Canelo vs Bivol - Boxer vs Puncher

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  2. sparta

    sparta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Canelo can also box, defensively & offensively, hes not just a puncher, hes more of a boxer puncher that’s very good at setting up the knockout. Canelo beats bivol
     
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  3. JunlongXiFan

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

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    I think Canelo is a boxer-puncher, but I am picking Bivol anyway. Bigger, better defense.
     
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  4. rodxd

    rodxd By Popular Demand banned Full Member

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    Canelo = Julian Jackson

    Bivol = Terry Norris

    :pontiac:
     
  5. BCS8

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    They are both boxer-punchers.

    Canelo is more well rounded with better upper body defence and counterpunching skills. He may have more power in his hooks.

    Bivol has much better feet and movement, straight punches and a great jab.

    The closest guy to Bivol Canelo has fought is GGG even though Golovkin is more focused on landing bombs than Bivol is. I think Bivol's size and stamina are going to be a major problem for Canelo. Ginger is going to have to find a way to slow Bivol down or I think he will lose.

    I'm picking Bivol on points in a close fight.

    That said, he may not get the judge's decision.
     
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  6. Betyabeatyaup

    Betyabeatyaup Active Member Full Member

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    Canelo is by far the better boxer and puncher. This won’t be close.
     
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  7. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bivol may have good timing, combination, movement and range management but he is also known for his lack of power on his fists.

    He also fades in the second halves of his fights due to the hight-rate combination fighting in first halves.

    Thus, Canelo won't be affected by Bivol's weak combinations and will knock him out in the second half of the fight when Bivol fades.

    Reynoso already started talking about the plans about Canelo's 3rd fight in 2022. He is already looking past Bivol and Golovkin fights. Reynoso handpicks all of Canelo's opponents and he is a very clever guy, he knows the capabilities of his fighter, and other boxers also.
     
  8. The Townsend

    The Townsend Zeus. Full Member

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    No one beats Ginger above 160. GGG was the only one to do so but he got robbed.

    Age and time will only beat Ginger and when that happens he will have $1 Billy In the bank while he's banging honeys on his $100 Milly yacht while doing the finest Columbian pure up his beak while eating as much Mexican Beef as he likes.
     
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  9. zulander

    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It doesn't matter with Alvarez there is only one outcome where you can win and that's to knock him out.
    Can a guy who's bigger but not a huge puncher manage that? Possible but lets face it everything is stacked in his favour.
     
  10. Quina74

    Quina74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canelo's a puncher now.. Who did he knock out 154lb? You know the weight where he weighed 175+. His best KOs are against a natural 140lber Khan who he dwarfed and bang average Kirkland.

    Let's not go there with the fixed fights in Kovalev and Plant
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Bivol is far more skilled, Saunders started to out-box Canelo with straight punches the last two rounds of that fight till Canelo smashed his eye, Lara out-boxed him too, Khan made Canelo look silly at times before he too was caught.
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Canelo had more power than Plant.
     
  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Bivol is far harder to beat than anybody Canelo has beat, he`s more of a problem on the outside, Canelo is tiny, Bivol has more reach than Floyd had.
     
  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Canelo is not a skilled boxer, he`s a puncher, he sets good traps and uses hooks to get fighters out of there, Bivol has a better jab.
     
  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Canelo doesn`t have Jackson`s power, Norris would have boxed his ears off, Jackson couldn`t have knocked out a light heavy, Bivol would have beaten Jackson easily. Bivol has more reach than Norris did and Jckson had more reach than Canelo does.