GGG won't be the same fighter after this

I usually agree with most of your opinions but this one is a bit out to lunch. GGG stalked and stalked the backpeddling Canelo, was willing to stick his chin out and take a punch to land 2. Canelo looked and fought like a defeated fighter as that fight went on. The look on his face the last half of the fight, gasping for air, dropping his hands, backpeddling praying for the bell to ring. He showed alot of heart though and at times fought back valiantly but it was clear as day who the predator was and who the prey was. GGG had a big enough lead he could have easily stopped coming forward, sat back on his lead and boxed canelo's ears off. But he wanted to finish his work off with a KO. He wanted to please the fans. So he stuck his chin out basically begging Canelo to exchange and Canelo did at times. Canelo landed most of the last few rounds shots because GGG let him. But GGG still threw more and landed more 2 of 3 of those rounds. And last 10 seconds of the fight was really the exclamation mark. GGG chasing Canelo, throwing shots while Canelo backpeddles, not punching just praying the bell sounds so the fight was over. GGG took everything Canelo had and kept coming, wanting more. Canelo took everything GGG had, kept backpeddling and didn't want more. One mans body language displayed a winner, and one man a loser. It was clear as day who each one was without even seeing the first 11 rounds or looking at the punch stats.

 

Only Kamegai fit the bill, and maybe Mriusz Wach. None of those other guys walked Through punches from a sharp Counter puncher like Canelo, nor did they took clean punches from a guy like Jacobs without even getting their head snapped back, let alone going down.

 

In a p4p sense? And if so, why Povetkin? Maybe I'm biased because I don't like Povetkin, but:

1) I know Wlad hits really hard, but still, he went down three times. GGG has never been down.
2) Povetkin has been visibly stunned a few times as well.
3) He didn't have the chin to walk down Huck and KO him.

 

Canelo looked a hurt a couple times. I have to rewatch to remember the rounds but his bell got rung more than once. All you have to do is watch his body language though to know he wasn't having fun in there. GGG on the other hand seemed to love it.

 

Except 3G didn't walk through his punches. Even when Canelo was having rounds off he still didn't walk him down.
He didn't take punches to land punches and every time Canelo threw a flurry he backed off. ThahHts not showing a legendary chin to me.
Garcia took sickening shots from big punchers Thurman and Lucas and didn't even buckle. 3G was never hit so hard his mouth piece flew into the audience.

When Arthur caught Jr hard clean punch it sent Jr into a frenzied attack , he didn't back off like 3G has against Jacobs and Canelo.
Povetkin having a greater chin doesn't need explaining

 

Povetkin was only dropped once and its a testament to his chin that he got up from that punch completely unfazed. . The other two times he was illegally thrown down

 

Golovkin's slippage seems to coincide with when he started doing full time VADA. I am a realist and I know that all these guys use and I do not care but what gets me is when some guys are not tested to the same degree which has been the case with GGG's opponents since he got that WBC belt and was subjected to their mandatory VADA testing.

Fighting top guys at 35 is tough enough but try doing it when you are full time tested and they are not.

 

FFS you are now comedy gold.

 

GGG needs to retire. I saw a semi-shot GGG school a 190 pound prime and roided Canelo. OP is right that GGG is a changed fighter, but because he will be one year older and even shotter, not because Canelo lit him up.

 

Jean Pascal asked Abel if he could train at Big Bear. Abel said yes, but when he learned that Pascal was working w/ Memo, he retracted his invitation. Abel said that he didn't want that **** in or near his gym.

"Back in November, I talked to Mark Ramsey and I talked to some of Pascal's people. Pascal came up to my gym and looked at my gym and decided he wanted to train at my gym. He rented a house. And he was going to be up the last week in December. But right after I talked to Pascal and we came to an agreement on terms, I found out that he was working with Memo Heredia. And I really don't want that in my gym. So I asked him to back out. I told him that I was going to back out on our agreement because I really didn't want to be involved with somebody that was working with Heredia."

GGG is a high intensity pressure fighter. He's not a defensive wiz with the style for longevity.

 

What the **** are you talking about? Plenty of people have taken tons of punches from Alvarez and been fine, he doesn't have that kind of power. Plus he didn't even tag GGG with anything hurtful. If anyone suffered serious damage it was Canelo.

 

For real. This fight was nothing close to being brutal. Sure there were some hard punches landed and a few good exchange but it was far far from any one of them taking a beating.

 

Like the flurry that Canelo threw in the 12th that GGG walked through? Or that haymaker overhand right that GGG walked through. He ate Canelo's punches like candy and walked him down all night.

 

Golovkin was hurt on occasions don't you worry about that, he took by far the most damage even if he did enough to win.

 

I didn't want to raise that point as I'm a massive fan of his but I've been thinking that for a while now. He's looked drained and flat for a while now and the power, strength and conditioning has diminished drastically.