Certainly not the guy who was claimed by his fans / fanatics that he could KO heavyweights and cruiser weights in sparring. And then disgraces his entire family, fan base and the millions of people expecting him to deliver this 'KO' against his only relevant opponent (outside of Daniel Jacobs) but what do we see instead? Right? We see evidence of a feather fisted fraud that could barely crack an egg when he failed to even drop, not KO, but drop Canelo Alvarez in 24 rounds of landing his absolute best, flush and maximum powered shots on Canelo Alvarez. That disqualifies Golovkin from ever being considered a 'people's champ'. A 'people's champ' delivers when the stakes are at the highest and pleases his fans by fulfilling their expectations. A 'people's champ' doesn't end up looking a little sissy girl by backing away the whole fight (in the rematch) whilst not looking to engage at all against the much smaller man visibly. Why didn't Golovkin stand and trade punches against an open Canelo Alvarez who barely took any steps back in the rematch? What's the excuse? What? Is it because all of a sudden, his manhood was taken away from him? Golovkin is the very definition of a 'FRAUDULENT CHAMP'. In fact, an argument can be made that he is top 5, one of biggest frauds in the history of the sport of boxing and one of the biggest frauds in all combat sports altogether. One can't get anymore hyped up unfairly than this pure hype job. When you are considered to be someone who can KO heavyweights, and then fail to drop (not KO) an ex welterweight in 24 rounds (an ABSOLUTE ETERNITY), then you should consider breaking your hands permanently out of disgrace / shame and consider never showing your face again in public.
The question you should be asking is which fighter do the neutrals support, that will be the peoples champ. The mexicans and Russians will obviously be biased.
It should be Canelo and not even close, hes taking way more risks has achieved more and is the current cash cow
Pretty clearly "the people" speak every time the fighters fight. Pretty clearly Canelo is "the peoples champ". **Taking myself out of the equation obviously, as I've been "the People's Champ" since April 26th, 2010.
You say all this about Canelo being hie own man so now explain wgy he didn't stand by his bragging to GGG after the Khan fight "I'll fight you at 160 Mexicans don't **** around they fight" LOL Instead he let Fishnets make him look like a coward & turned the Mexican fans against him