... and then, after the 12 stanza long advertisement of Canelo's talents, we found out what exactly was being hawked. Thusly, I’ll be previewing the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez versus "GGG" Gennady Golovkin super-if-not-mega fight set for September 16th at an as of yet to be determined site. Although your favorite and mine resource, Boxrec, has it as being Lost Wages hosted. This shall be, regardless of wherest, for the WBC, WBA, and IBF World middleweight crowns -- so zip up yer XYZ, lest yer schmekel fall out in excited anticipations.
"I think, in September, is big Mexican-style big drama show. We're ready." Still, GGG with the Mexican schtick, said in-ring post the Chavez Jr "challenge" to Canelo. This after making a WWE style entrance into the ring after the scorecards were read merely as per formality's sake.
"Good luck in September," Golovkin said.
"Luck is for the mediocre people," Canelo responded.
OH, THAT’S GOOD, GENTLEPERSONS.
For two years, we waited for Canelo vs GGG, and now we are promised it. We just got Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko, to breathe new life into the plus-sized pugilistic scene. Anyone still giving a flying feces about McGregor/Mayweather these days? No? Good.
If the date September 16 'rings a bell,' pun intended, allow me to quickly note via quote www.RingsideBoxingShow.com: "1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas (Hitman) Hearns, Las Vegas. Unifies the World Welterweight Title. This incredible fight more than transcended the pre-fight hype."
Chavez Jr. and Canelo hath been called by many a pundit a sparring session for Canelo, The Battle For Mexico looked, truth be told, much more like The Invasion of Grenada than WWIII. Keeping that sparring vein humsover, Jr. has sparred with Golovkin in the past. "He has aggressive style. [Abel] Sanchez teaches him the body shot,” said Chavez Jr. to www.esnewsreporting.com about Golovkin. "I don’t think he has Mexican style, because the punches are like a robot. He’s a big puncher, you? He’s a lot bigger puncher than Canelo. I feel more Golovkin’s punches than Canelo in spar. More heavy hands than Canelo.” That stated, stated later, Chavez Jr. sees the Canelo-Golovkin showdown as a “50-50." He then went on to say "Exercise? I thought you said 'Extra fries.'"
Allow me please, gentlepersons, a digression: sparring session? Just a weight drained pug whom lost the fight in negotiations. With rank comes privilege and Canelo flexed his in weight draining Chavez from a camp starting 215 pounds to a 164 weigh-in.
Lettuce begin fully now, with the task at hand with a glimpse at the tale of the tape re: Canelo - GGG
Back to the GGG shift: each hand is dyn-O-mite and he is deceptively hard to hit. The shift of Marciano completely fooled Archie Moore, who thought he'd be easy to tag by watching film. Instead, he was backed into the ropes time and again whist waiting for countering opportunities. Angles. Even when the opportunity came, Marciano was in position to slip and duck. Moore was open to further blows. All that stated, Chavez didn’t come forward all that much. And there he stood at the final bell. Losing each round, but standing nonetheless. Can we see an adjustment to G’s modus operandi come September?
GGG ain't no one-dimensional James Kirkland as in Canelo/Kirkland. We can say this regarding what we know, let alone what we don’t know, about GGG. Let me be clear. Word from his camps and sparring partners is not limited to what Chavez Jr had to say… others too, line up to sing their oft baffled/awed praises. A popular notion: we have not publicly seen all that Golovkin can do. He has hidden depths. Hidden depths that have yet to be forced into use by his opponents to date.
Allow me here to slow my roll and offer up the lead up to this long awaited bout. From The Sun a whiles back: "Fresh from his sensational sixth-round demolition of Amir Khan at the start of May, the Mexican has dropped his green WBC strap. And the World Boxing Council have decided to hand the belt to unbeaten Kazakh star GGG." The biggest bugaboo of a hiccup in making this bit of fisticuffs a reality was weight. Golovkin fights at 160 pounds, while Canelo has primarily fought at 154 and 155 pounds. We can thank the proving ground of Chavez, Jr. for showing Team Canelo that he can fight at a larger weight. Obstacle removed. Both pugs had their bouts in the interim. Golovkin battled Mr. Daniel Jacobs in March, going the distance in the closest unanimous-decision victory ya ever will see. Though Jacobs is a larger human being than is Canelo. Each lead-up is flawed, see?
And now we are here. There. September.
Canelo sets traps better than anyone else in the biz. He hits more feathery than Jacobs but too has more punches. That might thwart GGG’s shifting advances. But what if again -- Golovkin don’t go there? Kell Brook stood up G, too. Danny Jacobs ain’t no Canelo. I am muddying up the waters. "It is clear as mud, but it covered the ground, and the confusion made me brain go 'round." Harry Belafonte.
