Crawford RAN Too Much against Canelo.

And that was curious as well. Canelo did say that he felt great and that it was a good fight. Full credit to Crawford, but I didn't walk away from that fight thinking the Bud was the better fighter. Bud just did what he had to do to win the fight in a Fight that both are capable of winning. Canelo let the fight slip away down the stretch you could say, but it all depends on how many rounds you gave him early. Favorable scoring to Bud gave him a lead on the scorecard, which many expected him to do, which of course created an expectation. I just think when you look at all the scorecards posted earlier, there are an incredible amount of scores in favor of Canelo for a fight that some would have you believe was something else entirely. This was definitley a close highly competitive fight and as a fan I really have no complaints. It was maybe way better than maybe any other Canelo fight since GGG. But I did get the sense that Canelo was the more powetful fighter of the two and though he took some big shots from Bud he wasn't deterred by them. And one point a fight broke out and you thought it could turn into a brawl, but Bud stayed very disciplined not to over-engage. Much praise is deserve for how Bud fought, but he did fight "on his bike" and stalled for much fo the fight. The stalling tactic worked though, because he prevented Canelo from landing enough eye catching head shots to offset the occasional big shots Bud was able to land. Still, Canelo landing more power shots, landing a lot more body shots and landing at a much higher percentage typically is a recipe for winning. It was a way better fight than many thought it would be. Most thought Crawford had no chance, some did think he could win, some thought he would. It wasn't the most action packed fight, but it was a high level chess match between two top P4Pers. It is so rare to see that. And I Must say the production and atmosphere at the Raiders stadium was impressive. However the scoring and the statstical anomolies here are significant and I thought Max really went overboard declaring Bud the victor before the decision was reached. While Bud was impressive, I do not personally believe that he did enough or fought in a way to dethrone the Champion. But I respect the decision and praise Bud's performance.

 

He landed at a very low percentage.

 

Whether Crawford ran, floated, stood still or threw haymakers, the only fact that matters to him and the record book is that he won.

 

Tell that to the GGG fans who still do not accept the 1&2 decisions to this day. Now you would want to move on and accept the official decision because Canelo is on the losing end. In reality what happened here was very suspicious and if Canelo were GGG here and Bud were Canelo this board would be screaming robbery and corruption right now.

 

My 2 favorite current boxers, I wouldn't say Bud ran per se. He did a masterful job of either getting the advantage in an exchange or forcing Canelo to move his feet and reset to start again. Canelo couldn't cut the ring off well enough to land enough meaningful shots to win. Also running is what Scull did. He moved to survive and refused to take the risks required to land point scoring punches. Crawford moved, reset and landed scoring punches then repeated. If Canelos feet aren't set, he can't hurt a guy like Bud. Bud limited his windows to operate with his feet set in rhythm for a huge chunk of the fight. That's called boxing.

 

That's because Saul Alvarez is an honorable man, not a childish piece of dung like Tyson Fury.

 

This actually came to mind watching the fight last night as it shared similarity with the GGG fight. But since the shoe is on the other foot......

 

@klion22 Canelo held Bud to a much lower connect %. And Canelo himself landed at a much higher % than Bud did. Canelo landed more power punches on Bud. He landed tons more body shots on him. How do these things happen to you then and yet you're giving a master class. Canelo did the kind of things to Bud that better fighters do, on the other hand, Bud did some things that better fighters do, like landing the better more eye catching head shots. But in most of the other areas that normally determine winners, Canelo was better in those areas. It was one of those fights in which one fighter (Bud) won several rounds big, but in a majority of the rounds, he arguably didn't do enough, as is often the case, because he was on his bike, stalling, not engaging enough. Not as much as Scull, and he got in more offense, but in many of the rounds he was just throwing light jabs out there, landing some, vs Canelo who was outworking him in terms of the more effective power punches.

 

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Boxed smart to me, and exchanged close up more than I thought he would. Showed IQ and the dog!

He also ran a lot less than Leonard did in "No más"

 

Who won more clear, Leonard against Hagler or Bud against Canelo?

 

These were not anomalies. People on this forum score on emotion. The truth is Canelo only won 2 rounds.

 

Another question. Was Bud's performance against Canelo better than Canelo's performance against GGG the 1st time? I would argue no. I thought Canelo was way more impressive against GGG the first time than Bud was against Canelo. But I would still say that Bud was very impressive against Canelo, but there are levels. I will say that Bud is incredibly Awkward and has big brains, he poses a stylistic and skill challenge to Canelo. But he couldn't do anyhting about the body shots. You wonder if a better version of Canelo would have been able to emerge victorious. And would a 2017-2021 Canelo have an easier time defeating Crawford?

 

Calling what Crawford did "running" is the quickest way to let your peers know YDKSAB.

 

Compubox isn't tallied on emotion. The Ring AI 4th scorecard had a draw. How do you explain that? Way more people scored this fight for Canelo here than in any of his previous controversial cards.