along with his handling of a top fighter like Jacobs up there with the last few quality wins of any fighter-- and if he gets past Kovalev it'll elevate him to another level. No doubt many people are rooting against him so they can turn around and claim he was overrated to begin with despite his having established himself as one of the top fighters of the past decade and the current face of boxing, all by his late 20s. I find the irrational hate he gets amusing in a way because I think it's ironically helped propel his success since he seems to have a chip on his shoulder about it which he uses as motivation.

[QueensburyRules]

Yes, he's overrated... But we can't deny the fact that he's a very "gifted" boxer thanks to GBP...

- -You still working your way out of your BigBoy trainers?

[aboutfkntime]

When did GGG fail a test moron? When did Canelo? That's right sit down and shut the **** up troll.

stop crying... you butthurt little f4ggot