Canelo or GGG, ¿who do you think will be remembered more fondly as the years go by?

So you had the trilogy fight close.

 

I meant the trilogy was judged well from start to finish. The third seemed a little close.

 

Why are people being so weird about GGG obviously not having 20 title defences. At no point in time has the WBA regular belt (or the IBO) for that matter been considered official.

You can like GGG and acknowledge that fact, odd that people are getting so tribal over it.

 

I mean, do you not think RJJ is a rightful Olympic Gold Medalist

 

Anyone who brings up WBA regular defences and compares them to defences for example Monzon or Hagler made isn't to be taken seriously.

The same if someone brings up Wlad's WBO defences to give him "the longest reign".

Both red flags.

 

Did you just compare 59-year old Tyson to someone who just came off stopping a long time contender, winnig every round but one?

We all agree Kovalev wasn't at his best and was given too little time after Yarde, but come on now.

 

So, while it would have been better had Kovalev had more time, many champions throughout history has fought within those kind of time frames or shorter. You don't have to go further back than Andy Ruiz actually. He did alright.

I would have liked for Kovalev to have had at least three months, but let's not pretend the shorter time to prep makes the win worthless.

 

Do we?

 

1. Kovalevs prime ended in 2016-2017 after his fights with Ward. He'd already been knocked out by Eleider Àlvarez by the time he fought Canelo in 2019. Hell, Eleider knocked Kovalev out in 7 rounds, it took Canelo 11.

2. Kovalev agreed to a dehydration clause to fight Canelo.

3. Kovalev fought Canelo just 9 weeks after having a war with Yarde. 9 weeks! So either he didn't have time off at all and had back-back-back-back training camp, fight, training camp and fight, or, knowing Kovalev, he took time off to rest and had to cut his training camp short.

There's no way a post prime, dehydrated, short turnaround Kovalev was at his best.