I shall make with the goods now, gentlepersons in the form of my prediction; one I ain't married to just yet. For the time being, we're living in sin to see how compatible we are. No sense runnin' to the altar. Golovkin comes out jabbing, boxing, changing it up. Canelo holds his own countering off his back foot. Then GGG drops the hammer at midpoint. He employs his bullying shift only to realize he’s tired a bit from that opening. Canelo sets traps working on slow feet, but too excellent balance and little energy expenditures. This pushing doth wear Canelo out, though. GGG hurts him to the challah-basket, then jumps to another ploy -- because Canelo is somewhat making him eat leather via counter punching. Not so much hurting him, but scoring. Ninth stanza. That is when the heavens doth do open up and birds pause their flights in midair. Golovkin goes back to boxing. Sorta. Each are tired, but only Canelo has been hurt. What golovkin does is become a better version of Kovalev's boxer puncher; or to be more apt puncher boxer. This exploits fully the slow and tick then weary feet of Canelo. The counters fade away, dial further and further back. Then, it's GGG by stoppage in the championship rounds. We need a rematch. Two years later, Saul avenges his loss via unanimous-decision against an over-the-hill Gennady. But that, gentlepersons, is a long and meandering walk from wherest we stand.
Lemme end this with something Abel Sanchez, Golovkin's trainer, told Yahoo Sports since the time the deal were done: “Canelo can crack. He has fast hands. He’s more relaxed in the ring than he was a year ago. He looks better mentally, too. With Jacobs, we had to bring bigger guys into the gym. There was more wear and tear. Canelo is smaller. There won’t be as much.” This is key, for his ward is somewhat on borrowed pug time.
I'm getting more from the crystal ball -- the hard luck Canuck, Mr. David Lemieux loses to Canelo after he Canadian Thunders an opponent in the twixt. All this forecasting is tiring me out. One last bit: bring an umbrella to work tomorrow, for I see-eth rain. Oh, but it too looks like the hype for a Mayweather/McGregor showdown needs a tick more meat on its bone. Maybe a Rousey/McGregor tune-up? Anyone? ...
"I think, in September, is big Mexican-style big drama show. We're ready." Still, GGG with the Mexican schtick, said in-ring post the Chavez Jr "challenge" to Canelo. This after making a WWE style entrance into the ring after the scorecards were read merely as per formality's sake.
"Good luck in September," Golovkin said.
"Luck is for the mediocre people," Canelo responded.
OH, THAT’S GOOD, GENTLEPERSONS.
For two years, we waited for Canelo vs GGG, and now we are promised it. We just got Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko, to breathe new life into the plus-sized pugilistic scene. Anyone still giving a flying feces about McGregor/Mayweather these days? No? Good.
If the date September 16 'rings a bell,' pun intended, allow me to quickly note via quote www.RingsideBoxingShow.com: "1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas (Hitman) Hearns, Las Vegas. Unifies the World Welterweight Title. This incredible fight more than transcended the pre-fight hype."
Chavez Jr. and Canelo hath been called by many a pundit a sparring session for Canelo, The Battle For Mexico looked, truth be told, much more like The Invasion of Grenada than WWIII. Keeping that sparring vein humsover, Jr. has sparred with Golovkin in the past. "He has aggressive style. [Abel] Sanchez teaches him the body shot,” said Chavez Jr. to www.esnewsreporting.com about Golovkin. "I don’t think he has Mexican style, because the punches are like a robot. He’s a big puncher, you? He’s a lot bigger puncher than Canelo. I feel more Golovkin’s punches than Canelo in spar. More heavy hands than Canelo.” That stated, stated later, Chavez Jr. sees the Canelo-Golovkin showdown as a “50-50." He then went on to say "Exercise? I thought you said 'Extra fries.'"
Allow me please, gentlepersons, a digression: sparring session? Just a weight drained pug whom lost the fight in negotiations. With rank comes privilege and Canelo flexed his in weight draining Chavez from a camp starting 215 pounds to a 164 weigh-in.
Lettuce begin fully now, with the task at hand with a glimpse at the tale of the tape re: Canelo - GGG
AGE: Golovkin 35, Alvarez 27
HEIGHT: Golovkin 5'10, Alvarez 5'9
REACH: Golovkin 74", Alvarez 71"
WINS: Golovkin 37, Alvarez 49
LOSSES: Golovkin 0, Alvarez 1
DRAWS: Golovkin 0, Alvarez 1
KNOCK-OUTS: Golovkin 33, Alvarez 34
In ring and generally speaking it's a fight that has the makings of one a' them just add water instant classics maybe even to the tune of living up to but not replicating Leonard/Hearns. The players here are several ticks different. Golovkin, juggernauting ahead in a constant nigh lost art of shifting, working behind the powerful jab and hooks which that breeds and entails. As devastating as that may read, doth it play directly into Canelo's alabaster hands? As the Chavez fight most recently bore out (with an emphasis on bore), Canelo wants his adversary coming at him, leather flying. He all but begged Chavez to do so -- he needs to counter. But countering comes at a hard and high cost in terms of Golovkin.
