Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán vs. Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin III

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by IntentionalButt, May 25, 2022.



Cinnamon Boy or Triple Gee?

Poll closed Sep 17, 2022.

  1. Álvarez on points

    46 vote(s)
    47.9%

  2. Álvarez by stoppage

    19 vote(s)
    19.8%

  3. Draw

    1 vote(s)
    1.0%

  4. Golovkin on points

    7 vote(s)
    7.3%

  5. Golovkin by stoppage

    23 vote(s)
    24.0%
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  1. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    GGG by KTFO round 10
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    It's not often the beauty of a jab can reduce me to tears

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    Serge, May 27, 2022
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  3. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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  4. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I picked Canelo by stoppage this time. Their trajectories are night and day.

    Dislaimer: I thought Golovkin won both fights
     
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  5. JamesLightsOutToney

    JamesLightsOutToney Respect to all boxers Full Member

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    He is a very good fighter but has never neither been p4p 1 nor beaten GGG in my book.
    And no, one more loss on his record does not diminish him, he is still a very good fighter.
    That said, Usyk has better achievements without any asterisk whatsoever, and better skills, which is why I rate him above Canelo on p4p ranking.
     
    JamesLightsOutToney, May 27, 2022
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  6. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Was never close to beating GGG.
    Canelo is the casual fans dream, he throws flashy punches and has flashy defense.

    While someone like GGG is nuanced, his defense is very subtle but just as effective and he throws more sneaky shots
     
    FastSmith7, May 27, 2022
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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  8. tinman

    tinman VIP Member Full Member

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    Uhhhh one fighter is a 31 year old LHW. The other is a 40 year old MW. Lot easier to put a beatdown on when you're a younger and bigger man.
     
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  9. buster007

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    lol
    u r just making yourself look like a fool with this comment.
     
    buster007, May 27, 2022
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  10. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog My name is Buck and I'm here to... Full Member

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    Dude went up and fought a bigger, better fighter. You're going to fault him for that? Ridicule him? In this era? Good job.
     
    Salty Dog, May 27, 2022
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  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me Full Member

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    Wow, didn't have Canelo being painted as the martyred odds-defying underdog to make him the more sympathetic figure in the GGG rivalry on my apologist rhetoric bingo card. :lol: Wouldn't have figured on even shadow pulling that out.
     
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  12. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog My name is Buck and I'm here to... Full Member

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    Empty rhetoric. Alvarez took a big risk and it didn't pay off. The sport would be better off if the elite fighters didn't live in fear of this precise miscalculation. Do you disagree? Don't go off on a tangent now. If you respond, respond to the question.
     
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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me Full Member

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    Dude, stfu. :sisi1 Your initial premise is flawed. You're saying I "faulted" him for taking on Bivol - yeah, that never happened. Try and keep up and place things in proper context. The statement in my OP was just remarking with amusement that after years of not having time for GGG, suddenly he does after his stock diminishes from a loss. That's all. That has nothing to do with making any value judgment on whether he should've fought Bivol, or even criticizing him for having lost. It's the having lost and THEN suddenly not leaving GGG on read anymore.

    Literal gradeschool age children ought to be able to suss out what my OP meant contextually but somehow it sailed over your head and you took off in another direction altogether.
     
    IntentionalButt, May 27, 2022
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  14. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog My name is Buck and I'm here to... Full Member

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    Get over yourself. You ridiculed the dude on his next fight after a big loss. Not even the most sycophantic Canelostan calls Bivol a cherry pick. And so you cast aspersions in the aftermath. Classy.
     
    Salty Dog, May 27, 2022
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  15. navigator

    navigator "Billy Graham? He's my man." banned Full Member

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    This fight was always expected to be next up for Canelo, which is why the industry was bubbling with talk of it in the build-up to Bivol-Canelo. From what I gather, the announcement of Canelo-Golovkin III was supposed to take place straight after an expected Canelo victory, but was delayed while Canelo and co. determined between going ahead and finishing up this business or trying to immediately avange the Bivol defeat and risking an ageing Golovkin being knocked off in the meantime.
     
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