Floyd Mayweather's latest instagram post on Canelo

I have to disagree, in my view it wasn't all that close and the two pounds didn't change the outcome of the fight. Still was very unhappy that Floyd demanded 152, never have liked catchweights.

That's a reasonable argument, but the 164.5 demand to JCC Jr was pretty brutal. That's probably even harder for JCC Jr to make than Canelo making 152 lb. Not that it changed the result of course. And I don't get the reason for these demands, Canelo outclasses JCC Jr and Fielding by miles. Why does he needs any weight advantage? He'd smash them both regardless, it's a bit like FC Barcelona wanting to start 1-0 up against a 4th division team.

But Floyd would never agree to 158 lb, he probably wouldn't even agree to 154 lb. He's too smart, he's shot and he knows it, and he wants to keep his 0. Which is why he will either retire, fight UFC fighters in freak mismatches, or perhaps a Pacquaio rematch as he's probably still good enough to do that.

Agreed. And to be perfectly honest I'm sure you'll admit that Canelo is guilty here.

 

It feels like he's testing the water. Throwing out insults left and right to see where the most risk free money can be made. Manny's ghost, Khabib the cage fighter who isn't that great at striking, maybe Canelo if he can be forced to fight blindfolded?

I think he should **** on the Lincoln memorial and fight that. 12 rounds of FMJ having at it with a sledgehammer whilst in between rounds he flaunts his money and taunts orphans and homeless people on ppv.

 

CJ Ross didn't agree with Mayweather either.

 

Having just googled the Mayweather Canelo fight looking for something I noticed that the wikipedia page for a fight of this magnitude featuring two of the sports biggest ever names to be very very brief. Weird.

 

He rages because Canelo has a better contract than him in 2013.
And he is badly placed to talk about doping.

 

Yeah man, I disagree...honest to God, I didn't even know this was a "thing". I can't remember anybody, literally nobody, that believes this fight was anything more than 10-2/9-3 fight. I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just saying I watched the fight...the fight wasn't competitive.

 

This was indeed a very easy fight for Mayweather, maybe among the easiest title fights at least in his career. I really don't understand why people are always so incredulous that I scored it a shutout. A lot of those rounds I think people were just reaching for reasons to give them to Canelo. He didn't earn a single one beyond a shadow of doubt, and probably more than half the rounds were crystal-clear for Floyd with dominant ring generalship and much higher accuracy.

Old shot Cotto did WAY better against Floyd (yes, the same Cotto that in turn got dominated by Canelo a few years later - but as we know, triangle-theory in boxing doesn't mean squat and styles make fights) - on my card 116-112 and visibly made Mayweather far more uncomfortable than Canelo ever did.

 

To some marginal extent, but nothing to the extent that Floyd did to him, Cotto did to Geale, or other fighters did like Khan to Lo Greco, etc.

And my justification for this is that when you are moving up a weight class to fight at a weight you've never fought at before, there's more justification for catchweights or rehydration clauses.

However there's no justification for draining a fighter and making him unhealthy, like Cotto did to Geale. When considering Chavez Jr draining to 164.5, you have to remember Chavez made 160 to fight Martinez, so it wasn't like Chavez Jr had been fighting at 168 for all that long. I think you'd agree that Chavez looked a lot worse and more drained making 160 vs Martinez than he did at 164.5 for Canelo. Many commented about how good and healthy Chavez looked at the Canelo weigh-in, so we can't forget that when trying to compare that to Canelo Floyd or worse examples.

That said, I dislike catchweights and rehyrdration limits. I'm totally against them but unfortunately they have quickly become normalized. With Fielding, if Canelo is imposing that then I can see why people are upset by it, however at the same time if that's becoming the standard throughout boxing in 2019 then it's hard to criticize it now.

 

mmmm, to kill a man, first you need to hit him. I remind you that foyd is still laughing at canelo hitting the ropes. Canelo is still wondering if floyd actually was in the ring or it was a hologram, since he couldnt touch him to test it.


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Canelo has his share of highlights in this fight too. posting a single highlight of Canelo hitting the ropes as Floyd moved away doesn't tell the story of the whole fight.

 

Well, dont you remember the fight?, yes, actually, it tells the whole fight.

 

spence, crawford and mikey beat the crap out of floyd right now, never mind canelo.

 

I bet they beat the crap out of roberto durán now, too.

 

so you do get the point then.

 

And yet the judges still awarded him rounds and some of the more ardent Church of Canelo disciples think he deserved the 114-114 card or better!