fedor gsp silva and jones all argueably lost but the thing is they lost during their title reigns(GSP lost to hughes before but hughes was also the GOAT at the time). Khabib is good and was dominant but not didnt do enough to be considered the GOAT
Lol at anybody trying to argue that toney was practicing takedown defese. This shot sucks and toney wasnt even close to defending it. Heres some links that should show you why you dont compare canelo to toney .
toney being a bum-
Canelo breakdown-
Breakdown of Canelo finishing BJS by...
its not just leg kicks but steeps as well keeping him at range. Idk if you saw haney vs linares but linares weas kept at bay with the jab and no matter how much he walked forward he continuosly struggled to get from mid range to inside. I feel "kickers" could give canelo a similar problem...
Theres another big aspect too. Assuming canelo fought mma would imply hes training for mma. Now canelos stance and fight style would very likely welcome people trying to take him down. Im sure if he was training he would have VERY good takedown defense and after he defends you are exactly...
Not only does canelo do it to elite lvl fighters but elite lvl fighters who are bigger then him and he doesnt just do it, he does it with ease. Look what happened to billy joe saunders. That motion is very similar to a takedown and in 4oz gloves it would be much worse(although 10oz no boxing...
james toney isnt canelo. James toney didnt even throw an uppercut when couture shot a terrible double on him. Toney suppsedly had 9 months to train and had less progress then someone training 9 hrs of defending a takedown. It was most likely rigged to promote the sport(not saying that toney...
ellenberger vs sheilds had me stoked cause i was big on ellenberger at the time.
Hughes smashing Trigg after Trigg tried to take the finishes because of the missed nut shot and then hughes coming back and making him pay the price.
Conor beating diego brandao was pretty dope and gsp(my fav)...
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