Why was Floyd so aggressive?

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  1. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    he is trying to prove he is the best making the fight entertaining and i think tonight he succeeded, canelo has a great chin and is a much bigger fighter.. i think a knockout was always a rare chance but atleast floyd proved alot of his critics wrong and showed he could make a fight very entertaining
     
  2. HeavyweightCP

    HeavyweightCP Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He made canelo work he wanted to get canelo tired he knew canelo would gas
     
  3. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Because he is the most complete fighter inside and on the outside.
     
  4. Happy Hagler

    Happy Hagler New Member Full Member

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    maybe he wanted to stamp his authority early and prove he was scared of the bigger fighter. Everyone noticed that too and were surprised where I was watching it. I expected Canelo to be the aggressive one in the early rounds not Mayweather.

    The replays showed some good right hands where he turned Canelo's head around.
     
  5. Mrtibbs

    Mrtibbs Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This.

    He thought educated pressure would make Canelo gas out. I thought it would too combined with the extra 2lbs weight loss, but it didn't.

    Canelo was well trained for this fight and didn't gas at all IMO.
     
  6. Josephd86

    Josephd86 Active Member Full Member

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    I think it's partly because of the quick turnaround this time. He looked a lot sharper and fresher. He looked very comfortable and at ease with himself
     
  7. jawbreaker

    jawbreaker Active Member Full Member

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    Have yall seen Floyd fight? In what fight was he not aggressive. The biggest misconception in boxing is that Floyd is scared or afraid to fight. Floyd beats people up in the ring.

    Do not confuse the Ring I.Q. with cowardice/timidness.
     
  8. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Because he could stand in front of Canelo and make him miss everything but a few jabs and body punches.

    Floyd is a slick mf'
     
  9. witschnerd1

    witschnerd1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    because he could,Alvarez had no answer.
    It was similar to The ghost fight.One sided victory.
     
  10. Collie

    Collie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayweather can do it either way. But Alvarez let Mayweather come forward in the first round and only threw a handful of punches because he didn't want to rush in and get countered. I think those were Canelo's tactics and he knew he wouldn't be able to pressure him for 12 rounds
     
  11. Strongback

    Strongback Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I didn't think Floyd was more aggressive than he normally is.

    I thought it was a slow paced fight that suited Mayweather. Canelo didn't have the tank to rough Floyd up, then the game came down to a skills shoot out and there was only ever going to be one winner in that game.

    Ricky Hatton did better than Canelo. Alverez is a hype job.
     
  12. articuno

    articuno Active Member Full Member

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    Female judge made him feel uneasy

    He was proven right.

    She also had bradley beating pac. Dumb
     
  13. The Prince

    The Prince Member Full Member

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    I do agree that there is a misconception about Floyd being a runner.. he stays in the pocket and is very defensive but is not a runner.
    Having said that, I personally only saw him become an aggressive fighter since the Ortiz fight.. minus the Ghost fight where he was back to his defensive tactics (at least at the beginning).
    Before then, he was never aggressive coming into a fight (from the fights that Iv'e seen since circa 2004)