By Dan Ambrose: Despite being dominated and bludgeoned into quitting on his feet in the 6th round, #2 WBA Willie Monroe Jr. (19-2, 6 KOs) says he thinks that former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) would defeat IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) if they were to face each other right now.
Monroe picks Canelo to beat Golovkin because he feels that Canelo has the better hand speed than GGG, and he sees Canelo’s power as being very good as well. Monroe does think that Golovkin would have an edge over Miguel Cotto, at least in terms of punching power.