Abel Sanchez backpedaling hard

And this is why I was so critical of his earlier comments. You can't as a trainer make these flippant statements which carry a lot of weight because it's going to bite you in the ass, he tried to appear sportsmanlike but now he has to backtrack (probably because he pissed off GGG and the promoters) and he looks like a hypocrite.

He should have said this from the beginning:

"I think we won but I respect the judges decision". That'd have been the most diplomatic thing to do, EVEN if he really feels a draw or Canelo win is the right result. Can't just go around talking about how Canelo deserves the win and everything whilst GGG is pissed off about getting jobbed. That's just not something you should be doing. It's common sense really.

 

Well with the absence of actual quotes, we just have your word to take for it? That said, I am getting tired of Abel too. I hate when trainers are two faced about their fighters.

 

You CHOOSE to believe those because it fits your agenda. Sanchez maybe was a little disappointet because he thought GGG should have fought a little differently. He took into account what was likely to happen in Vegas. All that does not mean GGG lost the fight. He just won it in a different way than anybody was expecting.

 

My post history has seen me mock Sanchez for his bluster and stupidity many a time. I agree though, people often only cite people's posts as legitimate when they're arguing for whatever they also believe in.

One only needs to see how certain posters who normally take everything Mayweather says as gospel as crap when he said he had Kovalev a clear winner against Ward.

 

He's just saying he accepts the decision because they got the judges they wanted. And he's a bit more critical with his own fighter just minutes after the fight. I'm not a big fan of Abel but he's not admitting anything here, he was just ready to move on because he thought it was pointless to complain any further. A little later that same evening he said he thought they won the fight by 2 rounds.

 

He had a dozen micophones in his face and had not had the time to think clearly or structure his answers. Also don't forget these guys are boxers/coaches not lawyers.
You're trying to pin him down and I'm asking why? I'd rather take a well thought through opinion. You always get your point across perfectly in seconds I presume, all the while being under huge emotional stress.

If there's one thing that I'll grant you is that he was trying to save face a little. He was the one taunting and they got the judges they wanted, he couldn't ***** about that. He was afraid of the fallout a little bit.

It all comes down to this, everyone had anticipated the fight differently than it actually played out. That should not cloud your judgement (pun intended). Just because you didn't think GGG couldn't the fight fighting that style doesn't mean he didn't.

 

360 puts you back in exactly the same place. You mean 180....

 

We can argue & fight forever but wont make a bit of difference
Canelo got the decision as we all suspected he would whatever happened in the fight
IMHO Bennett, the NSAC & Vegas boxing are all blatantly corrupt.
With all the shennanikins involving Floyd over the tears & now they are doing the same stuff with Canelo. Both are regarded as cash cows the $$$$$$ fighters who are given every advantage both legal & illegalyp ensure "victory"
The State Commissions are todays version of the 50s mob
They control the sport do exactly what they want & no one can do a damn thing about it