Is Age 23 "Green" for a fighter?

I honestly don't know if 23 is an advantage over 36 anymore in boxing. At least not in modern boxing. Bigger is definitely an advantage though.

 

Did a 33 year old Loma have the advantage over a 22 year old teo? How did that work out for loma?

 

I would say that based on experience that Loma had a competitive edge. But he was also the smaller, slower, weaker man. I don't like Loma anyways...

 

I know you don't like loma lol. I don't know why you dont?

 

Because he's a complete egomaniacal ass and his fans think/thought he's the most skilled fighter of all time which is BS.

 

Some of his fans are delusional but he's still a great boxer.

 

And he's still an ass.

 

You’re still persisting with this?

Really?


Maximum = 154 pounds.

So as per the rules of the sport, Canelo was allowed to weigh-in up to 154 pounds.

Not 152 ONLY, because an egomaniac said so.


The rules were changed for Floyd.

 

When did so called "fans" like you star being OK with catchweights for title fights?? Are you even old enough to recall most EVERYONE on this board hating catchweights for title fights? It really wasn't all that long ago either.

And the fact that you think a two time JrMW champion needs a Catchweight for a unification at JrMW says is it all. You're not a fan of boxing, you a fan of boxers, plain and simple.

 

Floyd fans are butthurt that their hero fought a green and drained Clenelo. Not one of them even have the minerals to say that Floyd fought the best version of Clenelo because they know how stupid they'd look.

 

Teo Lopez lost to George Kombosos so yea maybe he was still green.

kind of proves my point.

many ways forget Teo Lopez just look at Canelos performances back then he was struggling against Austin Trout and on chicken legs against Jose Miguel Cotto

 

There are some real idiots in this thread. And some making a great point on Canelo's elite level experience (Which just gets overlooked by the idiots who choose to then focus on weight and catchweights...)

It's true, Canelo had 42 or so fight when he met Floyd. Was he a seasoned vet then? No. The first 30 or so were against what you would feed a prospect. With most of those against absolute scrubs. And lets not forget what amateur career He had. What 45 -60 fights?

And yes, he did step up some with the GREAT Carlos Baldomir. Arguably the worst WW World champ ever. But he wasn't a JrMW. Neither were Lovemore and Hatton when they faced Canelo. Alfonso gomez sure as f*ck wasn't a JrMW. He wasn't even an effective WW.

Josesito Lopez was at JrWW who just moved up to WW to face Victor Ortiz. Then moved up yet AGAIN to face Canelo.

Had Shane Mosley who had been going up and down between 147 and 154 for a while before Canelo as is FIRST real former elite level opponent. But Shane had exactly ONE good win since beating Oscar about a decade prior. But juiced to the gills for that fight as we all found out later. And yes, he beat Margarito, whom very few even considered a good WW let alone an opponent. So then Shane had none prior to Canelo? Floyd fan boys seem to stutter on that one.

Trout was his very first test. And that was controversial in it's own right.

Then fights the best of this era in Floyd and gets schooled.

Did Canelo have a lot of fights under his belt? Sure. Was there much quality in 3/4 of them? Nope. Good championship rounds with top level opponents? Nope.

So, was he "green"? Depends on the context you are using.

And judging this board over the years, context is SOMETHING most mfkrs here don't understand. He was inexperienced on the big stage and in championship fights that matter. Compared to his opponent, who had a good amateur career and fought many good champions up to the canelo fight.

Golden boy went and rushed this fight to make a big buck, knowing it would sell. My 2 cents that most illiterates will just ignore i'm sure, or say "You can take apart anyone's resume". Which is true. But find where I'm dishonest on this then. And if I'm wrong, that's OK.