Oh so Plant can sit down on his punches and punch with intent.

all sports are fixed to some extent. 99% of the time through officiating or judging.

 

Which is (of course) easier to set up and commit to on a relatively straight up and down guy like Dirrell than it is on a smarter, more skilled, sharper guy like Canelo.

 

you mean back when caleb was trained by his trailor trash buddy? Now he has a real trainer. if you dont think a new trainer can help you tighten up your craft in 1 year you dont know much about boxing.

 

We're still waiting for Plant all these years to finally gain confidence for his true burial.

 

You do know sitting on your punches makes you slower and easier to counter right? Also Canelo is a body puncher, you won’t see those punches have the same visual effect until they slow down the other guy.

 

Have we forgot when this happened?

https://i.giphy.com/PwiNQ8OJ30a3e.mp4

 

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OldfashionedJitteryKillerwhale-mobile.mp4

 

Dirrell old and done, everyone on this site and youtube and any other forum said Plant was gonna win, even the guys who wanted Dirrell to win (like me).

All this showed was that the decline was not just steep, it was a cliff that he fell off of

 

True,
But he has had a taste of the good life.
These are his last great years at maximizing his income in the ring before it’s all over.

He has to fight benevidez or at least Charlo if he wants another
“Eh$neef at dee Canelo PeyDey!”

 

His decline was gradual & then all at once off that Cliff.
That’s how it typically happens it’s just more exaggerated or appears that way for a seldomly active fighter like a Dirrell.

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This was the 1st sign of him slowing down against a fringe no hoper like Yildrim.

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this War with Benevidez helped accelerate the aging process by a lot imo.

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& this is the one that gave him the false hyped bravado hope.
there was talk of him getting a Canelo fight after this!
could you imagine?!

 

Probably true, but a lot of the times only one of the fighters is actually aware of the fix. If Kovalev took a dive, there's a chance Canelo didn't even realize it.