Golovkin-Canelo OFFICIAL!!!- Sept 16th

[Rantcatrat]

Golovkin is the outsider in this one. A thoroughly decent guy and a great fighter who has never got the paydays he deserved.

I think he comes across very arrogant and full of his own hype
He hasn’t deserved the big paydays because he hasn’t stepped up
He could’ve gone to 168 and fought Ward (HBO would’ve paid him)
Even Abraham or Froch would have been career high paydays for him
Personally, I can’t wait to see Canelo beat this guy up and end the hype.

You are taking the piss, if anyone is overhyped and protected it is Canelo.

What? Canelo has beaten the far better fighters...

Alfredo Angulo
Shane Mosley
Erislandy Lara
Miguel Cotto
Austin Trout
Liam Smith
Kermit Cintron
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

The only good fighter Golovkin has beaten is Jacobs (barely)
You'll bring up Brook but he was a welterweight (I didn't add Khan for that reason)
I think Khan is better than Brook anyway but I'm sure you'll disagree.

The Lara win is comparable to the Jacobs win for GGG. People make the the same complaint about that win for Canelo that they do about GGG's over Jacobs, although I believe that Canelo and GGG beat them in close but comfortable decisions.

The rest of Canelo's wins are no better or worse than GGG's. If anything, Canelo also has stayed away from punchers. GGG has not (see Lemiuex and Stevens); indicative that the Canelo braintrust might have questions about Canelo's durability. Makes sense considering Cotto's brother stunning Canelo at 154 back in the day. GGG hasn't been shook up in any fight.

With that said, the speed of Brook clearly troubled GGG for a bit in their fight. Canelo is faster than Brook. Canelo's reflexes are better than Brook too.

There is a blueprint to beat GGG and it requires size and good footwork. Jacobs was successful at boxing and moving albeit he too hit the canvas. Although an exceptional boxer, Canelo is flat footed, doesn't move exceptionally well, and isn't taller/bigger than GGG.

The caveat here is whether the decline in GGG is genuine or a product of good competition. He's a 35 year old middleweight and drug-tested. At some point, he has to slow down a little bit.

At the end of the day, it is a good, competitive fight. No way to think otherwise.

Everything said, GGG faces Canelo in Vegas in front of a largely pro-Canelo crowd; it is tough to imagine GGG winning a decision. Safe bet therefore seems to be Canelo on the cards hedged with GGG by knockout.