2015 GGG vs Canelo

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  1. GK BOX

    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    We all saw the decline in GGG from the 2017 version to the 2018 version that fought Canelo.
    Most viewers had GGG winning the first fight
    How would a 2015 version of GGG do against the version of Canelo?
    8-4 GGG? Stoppage?
     
  2. h8me

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    It's difficult to stop Canelo.
     
  3. Gennady

    Gennady Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Teddy Atlas said that around 2015 G destroys him. I agree.

    But not just Golovkin got older and slower, Canelo progressed a lot.

    Canelo is a little bit of a hype job because he has the biggest fan base in boxing by far, but he is an A-class fighter.

    World class, but he is not special like Lomachenko, Crawford or Usyk
     
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  4. HerolGee

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    rather than being 3G apologist claiming he suddenly declines the first time he faces someone really good, lets lookto the future.

    in 2015, GGG was good enough to outpoint jacobs, same as canelo just did so we are lookingat the same result.
     
  5. HerolGee

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    no they all won belts in 2 divisions apart from Usyk (and he will).
    They are all the boxing elite, and possible HoFers one day.
     
  6. Gennady

    Gennady Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In reality Canelo already has 3-5 losses at the age of 28.
     
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  7. Cafe

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    I had him winning both fights anyway, an earlier version would have won even clearer.
     
  8. Lazar

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    GGG was prime and Canelo wasn’t fully developed at 160. G would have stopped him by 8th.
     
  9. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Golovkin fans say he has declined. Canelo fans claim Canelo has improved a lot since. Either way you slice it. Golovkin would be the favorite.
     
  10. GK BOX

    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    GGG fought Jacobs in 2017 when he was 35
     
  11. GK BOX

    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    2015 version of GGG vs today’s canelo
     
  12. HerolGee

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    we are in reality now
     
  13. HerolGee

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    34.
     
  14. Lazar

    Lazar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oh, probably a more convincing decision or possible stoppage. He almost had him in the 10th in the second fight.