Hypothetical Round scoring scenario! Punches landed vs Thrown.

[Master]

You are stupid if you think a 40 year old, retired, former featherweight who has never fought at the weight can live Golovkin.

The end.

Golovkin had fits trying to land on a Mexican, how's he going to catch one of the best defensive fighters of all time? He'd be hitting air the whole night night and getting caught with counters. It'd be an easy decision win.

The answer was in question 40 year old, retired, former featherweight who has never fought at the weight .

[Memphis]

The gist of this post is quality over quantity right? Quantity taken care of, Golovkin threw and landed more punches, no need for debate.

Quality, that's the one Canelo supporters are leaning on isn't it. 'He threw the better more effective punches'.

Did he? I guess this depends on definition. Do you define quality punches on how pretty they look through your TV screen, how much they catch your eye, by how loudly the crowd go oooohhhhhh? Or do you define them by the effect it has on the opponent and the effect it has on the overall direction of the fight?

Now, if you're easily pleased and like pretty things and take your prompt from the crowd oooohing and ahhhhhing sure, I get that you looked at what Canelo did and thought wow, this guy is doing great. But did Canelo's apparent superior quality punching have any effect on Golovkin? Did it stop him in his tracks, force him to change tack, retreat, at all. Did Canelo's punches have a sustained effect on the general direction of the fight? No, the answer is no. He scored points with his flash fighting, of course he did and rightly so. But in the grand scheme of things, his punches changed nothing

Did Golovkin land the better quality punches? Again, depends on your definition. Did Golovkin's punching have any effect on Canelo, stop him in his tracks, force him to change tack, retreat? Did Golovkin's punches dictate the direction of the fight? Yes, the answer is yes to all those things. The reason for Canelo's rapid retreat after a few rounds, the reason he was being bullied to the ropes at will, the reason he was gulping in air through the middle rounds and taking longer and longer to answer between rounds when asked if he was OK? simple, Golovkin hit him hard and often with with effective quality punches.

But yeah if the crowd go Whoooohhhh. Must be winning.