Do you consider Saul Alvarez a "puncher"?

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Is Saul Alvarez a puncher?

  1. Not at any weight

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    30.0%

  2. At 154

    7 vote(s)
    35.0%

  3. Yes, at any weight he's fought so far

    7 vote(s)
    35.0%
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  1. Monogamous STD

    Monogamous STD Ya know, Quasimoto predicted all this. Full Member

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    I did my best for an accommodating poll.
     
    Monogamous STD, Dec 13, 2018
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  2. GGGfans

    GGGfans Active Member Full Member

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    Clearly not. Khan and Kirland have a glass chin.
    But he is a great boxer.
     
    GGGfans, Dec 13, 2018
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  3. Devon

    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He knocked Kovalev spark out at 175lbs, he clearly has 1 punch KO power, he doesn’t consistently throw power shots and take risks, he only throws when he knows it will land, not when there’s a 75% chance, he will only throw a KO punch when he knows 100% that it will land that’s why he hasn’t been getting many KO’s also the fact that he’s been moving up weights
     
    Devon, Oct 20, 2020
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  4. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Not a heavy puncher but he's definitely got a boxer punchers style
     
    Richmondpete, Oct 20, 2020
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    No.
     
    George Crowcroft, Oct 20, 2020
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  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Excellent body puncher and combination puncher but not one-shot power generally speaking. (He broke Kovalev down then took him out.)
     
    Saintpat, Oct 20, 2020
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  7. Abysswalker

    Abysswalker Member Full Member

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    I consider him to be a cu*nt tbh. That Kovalev match was kinda shady.
     
    Abysswalker, Oct 20, 2020
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  8. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Shady as in you didn't want canelo to win but then he did?
     
    Richmondpete, Oct 20, 2020
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  9. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    not really a puncher, hes a technician in the old school mold. if you look at the ko shot he put on kovalev, he put max leverage on that left hook that shut down kovas nervous system, leaving him helpless against the following straight right. i could have iced kovalev with that much leverage.
     
    bandeedo, Oct 20, 2020
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  10. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Decent power not a killer tho
     
    Dance84, Oct 20, 2020
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  11. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    No.
     
    Oddone, Oct 20, 2020
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  12. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shady as in he was winning the fight easily just by going at sparring pace and power. But not once did he show intent to get Canelo out of there when he could. Then he went wobbly from a hook he partially caught on the gloves and went down to have the ref wave it off in a nanosecond.
    Then he follows it up by saying afterwards that he only took the money and was never going to win. Sounds like a legal way of admitting to taking a dive/throwing the fight. I know Kovalev isn't durable but that was terribly shady looking.
     
    ShovelHook, Oct 20, 2020
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  13. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    I don’t think he’s heavy handed but he can be explosive when he times the right shots. I think he’s somewhat of an artificial puncher
     
    Toney F*** U, Oct 20, 2020
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  14. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Kovalev the man who sat on the ropes and quit against andre ward is going to put his chin in the air for canelo to lay him out. You can't fake getting your head snapped like that. honestly it just sounds like wishful thinking on your part
     
    Richmondpete, Oct 20, 2020
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  15. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kovalev was a declined fighter by the time he fought Canelo. There's a reason the odds were the way they were, and it's not because people suspected a conspiracy for Kov to throw the match.
     
    Lesion of Doom, Oct 20, 2020
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