Hello my boxing friends
Before fight few questions popped in my head about both fighters. Can Canelo take GGG's punch, Can GGG take Canelo's? How would GGG react to bodyshots, What would Canelo reaction be and adjustment be to GGG's jab.
Well, come to find out that both men have a monster chin. Canelo can roll with shots, GGG didn't roll with anything much, but took shots alright. GGG took a monster shot that KO'ed Amir Khan, I actually thought he would atleast be rocked hard from that shot. GGG however, did not react too well to bodyshots. He was stopping on his tracks. I was surprised Canelo didn't throw more body shots.
Canelo didn't do much to take away GGG's jab at all, apart from land his own hard shots to compensate for the judges scoring (or atleast try to). GGG's jab was hard for Canelo to get away from and it is a really really elite jab.
Next question: How would both do in a rematch?
The way to answer this is to basically think what both could have done to perform better. For GGG it is not really much, apart from being bit more confident. But he must not be overconfident to where he is walking forward aggressively. Just like round 12, GGG got caught with 4 uppercuts because GGG was aggressive and Canelo was being an aggressive counterpuncher. GGG could have jabbed to the body, and straight right hands to the body too. Otherwise, what else do you think he should have done?
Canelo needs to work on his stamina. This was affected due to the fact that he bulked up a bit for 160 lbs weight division. Canelo has also moved more in this fight than we normally see him do. GGG was constantly on him and on top of this, Canelo has shown fatigue in his previous fights. After all it is hard to be bulky, strong, fast, nimble AND HAVE GOOD STAMINA.
Canelo can go to the body more, land bigger combinations to the face. GGG is a fighter who struggles when you put combinations on him, take a look at his fight vs Monroe Jr, Brook and Jacobs to see more of this.
I think in the rematch Canelo definitely needs to work on his stamina and yes, definitely go to the body more. But I think GGG should have gone to the body also, he took out Mathew Macklin with his left body hook and dropped Lemieux. I think if GGG had thrown more body shots at Canelo, he would have limited his ability to move and get out of the way of his power shots to the head.
I think Canelo may due to the pressure and being Mexican, try and fight a more come forward style though, which may be his undoing. Although he wasn't doing bad when he and GGG were toe to toe.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
I thought GGG didn't go to the body a lot is because he was careful about getting caught on the face. This is why I thought he should jab and straight rings to the body sometimes. But yeah, both great fighters, fan of both.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit