How do you rate Canelo as a defensive fighter?

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  1. Fnatic

    Fnatic Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marks out of five.

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  3. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's improving but he can still be tagged. 4/5
     
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    Fnatic Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Agreed.
     
  6. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    He showed us he has a very underated defense in the trout fight. I want togive it a 4 out of 5 but considering guys like whitaker mayweather and pep would be 5's i just dont feel right putting him so close

    3.5/5
     
  7. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    soft 4. it may still be geting better... most likely.
     
  8. MonkeyEarMuffs

    MonkeyEarMuffs Dynamite Upper! Full Member

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    3. He looked good against a slower Trout who is also left handed, as long as he had the angle most of those punches fall short regardless of his head movement based on foot positioning alone. That, and in that open stance, as long as he has the right foot positioning, he is never in range/angle for that trailing hand. He SHOULD look better defensively against an unmatched pair by default, unless he simply doesn't know the match-up.

    just sayin'...
     
  9. dannyc1990

    dannyc1990 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought his defense was poor vs lopez... But great against trout...
     
  10. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Anything to do with him knowing trout was a different beast altogether?

    Shows me that not only does Canelo have good defense, and not only is he multi-dimensional, but he is also smart.
     
  11. twenty1

    twenty1 Final Destruction Full Member

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    4/5 definitely, he gets tagged but doesn't take punishment if that makes sense.
     
  12. Ripper11

    Ripper11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I rewatched the Lopez fight on Xfinity on Demand the other day and the thing that stood out to me was his defense. He got lazy a couple of times, but he blocked and slipped a lot of Lopez's punches very subtly.
     
  13. SteelShoulders

    SteelShoulders Well-Known Member Full Member

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    3 maybe 3.5, going to look like a 1.5 2 against floyd though
     
  14. Farmboxer

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    4/5 or 4.5/5 and getting better all the time.