HEIGHT: Golovkin 5'10, Alvarez 5'9
REACH: Golovkin 74", Alvarez 71"
WINS: Golovkin 37, Alvarez 49
LOSSES: Golovkin 0, Alvarez 1
DRAWS: Golovkin 0, Alvarez 1
KNOCK-OUTS: Golovkin 33, Alvarez 34
In ring and generally speaking it's a fight that has the makings of one a' them just add water instant classics maybe even to the tune of living up to but not replicating Leonard/Hearns. The players here are several ticks different. Golovkin, juggernauting ahead in a constant nigh lost art of shifting, working behind the powerful jab and hooks which that breeds and entails. As devastating as that may read, doth it play directly into Canelo's alabaster hands? As the Chavez fight most recently bore out (with an emphasis on bore), Canelo wants his adversary coming at him, leather flying. He all but begged Chavez to do so -- he needs to counter. But countering comes at a hard and high cost in terms of Golovkin.
Back to the GGG shift: each hand is dyn-O-mite and he is deceptively hard to hit. The shift of Marciano completely fooled Archie Moore, who thought he'd be easy to tag by watching film. Instead, he was backed into the ropes time and again whist waiting for countering opportunities. Angles. Even when the opportunity came, Marciano was in position to slip and duck. Moore was open to further blows. All that stated, Chavez didn’t come forward all that much. And there he stood at the final bell. Losing each round, but standing nonetheless. Can we see an adjustment to G’s modus operandi come September?
GGG ain't no one-dimensional James Kirkland as in Canelo/Kirkland. We can say this regarding what we know, let alone what we don’t know, about GGG. Let me be clear. Word from his camps and sparring partners is not limited to what Chavez Jr had to say… others too, line up to sing their oft baffled/awed praises. A popular notion: we have not publicly seen all that Golovkin can do. He has hidden depths. Hidden depths that have yet to be forced into use by his opponents to date.
Allow me here to slow my roll and offer up the lead up to this long awaited bout. From The Sun a whiles back: "Fresh from his sensational sixth-round demolition of Amir Khan at the start of May, the Mexican has dropped his green WBC strap. And the World Boxing Council have decided to hand the belt to unbeaten Kazakh star GGG." The biggest bugaboo of a hiccup in making this bit of fisticuffs a reality was weight. Golovkin fights at 160 pounds, while Canelo has primarily fought at 154 and 155 pounds. We can thank the proving ground of Chavez, Jr. for showing Team Canelo that he can fight at a larger weight. Obstacle removed. Both pugs had their bouts in the interim. Golovkin battled Mr. Daniel Jacobs in March, going the distance in the closest unanimous-decision victory ya ever will see. Though Jacobs is a larger human being than is Canelo. Each lead-up is flawed, see?
Canelo sets traps better than anyone else in the biz. He hits more feathery than Jacobs but too has more punches. That might thwart GGG’s shifting advances. But what if again -- Golovkin don’t go there? Kell Brook stood up G, too. Danny Jacobs ain’t no Canelo. I am muddying up the waters. "It is clear as mud, but it covered the ground, and the confusion made me brain go 'round." Harry Belafonte.
I shall make with the goods now, gentlepersons in the form of my prediction; one I ain't married to just yet. For the time being, we're living in sin to see how compatible we are. No sense runnin' to the altar. Golovkin comes out jabbing, boxing, changing it up. Canelo holds his own countering off his back foot. Then GGG drops the hammer at midpoint. He employs his bullying shift only to realize he’s tired a bit from that opening. Canelo sets traps working on slow feet, but too excellent balance and little energy expenditures. This pushing doth wear Canelo out, though. GGG hurts him to the challah-basket, then jumps to another ploy -- because Canelo is somewhat making him eat leather via counter punching. Not so much hurting him, but scoring. Ninth stanza. That is when the heavens doth do open up and birds pause their flights in midair. Golovkin goes back to boxing. Sorta. Each are tired, but only Canelo has been hurt. What golovkin does is become a better version of Kovalev's boxer puncher; or to be more apt puncher boxer. This exploits fully the slow and tick then weary feet of Canelo. The counters fade away, dial further and further back. Then, it's GGG by stoppage in the championship rounds. We need a rematch. Two years later, Saul avenges his loss via unanimous-decision against an over-the-hill Gennady. But that, gentlepersons, is a long and meandering walk from wherest we stand.
Lemme end this with something Abel Sanchez, Golovkin's trainer, told Yahoo Sports since the time the deal were done: “Canelo can crack. He has fast hands. He’s more relaxed in the ring than he was a year ago. He looks better mentally, too. With Jacobs, we had to bring bigger guys into the gym. There was more wear and tear. Canelo is smaller. There won’t be as much.” This is key, for his ward is somewhat on borrowed pug time.
I'm getting more from the crystal ball -- the hard luck Canuck, Mr. David Lemieux loses to Canelo after he Canadian Thunders an opponent in the twixt. All this forecasting is tiring me out. One last bit: bring an umbrella to work tomorrow, for I see-eth rain. Oh, but it too looks like the hype for a Mayweather/McGregor showdown needs a tick more meat on its bone. Maybe a Rousey/McGregor tune-up? Anyone? ...
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(wherein I stick to my guns)