This is what I've been saying but people don't want to believe their eyes. I won't go so far as to say terrible but I feel like in a lot of divisions the skill is a level below what we've seen in past decades.
Beterbiev is an aggressive pressure fighter. You better have a good chin if you fight like that. Beterbiev has already been dropped by Jeff Page and Callum Johnson. Who?
And if he gets caught in exchanges like at 2:12 by Canelo he's getting finished. Keep in mind this was after his opponent was already hurt.
This style is tailor made for Canelo. He's not going to have to hunt down Beterbiev. Because Beterbiev's never been finished, he's larger, he punches hard, and his style he's going to come straight to Canelo.
Canelo is going to slip and counter especially those slow looping hooks. I think he finishes Beterbiev in the 8th. The only argument I can see for Beterbiev is that his power is so much greater than Kovalev's that it doesn't matter but Canelo's chin held up very well. Will Beterbiev's?