Canelo lost the last two rounds, that’s why he looked like that. But he won most of the early and middle rounds before he became frustrated and tired.
The crowd ****ing BOO'D Crawford when he was announced, and went wild for Canelo. Canelo transcends nationality apparently.
I was surprised by Canelo's corner staying calm. By round 8, they needed to be warning him he was behind and really needed to pick it up. By round 10, they needed to be telling him that he likely loses without a KO. By round 11, the plan should have become go for broke, balls out, do everything to try to get a KO.
If Canelo won most of the early rounds and middle rounds, why would he be frustrated? Crawford started landing hard or at least solid shots in the 4th. So the facial deformation started long before the 11th.
You would think right? But it's not what he does. Plus, the few times they did exchang in close quarters, Crawford was still getting the best of him. He jumped on Canelo to close out the 12th. It's not out of the realm of possibility he would have gotten stopped had he went all out.
He was frustrated because of Crawford's running. Canelo is getting older and he's slower on his feet now.
I think he was frustrated because he was getting hit coming in and going out, couldn't pin Crawford(AKA Canelo's new daddy) on the ropes, was terrible at cutting off the ring. So, was Crawford running when he smacked Canelo on the lips causing Canelo to almost turn his back out of frustration? What turned Canelo's face all red? It sure wasn't Ctawford's feet.
But sadly, none of the judges - Steve Weisfeld, Max DeLuca, Tim Cheatham - were either Mexican nor Mexican-American. Again, it was a close fight, and a gift decision, not a robbery. I haven't watched it a second time, I will sometime this week (with Kellerman's and Ward's biased commentary turned off).
Did you even see the final round? They went toe to toe and Bud dominated him, he was looking for KO at the end of the fight, he was standing right in front of Canelo.
Of course Crawford won the final round, no one is denying that. Canelo looked old and tired, Crawford was still energetic. But Canelo won most of the early and middle rounds, because Crawford was afraid to engage until after Canelo became fatigued from chasing him around the ring. Kellerman and Ward's commentary was extremely biased and misleading, re-watch the fight with the commentary turned off.
Canelo was just landing here and there not much happened in the early rounds, you're grasping at straws.