Incredible article: detailed description of the infamous GGG/Canelo sparring session

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  1. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is from the writer's POV of watching the sparring session. Great, great stuff. It makes me want to see Canelo/GGG so bad.

    http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/...z-golovkin-worth-driving-up-a-mountain-to-see

    Overall, I think the article echoes how I view the fight.

    Golovkin will be able take Canelo's punch, but Canelo won't be able to take Golovkin's. Point blank. BUT MAN does this vivid description get me hype. Seriously though, read it.
     
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  2. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    For Canelo to be so young he gets tired so quick. He should be able to have more stamina than a guy near his mid 30s. The Cotto fight will tell all to me.
     
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  3. texboxing00

    texboxing00 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good read, its sparring but its interesting to hear canelo was able to hold his own and back off ggg at times.

    I still think cotto outboxes canelo though
     
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  4. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, it also sounded like GGG's defense was really good whenever Cotto went baΙls to the wall against him. Canelo did get him on the back foot for a few seconds though. We don't see that often.
     
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  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Agreed. I used to admire Canelo's poise and patience for such a young fighter, back when he first started bg featured on televised cards. But he doesn't seem to have much steam, which causes him to be outworked for stretches and makes him look less appealing to judges in close rounds where his foot just isn't on the gas enough.

    So that "maturity" he's displayed may have been nothing more than a positive side effect of him preserving energy for pacing.
     
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  6. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nice article.
     
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  7. Saku

    Saku We Are All One Full Member

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    Thanks for the article!
     
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  8. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good write up by an astute reporter.Well done.:thumbsup
     
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  9. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Canelo would have a much better engine if he fought at 160 or 168.

    It's the constant boiling-down which affects his stamina.

    If a big part of your camp is monitoring your weight, something has ti suffer. In this case it's Canelo's stamina.
     
    Brixton Bomber, Aug 22, 2015
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  10. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    Sounds really awesome, would've loved to see it.
     
    alexthegreatmc, Aug 22, 2015
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  11. HitBattousai

    HitBattousai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canelo's problem from a stamina perspective is that he loads up on all his punches. Despite this, his punching technique is still pretty good, he doesn't get wild often with his shots like a lot of fighters who load up, but he's using up a lot of stamina doing that. I'm sure his weight drain doesn't help matters either.
     
    HitBattousai, Aug 22, 2015
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  12. InHumanForm

    InHumanForm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's also pretty top heavy, but yeah, his stamina is mostly his punch selection. He needs to work to vary the speed a bit more and he could maintain the power and stamina late in to fights.
     
    InHumanForm, Aug 22, 2015
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