GGG vs CANELO is closer to 50/50 then most think.

Why are people so hung up on resume? :blood

What does that help you? Experience? Learning a couple of tricks? And then you come up against a guy that does everything better as you do it, and did it against bigger guys too.

The reason a lot of names are missing from Golovkin's resume is that a) the best guys weren't from the American continents, b) the "name" fighters soiled their pants and did anything in their power to avoid fighting him.

This isn't close to a 50/50 fight. 80/20 sounds more like it, and only because the judges would favor Canelo in close rounds.

Resume didn't help Frazier against Foreman... I expect something simular.

 

^^80/20 sounds right to me too.

The problem is, Canelo has never fought any fighter at the full 160 lbs, now all of a sudden he'll jump up to the full weight limit and beat the best 160 lb fighter in the world?

I just don't see it happening. Canelo has a good amount of power, but I just don't see what he does better inside the ring compared to Gennady aside from handspeed and maybe counterpunching ability. Golovkin is superior to him in pretty much every other facet inside the ring though.

 

This is going to be a competitive fight. Stylistically, it isn't an easy one at all for Golovkin.
There's a chance it can stay competitive till the end of round 12, too.

 

Canelo has the same chance, the same chance a gingerbread cookie has of smashing a hammer.

 

How is Mayweather a positive on Canelo's record? It's not like he went in there and was competitive or showed any amount of skill. He was completely outclassed and dominated from the start.

As far as this fight goes, GGG's fight against Lemieux and Murray are much more telling than Canelo's against Trout and Lara. As much as people like to complain, Trout and Lara are 154 lb fighters and Lemieux and Murray are big 160 lber's with Murray now being a 168 lber.

 

60/40 in my mind but there's only one result that could surprise me and it would shock me. Totally changing all my views on the victim.

That would be only a being stopped on ones stool or quiting in any way. Every other single outcome would be a suspected one because these are two of the biggest badasses ever to step foot in anykind of ring

 

I have Golovkin at a 60/40 edge over Canelo.

Canelo has attributes that can cause trouble to Golovkin, (quicker hands, combination punching, can fight on the inside), but the biggest downside to his style against someone like Golovkin is that he is too stationary. I don't believe it's prudent for the smaller man (and Canelo is smaller), to utilize a style where he doesn't move his feet and sits in the pocket against Golovkin.

Face it, as a puncher Golovkin is a monster, the power is legit. He's also good at setting up his shots. Canelo's foot planted style (although he has good upper body movement) is foolhardy against a naturally bigger power puncher. The outcome of this fight depends on Canelo either adapting and being able to move or being able to take Golovkin's artillery and fire back.

Disclaimer: I don't believe a stationary guy that is the same size as him can beat Golovkin, they have to have excellent footwork.

 

I just really don't see this as that competitive. As you said, Canelo has good names, but those aren't middleweights. It's like looking at Cunningham's CW record then saying he can beat the HW champ.

My main reasoning behind GGG winning convincingly is we have seen Canelo outboxed plenty of times. Mayweather, Lara, Cotto at times, Khan at times. GGG is not the pure boxer those guys are, but he has lethal power to keep fighters timid. It's a guy who can just go in and KO anyone he wants. Canelo is no exception.

 

Resume doesnt matter skills speak for themselves whether youre fighting a bum or a skilled boxer.

 

Huge facepalm at the people that don't think resume matters. GGG has looked great beating up mediocre opposition, how he fares against a genuine A level fighter is another story. Beating up guys like Murray and Lemieux doesn't tell us ****.