Decision very questionable, but credit to Canelo

I'll say this much. Canelo is a great fighter in short bursts. If he could sustain his attacks more than 45 sec - 1 minute of each round he would be unbeatable. I also did not like how GGG looked overall tonight. Early on he looked completely out of sorts. He was giving Canelo Jacobs and Lemieux type of respect which I think was a mistake. And even when he was rolling the majority of the rounds and piling up points he could not land many perfectly clean shots which resulted in his power being muted. I'll give a lot of credit to Canelo's defense which we know is improved, but some of that I also think was GGG not at his best.

 

Canelo answered the biggest question about his game with his conditioning tonight. I was impressed.

 

I don't know if that was stamina or tendency. Canelo has always stepped back and posed in his fights. His chin though was never in question for me. I've always thought it was rock solid. But both fighters chin was tested more in this fight than ever before. I've always thought that it's one thing to take punch early in a fight but if you can take an onslaught late in a fight while exhausted against a big puncher then you've got some real granite. Both fighters took big shots late in this fight.

 

I had tonight's fight 8-4 for GGG, with a couple of rounds that could go for Canelo, at a stretch. I scored Hagler-Leonard 7-5 Hagler last time I watched it, but I do think it could swing to a SRL win. So, in that regard, yeah, that fight was closer than tonight's contest. Similar dynamic, though.

 

I tried to look at this fight from other peoples perspective but I can't and will not reject the evidence of my own mind. Canelo lost that fight regardless of his flashes of activity. The totality of GGG's work far out shined his. When have you ever heard a pro Canelo crowd boo him. They know he lost too. This was nothing but a statement from the powers that be in boxing saying we want to get deeper into your pockets. Take this draw and come see us again. They won't see me digging in my pockets to watch a rematch. Those cards were way out of spec. I hate the conspiracy angle but it looks like the crap was all in on this one.

 

i got to give it to the mexican boxing fans, the real fans not fanboys, they usually let you know who won. i was at the chavez-whitaker fight which was mostly mexican fans, and they booed the decision. they said pea ran too much but they admitted he won.

 

Hagler and Hearns decision was not at all controversial.