I pretty much agree with the overall consensus that Lara did some good things but not enough to win the fight, Canelo was mostly the one making the fight all night, Lara moved a ton and did more thna move other times, and he somewhat took advantage of the rules moreso then mastering them.' However, in his defense I will say that I dont think he wanted to fight like that. IDK what it is because Canelo is not a one punch KO artist but I havent seen a guy swing like him since Foreman or Tyson. Just looks like every punch is about to chop you in half. He looks huge in the ring. I never ever watch a fight and say a guy is on the juice (and I in no way think Canelo is either) but he just looks different then everyone else in boxing right now when he's swinging. He looks so much more stronger & powerful. I argued with people after they said Angulo took a dive. I said No, that fight ended in the first 10 seconds when Canelo through that vicious hook that was a shock to AA's system. He thought he would be the hard hitting bully but that very 1st punch was something he never felt before and it stayed that way. Lara met Caneo in the center of the ring and for the first 10 sec it almost looked like he was going to be the aggresssor but very quickly Canelo was again throwing bolo punches You could tell it was freakin Lara out a lil bit and it hurt everytime it landed, especially in the body. Some people are on there bike because of pressure but with Canelo its different. He's like a physical machine right now where its shocking guys systems. I think he did what he felt he had to do. He never really dealt with anything like that before. He dint want to fight like that but felt he had no choice and could maybe steal some rounds in the process. Canelo is getting older and more experinced. He's still not super great but he's a handful and those shots hurt or are different from what the oppponent anticipated
Agreed. Not a 1 punch KO artist but most of the shots he throws with intent to maim, break bones, & or decapitate. Properly why he gases so much too. Although he didn't seemed to gassed 2nite
agree with all your points except i dont think lara was THAT hurt by canelos punches, except for maybe r8 or 9 i think it was where lara looked like he was about to go..
he wasnt fully hurt because he knew he would be hurt so he started moving non stop and Canelo could never really put anything together but I mean the punches themselvers hurt so he didnt want to feel them. He knew what they would do to him early on and decided to stay away from that as much as possible
Soon as Lara slapped his own stomach to showboat after Canelo landed some hard shots to the body, I knew it was bothering him. Lara buckled from a body shot later as well. (round 8 or 9 I believe) Canelo did the right thing: "OK, since you're Superman, I'll keep hitting you in the body!"
