Would it have mattered if GGG won by SD in first fight?

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  1. bruce_keyes

    bruce_keyes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the answer is NO. We would still have a rematch! there would still be questions about the win. They would say he didn't win convincingly. if Adelaide Byrd scored the fight for GGG, he would barely edge out a SD 12. Nothing impressive about that.
     
  2. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, It would have mattered in 15 years, going by the official decision, which was a draw, in 15 years time everyone will forget that i was a robbery, but if GGG was given the nod, it would have affected his legacy positively years from now.
    I will never forget that he was robbed and regardless if he loses or not on the 15th, he was a hell of a fighter and an ATG for me, there is only 3 boxers I'd watch no matter what emergency that doesn't involve my family, Pacquiao from 2006-2015, Golovkin and Lomachenko.
     
  3. kiwi_boxer

    kiwi_boxer nighty night, ellerbe ☠ ☠ ☠ banned Full Member

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    I don't think anything result would have mattered to the Canelo supporters on this forum.
    He can get popped for PEDs, win by robbery and he's still the glory boy for many US/Mexican fans.

    Unbelievable really...

    GGG could have put him out cold and they would have claimed that GGG fought a smaller fighter and that Canelo is still the better fighter.

    When you have promoters buying half of the expected outcome, then you are in a losing battle.
     
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  4. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Nobody forgets that it was a robbery, we have video of the fight and documentation of how the world scored it, and their reactions to it.
     
  5. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    75% of you guys "knew" that Golovkin was going to absolutely destroy Canelo, and early, in their first fight.

    So I do tend to agree with the point of the thread. The fight was super tight, whoever got the nod a rematch was to be clamored for.
     
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  6. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    This exactly.
    Most robberies of the past gradually turn into "legit wins" for many following the sport, and in quite a number of cases even denied by some fans when brought up.
    It can also rigorously affect legacy, future fights, as one of the most iconic caracters of the sport (Ali) has shown, and of course future income. Just look at Floyd how he marketed his "O", while he would have had a loss on his resume as judges had been on the level.

    By the way, if Byrd had scored it for Golovkin it would have been a MD instead of an SD.
     
  7. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    By the way, if Byrd had scored it for Golovkin and Trella and Moretti gave Canelo round 3, a round that most thought Canelo won, it would have still been a draw.
     
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  8. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    That's not what the op put in his post.
    Which doesn't add up, 2x Golovkin and 1x draw = MD12 and not SD12.
    You can put up a 100 other scenarios, with some ending up a Alvarez win, but that's not what this thread is about.
     
  9. minemax

    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It would have mattered. Psychologically, Alvarez would have been under different pressure now. It could've affected his fighting style in the rematch.
     
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