Able Sanchez did a TERRIBLE job as Golovkins coach

[TonyGe]

Concerning Sanchez and Golovkin. II was not surprised by the decision because of the politics of boxing. However I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Sanchez give his speech that was motivated somewhat by saving his reputation versus his fighter's. Sure Canelo deserved credit for putting up a good fight but Able went too far IMO. He had more words of praise for Canelo than he did for his own fighter after a hard fought contest where each guy gave it their all. I was very disappointed in Able.

[Thuglife Nelo]

It was reported by several news sources but here is one link.

Thanks. I see that’s from the Kovalev post fight win so I’ll go to it complete on YouTube in a bit. Can trust some translating Spanish to Engrishh

[-Kev-]

Abel said that he scored the fight even, but he accepted the judges decision, which was that Canelo won.

What part of that is your peculiar brand of "logic" unable to handle?

He hesitated and said it was even. If a fighter thinks he won a fight, and his trainer goes around saying it was even and that his fighter didn’t fight like he wanted, and saying the other fighter deserved the win. That is short of saying his fighter lost.

It’s like when a hometown fighter gets a draw or SD. You know 9 out of 10 times that means the opponent probably won a wide decision.

In this case, Abel is flopping around between saying it was even and saying Canelo deserved the win. But never, ever, saying his fighter won the fight. That’s bad. You know the coach thought you lost but doesn’t want to outright say it.

Just look at his hesitation before saying even.

[4truth]

I thought Sanchez was fine when he didn't have to think about strategy. When Golovkin's hand speed went from below average to slow, Sanchez couldn't adjust. Golovkin was on his own in the second Canelo fight. Standing and trading with a guy who had that significant a hand speed advantage wasn't an option, at least not a good one anyway.

[AKAcronym]

There's a reason why so many guys have left Abel over the years, even before Golovkin left him. If it wasn't for GGG being up in Big Bear with him, I doubt he would've had the stable he did. "We never adjust to our opponents, they adjust to us."

[THC]

Jermall struggles because he is using a style not suited to power punching even though he has so much raw power.

Ronnie Shields teaches the slick defensive counter punching style ala Erislandy Lara but Jermall is an explosive power puncher, he should be working more on breaking down and stopping opponents instead of trying to be smooth and slick in the ring.

A discerning trainer will take his fighter's strengths and leverage them rather than impose his personal style preferences. In your example, I agree that Ronnie Shields is not maximizing Charlos' potential.

Conversely, whoever trained Dimitry Pirog did not force that fighter to adopt the typical straight-up East European style, and let him fight to his strengths which involved nimble footwork, elusiveness, and subtle but effective head movement.

[TernceBudCharlo]

Right, who else trained with Abe? Kovalev, but he didn't start looking good till he got with John David Jackson.

[TonyGe]

There's a reason why so many guys have left Abel over the years, even before Golovkin left him. If it wasn't for GGG being up in Big Bear with him, I doubt he would've had the stable he did. "We never adjust to our opponents, they adjust to us."

Yes I always thought that was kind of foolish.

[Caxcan]

Abel was responsible for not only serving as his trainer but also acting as a de facto promoter/hype man by spinning all these narratives that the media lapped up and he was able to cash in. Obviously GGG didn't have a career that lived up to the hype, but then again he's never been a particularly ambitious guy. Most importantly, he was able to achieve his career long dream of making top dollar against no hopers-- and he owes a large part of that to Abel despite his lack of gratitude.

[Pac=Duran]

He hesitated and said it was even. If a fighter thinks he won a fight, and his trainer goes around saying it was even and that his fighter didn’t fight like he wanted, and saying the other fighter deserved the win. That is short of saying his fighter lost.

It’s like when a hometown fighter gets a draw or SD. You know 9 out of 10 times that means the opponent probably won a wide decision.

In this case, Abel is flopping around between saying it was even and saying Canelo deserved the win. But never, ever, saying his fighter won the fight. That’s bad. You know the coach thought you lost but doesn’t want to outright say it.

Just look at his hesitation before saying even.

This x10000

When do we ever see a coach throw his fighter under the bus like that?