Is Gennady Golovkins best win Daniel Jacobs or Canelo Alverez ?

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Who is gggs best win

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  1. Jacobs

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  2. Canelo

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who would you rank as GGGs best win at middleweight
     
  2. tragedy

    tragedy Active Member Full Member

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    Canelo doesn't count not because he didn't win but because even if he did win its still too debatable to be a "best win" your best win simply can't be debatable in any way shape or form. Even Jacobs was kinda debatable.
     
  3. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Anyone with a brain knows he beat Clenelo the first go around
     
  4. JohnJax

    JohnJax Member Full Member

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    Jacob's since he actually won. Regardless of my opinion that he won vs canelo in the first fight, he lost.
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I thought Jacobs beat him. It make people very angry.
     
  6. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    GGG's best wins were the Canelo 1 and Canelo 2 fights. That was Canelo at his peak, and GGG took him to school in both fights but in different ways. An absolute master class by GGG in those 2 wins.
     
  7. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And what makes me laugh is that people cry about the Canelo fights but forget the fights vs Derevyanchenko and Jacobs were close and controversial aswell.

    I think people also forget the 1st Canelo fight was a draw which I don't think is the worst decision in the world. I had Golovkin winning 7-5 but its not out of the realms that the fight could legitimately be scored a draw.
     
  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah, draw is absolutely fine for that fight, whatever the tantrums tell. Many, many ringsiders scored it a draw, an unusual number.
     
  9. Flo_Raiden

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    I personally had Derevyanchenko edging GGG.
     
  10. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Canelo he clearly won that fight and should be given credit for it arguably the second as well but don't have a problem with the second fight since it could have gone either way. Also clearly beat Jacobs and Derevyanchenko not sure why people give him **** for those fights but whatever.
     
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  11. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    At the time a few people did I remember.
     
  12. BCS8

    BCS8 VIP Member

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    Canelo is the bigger name but put in context, beating Jacobs might be the better win, because Jacobs declined to fight for the IBF belt and as such was able to rehydrate freely and came in with a large rehydration and weight advantage. I had Golovkin beating Canelo 2x and losing the third.

    Jacobs made it close but he lost. People need to stop crying about this. TLDR: Golovkin threw more punches and landed more at a higher connect rate, and he got the KD:

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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah ringside scorecards were about 9-5-3 in favour of GGG. I think an optimal card is 115-113 Golovkin being as objective as possible, but i've scored it twice in great detail and have it 114-113 Jacobs.
     
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  14. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What rounds did you give to Jacobs?
     
  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Just search the scorecard thread in classic.