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[Newzz]

He's moved up 1 time in 9 years as a pro.


He needs to challenge himself to do something great.

 

[Newzz]

Let's see

ggg- power, jab? maybe.

Canelo- defense, speed, punch selection, footwork(finally ), upper body movement, experience(how you older than Canelo and still a lil nikka )


Just give me that avi now playboy we getting closer and you know deep down inside ain't nothing im saying lies.

GGG by KO

 

[krackdagawd]

GGG by KO

your only hope

meanwhile

Canelo UD
Canelo via bodyshot ko
Canelo via kkkov quit job
Canelo SD

 

[Newzz]

your only hope

meanwhile

Canelo UD
Canelo via bodyshot ko
Canelo via kkkov quit job
Canelo SD

Canelo by Robbery
Canelo by Controversial SD
GGG by KO


^^^Those are the 3 ways I see the fight playing out

 

[patscorpio]

adamek is still fighting? i thought he would have been done after getting leveled by molina

 

[reservoirdogs]

breh you forgot to add bellew too.although depending on next moves who knows

great post...CW pound for pound prolly has the hardest punchers out of all the divisions...and pretty diverse too..they've been pretty quiet this year but the WSB coming up should give them the spotlight to show out...esp since 3 of the 4 champs are in it...unification i love it

yeah I left him out intentionally cause I think he's in the stadium of his career when he won't go back to cruiser anymore to fight relatively low reward fights but he will hunt for only big fights in HW and then retire. don't say that as a bad thing but I don't see him normally continuing his career. Haye, Joshua, other British heavies, maybe a title fight against Parker or Wilder... These are what I imagine in Bellew's future not a move back to cruiser

 

[seemorecizzy]

Where I was getting at is if Mayweather fought like let's say a Cory Spinks, I don't think he would be as big as a draw.

People seem to believe people only pay to watch Floyd fight to see him lose. His ability to entertain in the ring is very underrated.

There have been plenty of pure boxers that are awful to watch. Mayweather is great to watch, but the casual fans just leave disappointed because he's not doing more in their minds.

The only fight in his career that is just unwatchable is the Baldomir fight imo. I don't know what the fukk was going on in that fight. I don't know if he was injured, or because he didn't have a trainer, but he was awful in that fight.

Yeah that fight was terrible
Only fight of his i legit found boring and i rarely watch
Ive never saw floyd as a boring fighter

 

[seemorecizzy]

Yea I love watching Floyd fight regardless. But his performances vs guys like Robert guererro and andre berto were uninspired. But vs Hatton, cotto, Canelo. That's when I can watch Floyd fight all day. I just dont like when he's far superior to somebody and will coast to victory. fukk all that. That's why I prefer pretty boy Floyd to money mayweather. Once money became the driving force behind him, the entertainment factor went down. That's why I'll watch andre ward fight over Floyd any day. Andre has the skill set to coast and go through the motions with anybody. But he still chooses to get in there and get rough. I like the way this new era is heading.

With guys like Spence, Crawford, Canelo, the Charlo's, lubin, lomachenko. guys with legit technical ability but also with that warrior mentality where they're not afraid to get in a war. I love that shyt. This is the most exciting I've been about boxing in a long time. I respect Floyd and im not even mad at him for simply getting that money. But he openly states he could care less about entertaining the fans. That his only goal is to win and get paid. And to be real he's 100% right for having that mentality. None of us fans will care about him when he's an old man. He's not wrong for having that mindset but I don't think fans are wrong either for wanting to be entertained. So I'm glad we're coming into a new era of guys. The Floyd era was fun. But these new guys are gonna bring us another golden age.

Lets see if spence, crawford and canelo are still this entertaining in their early to late 30s
Dudes wasnt cautious just because of the money. he was a older fighter with messed up hands. Its really on the other guy to force him into a war or atleast force him to go into his bag of tricks

Roy jones fought similar later in his career

 

[seemorecizzy]

Canelo: Mayweather's Style Doesn't Make For Attractive Fights


Floyd Mayweather Jr will come out of retirement to box UFC star Conor McGregor in August, but Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin are unenthused.

After constant posturing and trash-talking, Mayweather and McGregor finally agreed to a bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26.

The fight has been met with excitement among fans but criticism from boxers, including Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, who branded it an "embarrassment" before plans were finalised.

Mayweather-McGregor will take place three weeks before the unbeaten Golovkin defends his WBC, WBA, IBO and IBF middleweight titles against Canelo in the same city, and the same venue, on September 16.



And the Kazakh believes there is only one boxing match fans should get excited about.

"Every day there's a show in Vegas and everybody understands the true boxing fight is September 16, not before," Golovkin said after being pressed for his take on the fight.

Canelo asserted that his meeting with Golovkin is the only "real fight" on the calendar at the moment.

