Comments Thread For: Garcia Backs Canelo Over Golovkin, Says Styles Make Fights

[steeve steel]

Just wait till they get a taste of GGGs jab! Like lemieux did... People just don't get it. He's a predator but he's not ******... He ajusts to different situations. Against Lemieux, there was danger and he manoeuvered perfectly. He'll do the same with Canelo.

[turnedup]

Now all the GGG fanboys gonna b1tch and moan about Garcia saying their god isn't a boxer. Newsflash, he's not. He's a terrific offensive fighter that has good technique as far as getting his offense off. But beyond that, GGG is basic as hell. He's below average defensively. And he's totally dependant on his power forcing guys to move away from him. He's also slow and robotic at times.

The guy is a good lil fighter, but he's not perfect. And he's not unbeatable. He has very visable flaws if your head isn't stuck up his asscrack. He's very good at what what he does and its gonna take a helluva fighter to beat him. But by no means are the Ray Robinsons, Hank Armstrong, or any other ATG worried about GGG taking their spot. He's dynamic. But far from the indestructible force his supporters like to think he is.

Every boxer has visible flaws including Floyd (The feint and right overhand right just never really caught up to him in a manner to drop him although it's come quite close more than a few times). Not being capable of boxing and not having had the need to show you can box are two completely different things. I can't express how many times i've implored people to go watch trainers breaking down Golovkin's fight style at length and this belief that he can't box and has no defense being completely false...it is what it is though. You are entitled to your opinion though.

[BrometheusBob.]

Just think how crazy we'd all be going over Canelo/GGG if Canelo had beat a solid 160lber instead of Khan.

[MDPopescu]

... yeah, GGG is not a boxer... sure, according to the latest Compubox +/- ratio...

[noreaga107]

100%

Now all the GGG fanboys gonna b1tch and moan about Garcia saying their god isn't a boxer. Newsflash, he's not. He's a terrific offensive fighter that has good technique as far as getting his offense off. But beyond that, GGG is basic as hell. He's below average defensively. And he's totally dependant on his power forcing guys to move away from him. He's also slow and robotic at times.

The guy is a good lil fighter, but he's not perfect. And he's not unbeatable. He has very visable flaws if your head isn't stuck up his asscrack. He's very good at what what he does and its gonna take a helluva fighter to beat him. But by no means are the Ray Robinsons, Hank Armstrong, or any other ATG worried about GGG taking their spot. He's dynamic. But far from the indestructible force his supporters like to think he is.

exactly what im saying

[Dreamking]

Wasn't GGG just a come forward fighter going into the Lemineux fight?

[hitking]

Every boxer has visible flaws including Floyd (The feint and right overhand right just never really caught up to him in a manner to drop him although it's come quite close more than a few times). Not being capable of boxing and not having had the need to show you can box are two completely different things. I can't express how many times i've implored people to go watch trainers breaking down Golovkin's fight style at length and this belief that he can't box and has no defense being completely false...it is what it is though. You are entitled to your opinion though.

Most fighters are awesome with no resistance in front of them. Freddie Roach has basically made a "HOF" career pf making people believe he's made all of these great changes and improvements in ready-made fighters. He claimed it with Manny. He claimed it with Cotto. And as long as they had nothing in front of them, they could impolore the changes. But once the guy across from them was live, they reverted back to what's natural for them.

GGG is no different. Yeah, he could jab and move against Lemieux. But we know Lemieux is a C class bum. GGG is a top fighter. He can do pretty much anything he wants against bums. The thing about him is that we don't know what his ceiling is. I see flaws in him. Like you said, all fighters have them. We just don't know what level of competition makes GGG pay for his flaws because he hasn't fought anybody. Floyd was able to beat the best boxing had to offer for nearly 20yrs. Will GGG be able to duplicate that with the holes I see in his game? I say no. Unless of course he's allowed to continue fighting the level of comp he's feasted on for a decade.

[Jubei]

I saw that interview, Garcia basically said "I have to go with the Mexican, since i am Mexican as well".

I just hope Oscar realizes that Canelo has a good chance to win this fight and doesn't delay/duck the fight again.

[Nomadic]

Just think how crazy we'd all be going over Canelo/GGG if Canelo had beat a solid 160lber instead of Khan.

I have to agree with you on this one, KO'ing a blown up Khan built no momentum for the next fight. Especially when the whole damn world knew what the outcome of that fight was going to be.

[Teetotaler]

lol he must think ggg is the same as angulo