Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather’s shut out points win against Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquaio in May 2015 was by far the richest bout in the history of boxing, grossing somewhere in the region of £300-£400 million dollars in revenue, with 4.6 million PPVs bought in the USA alone, aside from the insane amounts of money generated from the long awaited welterweight unification fight, it was also the last genuine super fight in the sport of boxing, in the aftermath a huge void has been left with maybe only two names capable of providing an opportunity to give fans one more mega fight, Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez have verbally sparred for quite sometime now with some seeing similarities to the painfully drawn out 5 year negotiations between the afore mentioned Mayweather and Pacquaio camps.
‘Triple Gs’ most recent victory versus Daniel Jacobs, on points, brought to end one of the most devastating KO streaks in modern boxing history, some say he even shown human-like weaknesses rather than his usual monster like KO power, ‘Canelo’ on the other hand has a intriguing bout coming up with the ever underwhelming Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, should he, as expected, come through that test, surely Golovkin and Canelo can no longer avoid each other?
The genuine super fight, while not capable of coming close to bringing in the kind of money Floyd and Manny provided, will be seen by most boxing purists as a more compelling and visibly more competitive boxing match up, it will be a real travisty if it doesn’t happen.
Golovkin, aside from the recent unanimous points win v Jacobs, is nothing short of a human wrecking ball, possessing knockout power in both hands, with punches thrown in a almost chopping style never seen in a boxing ring before and an ability to stand up to power punches from his rival, often taking a punch or two from the opponent to land his own destructive onslaught.
Canelo on the other hand has looked impeccable since his sole career defeat against Floyd Mayweather in 2013, with 3 knockout wins in 6 fights, including highlight reel worthy lay outs of James Kirkland and Amir Khan.
Both boxers have granite chins, serious punch power and tendency to have a good, old fashioned tear up when necessary, although an often over looked aspect is each mans respective boxing skills, which are easily overlooked due to the concussive knock outs and brutal stoppages these two usually provide.
A Western style shoot out or a boxing chess match, Canelo and GGG are capable of providing both, with each being as equally thrilling as the other.
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