"I really don't want to comment about that fight. Our fight is a real fight, it's a fight you demanded and wanted," said Canelo, via a translator.

"It's two fighters at their best, at their peak, and you know what you're going to get."

Mayweather inflicted the only defeat of Canelo's 51-fight career, but the Mexican feels he has developed hugely since their encounter in September 2013 - which took place at a catch-weight of 152-pounds. Canelo was an untested fight at that time, and Mayweather had an easy time dominating him over twelve rounds of action.

Asked who has been the toughest opponent of his career, Canelo replied: "Mayweather.... Mayweather's style doesn't make for attractive fights, it's difficult to land punches. He's not aggressive, he doesn't punch hard at all. I learned a lot [from that fight] and I've grown."

Canelo: Mayweather's Style Doesn't Make For Attractive Fights - Boxing News


Discuss

Floyd was hurting the shyt out of canelo with his shots all fight
Canelo cried in the ring after it was over lol
His ego hasnt recovered

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Lets see if spence, crawford and canelo are still this entertaining in their early to late 30s
Dudes wasnt cautious just because of the money. he was a older fighter with messed up hands. Its really on the other guy to force him into a war or atleast force him to go into his bag of tricks

Roy jones fought similar later in his career

i'm not doubting that, but floyd has always said fukk the fans. he's always bragged that he's not in the sport to entertain. those are his own words. he's still the greatest of this era and was amazing to watch. but as far as pure entertainment, he was never at the top. this is something even he admits and brags about. he's obviously 100% okay with that. I think only his stans are the ones who get offended by it.

 

[#SOG_soldier]

i'm not doubting that, but floyd has always said fukk the fans. he's always bragged that he's not in the sport to entertain. those are his own words. he's still the greatest of this era and was amazing to watch. but as far as pure entertainment, he was never at the top. this is something even he admits and brags about. he's obviously 100% okay with that. I think only his stans are the ones who get offended by it.

You talkin to one right now

 

[FrankyFourFingers]

Floyd was hurting the shyt out of canelo with his shots all fight
Canelo cried in the ring after it was over lol
His ego hasnt recovered

I dont remember canelo ever being hurt. He lost decisivley but he held his own for a 22 year old. If u rewatch it, canelo didnt fight a horrible fight. His mistake was thinking that he could box with floyd but he did a better job then pac.

He didnt seem to throw any shade, always gives mayweather his props. May just doesnt have the most fan friendly style outside of boxing purist or stans. Overly cautious, defensive, and pot shots to a clear victory, as of late in his career.

It also isnt his prerogative to be fan friendly. He has a formula that works for him and has made him the richest man in sports.

 

[The axe murderer]

Mairis Briedis, Oleksandr Usyk, Yunieski Gonzalez, Murat Gassiev, Denis Lebedev, Krzysztof Glowacki, Dmitry Kudryashov, Ilunga Makabu...

also Lawrere Okolie as a young prospect

you can see most of them in the WBSS from September. I think Usyk, Gonzalez and Briedis are the best ones out of them,

Briedis is rather a counter puncher, very skilled and not afraid to get dirty, I find him the most impressive out of the bunch

Usky is a highly skilled, clinical, although I think a little overrated rangy pure boxer with power

Gonzalez is a pretty skilled Cuban brawler

Lebedev is a vet already, he is a tough boxer-puncher with heavy hands,

Kudryashov is a pretty crude slugger but if he connects with his left hook clean it's over for anyone,

Glowacki is a tough brawler type Polish counter puncher,

Makabu is a Congolese slugger with an awkward style but he lost in an upset against Bellew so he is now just a second tier CW

Gassiev is a 23 yr old Russian (Ossetian) pressure fighter/puncher but he rather looks over 30 tbh, he just beat Lebedev in a split decision what I thought Lebedev edged but no real problem with the decision. I wasn't high on him and he's still not my fav but he grew on me since.

Okolie is a British prospect, ex-Olympicon, athletic, skilled but only a prospect with 3 fights


then you have dark horses like Andrew Tabiti a TMT fighter. He wasn't in with real tests so far, opinions on him are mixed

Most slept on division out there.

 

[Newzz]

I never seen a boring Floyd fight


I was always intrigued by the skills he showed

 

[seemorecizzy]

i'm not doubting that, but floyd has always said fukk the fans. he's always bragged that he's not in the sport to entertain. those are his own words. he's still the greatest of this era and was amazing to watch. but as far as pure entertainment, he was never at the top. this is something even he admits and brags about. he's obviously 100% okay with that. I think only his stans are the ones who get offended by it.

I dont think anyone would say floyd was on top when it comes to entertainment, i just dont see how anyone who studies the sport could look at him fight and say hes boring.