The elephant in the room that all Canelo fans are ignoring

Matthew Hatton and Chris Van Heerdan both waxed lyrical about his power and said that it's the hardest they've ever been hit, either in a fight or in sparring and they've sparred a lot of fighters and ones that were bigger than them too.

Slava Shabranskyy said Canelo is hitting like a LHW and Ryan Rhodes said he hits really hard but he isn't the biggest puncher he's fought. Hatton and Rhodes both said he's extremely physically strong though.

I think Canelo can hit pretty hard but GGG hits a lot harder and the list of fighters who've waxed lyrical about GGG's power, whether they are smaller or much bigger than him, is extensive.

 

He probably did say that but he said it was Canelo in a program I saw the other day.

How hard does Canelo punch?

''Er.. he hits very hard. He does hit very hard. For me, it was more the strength I struggled with.. he caught me with some good shots in the fight. Never really hurt me in the fight, I've got to be honest. But I was a fighter, I'm not saying I was the best fighter in the world, far from it, but I had a very good chin. I could take a very good shot. But of all the guys I've fought over the years, all the guys I've been I've been in with and sparred, it's definitely the hardest I've ever been hit. A real powerful puncher. But for me, I can't emphasize as much at just how physically strong he is. Just incredible. Unbelievable.''

--Matthew Hatton

 

To 'balance' out what I've heard former Canelo opponents say about how hard he hits

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Darnell Boone on GGG's power

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'Ola Afolabi said to Sky Ringside “I think it’s going to be a knockout. The guy [Golovkin] hits incredibly hard. I’ve been in the ring with heavyweights, cruiserweights, light heavyweights, and I get in the ring with this kid and every time he hits me, I say whoa!''

Ryan Coyne (former CW now LHW)

''He’s a ****** beast,” said Coyne, a 20-0 cruiserweight prospect who has recently dropped down to light heavyweight. “He’s been running guys out of here. Nobody under 175 pounds will spar with him.''

“I’ve sparred with heavyweights who can punch, including Mariusz Wach and Mike Perez, nobody has hit me as hard as Golovkin. His power is out of this world.”

''I spent my summer up in Big Bear training with Gennady Golovkin who is emerging as the most murderous puncher in the boxing. I watched former champions, light heavies, cruisers, and even heavies get sent home.''

David Imoesiri HW

“The dude can hit, I’m still getting used to it,” said Imoesiri, who like Coyne, is delightfully bright and articulate. “It’s crazy. I sparred with [undefeated WBA heavyweight beltholder] Alexander Povetkin and he never hurt me like this guy.''

“I must have done 50 rounds while in camp with Povetkin and it was three and half weeks before he hit me with something that made me hold on. With Golovkin I was ready to get out of the ring 45 seconds into our first round of sparring. He hit me with two lefts to the body in the identical spot and had me doubled over. I got through it but it’s hard to defend against 6-inch punches with that much pop. He backs me into a corner with just a jab.

“And it seems like he does it effortlessly.”

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''The guy hits like a hammer. I tried everything, but it did not work. You have to give him credit, because he had a good handle on the situation and it was an honor to meet him in the ring. Even though I lost every round, I wanted to fight on. [Early on] it seemed to me that I was resistant to punches, but eventually they caught up with me. For each subsequent start, I went out out with another plan, trying to surprise him, but he is really great," Proksa said.

"I have never felt that type of power anywhere, not in sparring or anywhere."

--Grzegorz Proksa


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''Golovkin has freakishly unreal power''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBc0c9CEPcg

3:05

''Golovkin hits like a LHW. And that's coming from someone who can take a punch''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtSJXPntJkQ

''Nobody's ever hit me the way Golovkin has hit me. Honestly, the shot that he hit me with, up to this day.. since I've been boxing, nobody has ever hit the way he hit me''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysYk2NBaSX0

''He be punching as hard as Johnathon Banks be punching''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHnZS_wc9Y0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1y-X84YLVM

''I've sparred heavyweights, cruiserweights. These punches nothing to me. I spar Golovkin and every punch I feel''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u93IBcEq6cA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz5SltQixSQ

“The rumors are true, Gennady Golovkin is an animal. I’ve never been hit as hard from anybody else and I’ve sparred heavyweights”

14:33 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_2m-uLZXlU

0:41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn5GnhWPZsQ

0:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEOBN5NCXkM

"He's the strongest dude I ever sparred. And I been in there with heavyweights, cruiserweights."

--Farah Ennis (boxes as a Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight)

2:12 David Benavidez on GGG's power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvEV_2VPFNQ

0:36

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvigC7s7S98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uWuFQJlaY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-iwjNh4Rq8