Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán vs. Terence Allan Crawford & Christian M'billi vs. Lester Martínez RBR

Not a lot of space between them stats-wise but if I'm reading this correctly then Canelo outlanded Crawford in total punches 6 out of 12 rounds and with power punches in 10. Crawford won the jab war 10 rounds to 2. That doesn't say who's punches were harder, who landed the cleaner more significant shots, or who controlled the fight but on paper this fight does look fairly even. Just look at those dismal totals though. This must have been fought at a snails pace. Canelo's first fight with Golovkin was excellent and had 200 more punches from each fighter. By comparison, this looks like a sparring match that broke out into a fight in rounds 9, 11, and 12. 28 punches a round. Canelo, don't strain yourself! Isn't the average at that weight around 60 punches thrown a round? Even Crawford only threw 44ppr. I haven't seen it yet, but this sounds more like a Mayweather fight than a Pacquiao fight. Crawford fought on the outside using his superior height and reach to control the range turning it into a sniping battle.

 

I don’t agree Crawford fought his fight he didn’t follow any blueprint certainly not Floyd’s blueprint, no one can copy that and he didn’t stay behind his jab and keep canelo at distance all fight like bivol did.

 

I been saying this also, i was a heavy advocate that this will be a clean Crawford victory simply because in this sport timing is everything, Canelo will not make Bud work at a pace hes uncomfortable with, Canelo will not throw in combination, Canelo will not cut off the ring effectively. Weight was never going to be a issue here simply for the fact this version of Canelo was tailor made for all of Buds attributes he would be bringing with him to 168.

154lb Canelo or even 160lb Canelo 6/7 years ago. Discussing a completely different fight with a potentially different outcome.

 

100%

 

Bud’s punches stunned him.

 

Well said. A few here are actually claiming Canelo won.

 

Thank you, there’s more boxing???