Is Canelo v GGG the most underrated bout in middleweight history?

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Would Canelo of beaten Ray Leonard?

  1. Canelo beats Ray at middle

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  2. Ray beat Canelo at middle

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    54.5%

  3. Canelo beats Ray at light middle

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  4. Leonard beats Canelo at light middle

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Never mind PED`s te skill on show in this vid is some of the smartest stuff I`ve seen in a world title fight at middleweight, PED`S don`t help you do this stuff, why is Canelo so underrated at middle compared to Ray Leonard?!
     
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    lol
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I feel Ray made more mistakes v Hagler that Canelo did here.
     
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    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    It was a very good entertaining fight. I wouldn't say it was a barn burner or an incredibly skilled fight.

    The let down was Canelo tiring after round 4 and Golovkin fighting so one dimensional.
     
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    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most underrated? There was hardly anything special about the action involved. Sure, good technical skills were shown. But most underrated? ???????
     
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    Performance enhancing. Clues in the title. Yes they do help. Otherwise why take them if they have no benefits?

    But to answer your post, no. It was a good fight, decent skill on display. Great? No.

    I'll forever remember it as the time the tranny & the ginger kid roped in a veterinarian as the cut man & paid Adelaide byrd to cook them a beef stew & dumplings
     
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  7. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    wtf?
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I meant the technical side, a lot of people are saying GGG didn`t prove anything fighting a blown up light middle on some threads.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I was impressed by the skill level but others weren`t.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think PED`s just help your recovery while pumping iron so you can put on muscle quicker, so maybe it improve Canelo`s strength.
     
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    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    no
     
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    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I thought the fight underwhelmed to be honest. I only watched it 2 more times after the initial viewing.
    Canelo gassed after 4 rounds. And GGG kept letting Canelo escape to his right.

    Hopefully the next fight is better
     
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    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Are you calling the Ginger Headed Hulk a "blown up light middle ?? Bet if you weighed him today he;d be pushing 200
     
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    True, good fight indeed.
    Canelo too tired to take advantage of the one dimension.
    GGG too one dimensional to take advantage of a tired foe, it was kinda weird watching it go down like that.
     
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    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    people say stupid things on 99% of the interwebs... comment sections and message boards tend to be the scurge of the earth ;)
     
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