What other fighter has had this much experience while still in his prime?

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  1. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canelo hasn't even started declining yet and he's been up against almost any style and body type you can imagine.
    Often you hear fighter's say "I wish I had the body I had back then with the experience I have now"
    Well Canelo has both.
    Baldomir
    Mosley
    Trout
    Mayweather
    Lara
    Angulo
    Kirkland
    Cotto
    Chavez jr
    Khan
    GGG
    Jacobs
    Kovalev

    Yeah alot of them were old but he would have certainly absorbed some of their craftyness and knowledge beating them

    You could say Pacquiao in 2009/2010 had a tremendous amount of experience.

    Maybe Oscar in 2002/3(but even he hadn't been up against such a versatile range of guys)

    Thoughts?
     
  2. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think he'll come up a little short of Pac and ODLH in terms of what he attempted in his career but he's doing more of what they did than anyone else today.
     
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  3. FromBuenosAires

    FromBuenosAires Active Member Full Member

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    canelo has one of the best records out there but baldomir, mosley and angulo were fossils when he beat them, i doubt he learnt anything from these fights sice they offered zero resistance.
    Kovalev and chavez jr were badly faded, even though kovalev managed to frutrate him just by using the jab and holding the distance, so maybe he learned how to deal more effectively with bigger men in that fight.
    the most rewarding fights were trout, golovkin, lara and mayweather
     
  4. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sure. I'm not claiming he's a top ATG, I'm talking about the amount of experience he has collected before even entering physical decline. It's mind blowing.
     
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  5. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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  6. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He'll look 60 when he turns 40 after all this.
     
  7. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Canelo will go down as an all-time great. You can be a fan of his, or root against him, or think he won this fight, or believe he lost that fight ... but he'll go down as an all-timer. He already is.
     
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  8. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Pacquiao. Look at his record before Cotto in 2009 (considered the peak of his prime by many).
     
  9. The G-Man

    The G-Man I'm more of a vet. banned Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
  10. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah I mentioned him. Pacquiao fought an assortment of greats through several weight classes before he started declining.
     
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  11. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Id say Marco Antonio Barrera, and of course Julio Cesar Chavez.