Thoughts on Canelo-GGG rematch

No, but we're a hell of a lot more reliable judges than you and Isal. And that might carry some weight with Rummy.

 

I have at this point probably over 1000 scorecards on here to back up my claims, what do have to convince everyone you're someone that should be listened to on the matter? Oh that's right, you're a confrontational and belligerent Mexican Canelo fanboy, you're totally unbiased and exceptionally reliable on the matter.

 

Exactamundo.

 

Great post, and sadly 100% accurate, and plays right into the Max Kellerman "story of the match" narrative, which there's actually a hell of a lot of truth to, I did a thread touching on that a few years ago actually, not reinforcing it, but exposes it as a driving factor in scoring matches, pointing out how people can easily be swayed and drawn into a false narrative because of how the first round plays out.

It happens way too often IMO, Froch getting dropped completely colored everyone's view on the first match with Groves, because they were so certain after the heavy KD, Froch was on borrowed time, causing them to miss the fact that he started creeping back into the match around the 5th round, and it was back and forth until the stoppage, as opposed to the one sided domination narrative. I got bashed repeatedly due to my scorecard in favor of Pascal over Yunieski Gonzalez, Jean had such a terrible first round, it gave people the false impression YG was doing are better than he actually was, because they were just waiting for the KO, they missed Pascal's impeccable defense, by dipping low, taking his shots on his back and shoulders, and winging in overhands in between YG's missed flurries.

Another perfect example was Algieri's win over Ruslan, that first round jarred people so much it took them a good 4 or 5 rounds to realize Algieri was boxing Provo's ears off, then BJS gassing midway against Eubank Jr. and CEJ going all out, Billy Joe looked terrible, but if you go back and watch it, you'll see what I saw the first time, Saunders slipping nearly every one of the wild shots Eubank threw at him and still landing the cleaner counters.

So yeah, OMFG Canelo's standing his ground, really colored people's view of the fight, and caused many of the to have a false perspective of what was really unfolding, it happens far more often than you think. Lucky for me, that never happens to me, I can shut out or block off anything, other's opinions, the commentary, the "story", the overall vibe and fell of the match when one fighter looks scared, the narrative so to speak, none of it phases me in the least, I cut through all of the bull**** and focus on what's landing and what isn't.