Thoughts on Canelo-GGG rematch

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Rumsfeld, Sep 17, 2018.


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  1. iii

    iii Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You don't understand making space?
    GGG is not a fighter like Tyson who can explode from the clinches , he needs leverage to get his power, fair play & well done to Canelo's team for exploiting this. I said before , Canelo pressured the pressure fighter & GGG seemed confused at first, with little or no real direction from Able . He figured it out by the 6/7th round & turned on the pressure in a different way ie take a step back, control with the jab & then uppercuts etc another name is shifting on Canelo which was working . Canelo IMO did a great job but was getting a bit frustrated by the 8th onwards. I think GGG was expecting (like most) that after 8-9 Canelo would start gassing a lot more than he did, obviously the weight loss helped Canelo & youth etc. It was a great fight & both fighters were brilliant , thats why thjey ARE the two best MW's in the world ...Charlo is not anywhaere in the pictire at the moment & until he fights lemmy & Jacobs he never will be, he's a MOWTY hype job!
     
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  2. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Yeah but under normal circumstances a fighter who the majority thought should have won, SHOULD get the decision and it just so happens, very often in boxing, in these close fights (to be honest, I didn't even think this was a "it could go either way fight", for me a Canelo win is a bad decision, I'm reasonably okay with a draw), 90% of the time it's the more popular guy getting it. And this is just history repeating itself.

    So it's more of a case of pattern recognition among boxing fans, if Canelo had no history of crooked/favourable decisions and boxing wasn't such a **** sport. People would be more forgiving with the decision I assume. But people hardly have patience to see another close fight that should have gone the other way, go to the more politically connected fighter.

    P.S not sure what I quoted this post in particular, I'm just replying to the line of conversation.
     
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  3. BCS8

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    Sure kid. Have a lollipop. Give my regards to "Thanos" when you get home :rolleyes:
     
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  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    :lol:

    The comparison you're looking for here (with me) is Golota vs Byrd & Ruiz. At the times, I was nothing short of convinced Golota deserved victories in both matches. I scored the Byrd fight 116-112, and the Ruiz fight 114-111, both in favor of Golota, and I would hear nothing to the contrary.

    However, as the years have passed, a draw with Byrd is reasonable, and even a case for Byrd winning is reasonable. The Ruiz one remains more troublesome for me all these years later, because a couple of judges gave Ruiz 9 rounds, which to me was in no way reflective of the action transpired. But even here, much as it pains me to say this, Golota left enough doubt that my convictions then probably weren't as certain as I believed them to be.

    :smoking:
     
    Rumsfeld, Sep 23, 2018
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Fair enough.:thumbsup:

    As far as I go, there's just too much emotion that I've invested in this particular saga, especially when you take into consideration the years long pissing contests on here, the dubious scorecards in the first so on and so forth, and add to that the loss of his 0, unlike Golota, who'd already lost a few times at that point, for me to just take it with ease, maybe sometime in the next four or five years I might get to where you're at on the Golota matches, but knowing myself so well, probably not.:lol:
     
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