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Ward-Kovalev was much smaller in terms of it's appeal to the general boxing/sports fan. Seriously, this dwarfs it in terms of business (gate/TV numbers/worldwide appeal). You can probably argue it was between "better," higher rated fighters though. But that's personal preference.
I agree that Ward and Kovalev were both more accomplished as fighters but it lacked the excitement because of Ward’s negative style of fighting. Canelo has a crowd-pleasing style and GGG likes to come forward (he’s not hard to find) so people are expecting a good fight. Most people would rather see a great fight than a significant or important one which is dull.

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I'd watch Canelo like a hawk. He's not used to fighting guys on a fair and level weight playing field. This is unknown territory for him. Watch for diuretics (tips from JCC Jr.), and other weight-related shenanigans. Everyone knows that Canelo could rightfully fight at 168 or even 175 if he wanted to. I see GGG-Canelo going pretty much like Fonfara-Chavez Jr.
Canelo looks naturally smaller than GGG when I’ve seen them face to face (like after the Chavez fight) Alvarez has spent most of his career at 154 and even went below that for the Mayweather fight so I don’t think he needs to cheat to make weight. He’s no light heavyweight! He’s only 5’9 which is very short even for a middleweight (he’s not as big as you make out) and I can’t remember him ever failing to make weight in a fight?
Alvarez generally tends to come in between 170 - 175 on fight night. I'm pretty sure he was 172 against Trout on the unofficial HBO scales.