Who's the hardest puncher Canelo has faced?

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Who's the hardest puncher Canelo has faced?

Poll closed Oct 12, 2022.

  1. Gennadiy Golovkin

    33 vote(s)
    60.0%

  2. Callum Smith

    5 vote(s)
    9.1%

  3. Sergey Kovalev

    13 vote(s)
    23.6%

  4. Daniel Jacobs

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Miguel Cotto

    1 vote(s)
    1.8%

  6. James Kirkland

    2 vote(s)
    3.6%

  7. Shane Mosley

    1 vote(s)
    1.8%
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  1. Boxingiq2020

    Boxingiq2020 Active Member Full Member

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    What do you guys think?
     
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  2. Presenting-Fight-Film

    Presenting-Fight-Film Active Member Full Member

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    Callum Smith probably.
     
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  3. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kovalev but at the time of the actual fight, Golovkin.
     
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    Ggg
     
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    Turned Castillo into a wooden plank; ouch.
     
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  6. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    The only big puncher that actually hit Canelo back with hard shots and often was GGG. The other guys were hard punchers too but they failed to let their power shots go, worried theyd get countered by Canelo. I.e smith and Kovalev.
     
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  7. MorvidusStyle

    MorvidusStyle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, Canelo has answered this question already.
    First we have to go back to the period between Golovkin I and II.
    In a casual interview, Canelo rated Golovkin's power as 9/10.
    This was strange because he claimed not to be bothered by it in the post fight.
    So already we see Canelo playing little games there.
    In the recent pressers he has claimed that Kirkland is the hardest puncher he's faced.
    So that must mean Kirkland has 10/10 power, as opposed to Golovin's 9/10.

    Now it's all very well and good to be keyboard warriors who've never fought elite level opposition and then claim WE know the hardest puncher Canelo has faced. But are we the ones eating these shots? Are we the brave warriors risking our lives? Absolutely not.

    So get over your little fanboy fantasies and understand that James Kirkland is the hardest puncher Canelo ever faced.
     
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  8. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    "Wasn't bothered"
    >Was hurt

    Also, Canelo isn't a reliable source on GGG, he hates the guy
     
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  9. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    GGG of course. He fought a shell of Kovalev.
     
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  10. MismatchHypejob

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    Worried to get countered lmao.

    No. Callum Smith and Kovalev did not even try to win. Fake fights
     
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    :lol:
     
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  12. gollumsluvslave

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    Kovalev is IMO the hardest puncher that Canelo has faced, but there were so many asterisks against that bout (post-prime, short-camp, vodka-soaked etc etc). Kova himself said that he had "no energy" in that fight

    I think GGG & Bivol are probably the hardest shots Canelo has had to deal with - and he himself said they were about the same.
     
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  13. Snails

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    Kovalev by far in his prime he was P4P one of the best punchers of the generation.
     
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    :cheer:
     
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  15. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    That who defeated him: Bivol.
     
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