He fought Trout, Mayweather, Lara and looked like **** against all three. Yet he looks spectacular against the Baldomir's, Angulo's, Josesito Lopez's of the world....I don't expect to see him against another pure boxer anytime soon.
He correctly won 2 out of 3 and only lost to the best in the sport. Either way, there is no other name "pure boxer" in that division so Canelo will be alright. By the way, all this talk about Canelo looking "like ****", he made Trout and Lara, two guys he was supposedly ducking, look like ****.:deal
Canelo is marketed as the second coming, the new Golden Boy, he may have edged Trout, probably loss to Lara, and was shutout by Mayweather, Canelo does not seem to handle boxers, movers, defensive fighters very well. Cotto is the biggest name he will ever beat clearly...
i can see a lara rematch. but maybe kirkland is in his future. a guy like andrade would give canelo hell
He handled Lara and Trout pretty convincingly. After the Cotto fight, Canelo will have wins over Lara, Trout and Cotto:deal
No he did not beat Trout or Lara convincingly, come on man, he didn't even land 25 punches to Lara's head in 12 rounds....
yup, slick black fighters own Canelo. Canelo doesn't have the reach, speed, or the footwork to compete with them. He was swinging and missing all night. I don't remember any significant punches to Lara's face. Pretty embarrassing.
Canelo has proved a lot by simply taking fights against the likes of Lara and Trout who are avoided by everyone else and can't sell out their own living rooms, regardless if you think he won or lost.
Cannot compete with the mythical slick and black fighter yet has beaten Troutin a close but clear win, beat Lara on Saturday and whilst Mayweather handily beat him you never know how much the weight hurt his performance that night. Ahhh the mythical slick and black fighter...
For those who foolishly still want to defend their stance based on compubox numbers. For the first 3 rounds(when Lara looked his best) Lara outlanded Canelo 30-17. From rounds 4-12(after Lara started running) Canelo outscored Lara 80-69:yep
If you weren't so tapado I might take offense to your post. Let me guess, you also think Canelo/Trout was the biggest robbery of the year.
Canelo should avoid lefties until he gets away from starting everything with a jab. All night Canelo would throw the jab, Lara would circle outside of it, Canelo would attempt to catch him with a follow up left hook, Lara would continue to move to the far side of the ring. Canelo did good later in the fight, getting more into a rhythm. I've seen him do it in sparring, but I've never seen him do it in a fight, it gives me hope he can apply pressure for his future at the higher weight division
I had it 117 - 111. Lara did not fight and when he did he threw baby punches, hell, a woman can hit much harder that Lara "The Coward". One left by Alvarez did more damage than all of Lara's punches put together............Lara was running like a hell.....................he was afraid to fight................you have to land punches to win a fight......................you could hear Alvarez' body punches, but you could not hear Lara's baby punches...........Lomachenko moved, but he also fought, he used lateral movement, the only thing Lara did was run, track & field. Lara deserved to lose, the only one fighting was Alvarez. I dare anyone to criticize Vladimir Klitschko for using his jab and knocking people out...................