Thread: Canelo: "If Floyd wins the round from you with 3 punches, he's OK with that"

Canelo Alvarez has just said that Floyd is hard to fight because he doesn't ever expose anything of himself whatsoever during the fight and takes no chances. He doesn't care how he wins or how he looks while winning. If he can win the round from you with only 3 punches, he's perfectly fine with that. He doesn't expose anything or try to give a beautiful fight.

I sure hope the Pacquiao fight on May 2nd is alot more exciting than THAT.

I think that is accurate but not necessarily a barb at Floyd. His fights can be boring but he doesn't get hit because he is so Damn good. He made Canelo look like a little kid, it was almost painful to watch. Hopefully Manny can put some leather on him.

I was disappointed in Canelo's effort, he could have fought with more aggression and thrown more punches especially being the bigger fighter. I know Floyd is elusive but in reality there is no way Floyd is going to hurt Canelo and Saul should have made him work hard for his victory.

What the hell else would anyone expect Canelo to say about Floyd??

He (Canelo) got the schooling of the century, being made to look like an absolute clueless fool by Floyd.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Canelo Alvarez has just said that Floyd is hard to fight because he doesn't ever expose anything of himself whatsoever during the fight and takes no chances. He doesn't care how he wins or how he looks while winning. If he can win the round from you with only 3 punches, he's perfectly fine with that. He doesn't expose anything or try to give a beautiful fight.

I sure hope the Pacquiao fight on May 2nd is alot more exciting than THAT.

I doubt he can do that with Manny as Manny gives tons of punches. Floyd will have to try something or Manny will solely win by landing more punches, even if these are glancing hits.

There's no rules against it, the point is to WIN, not make it look pretty. Gatti had some amazing fights, but he suffered plenty of defeats because of his "thrilling style"

Originally Posted by El Kabong

There's no rules against it, the point is to WIN, not make it look pretty. Gatti had some amazing fights, but he suffered plenty of defeats because of his "thrilling style"

Yup, it's about style. If Floyd fought with a Gatti like style he probably would have had to retire many years ago.

Here's The CompuBox break down of the punch stats from Canelo's fight with Floyd.

It's not a matter of Floyd winning rounds by 3 punches. It's about how much he makes his opponents miss and then punishes them.

+++++++++++Floyd Mayweather Jr +++++ Saul Alvarez
punches thrown.................... 505 ++++++++++++ 526
punches landed..................232 (46%) +++++++++ 117 (22%)
jabs thrown...........................330 ++++++++++++ 294
jabs landed.......................139 (42%) ++++++++++ 44 (15%)
power punches thrown...........175 +++++++++++++ 232
power punches landed..........93 (53%) ++++++++++ 73 (31%)
punches thrown x minute.........14 +++++++++++++ 14.6
punches landed x minute..........6.4 ++++++++++++ 3.25

Originally Posted by Master

I was disappointed in Canelo's effort, he could have fought with more aggression and thrown more punches especially being the bigger fighter. I know Floyd is elusive but in reality there is no way Floyd is going to hurt Canelo and Saul should have made him work hard for his victory.

I definitely agree. When he said his plan was to "box" floyd. Someone should have taken him outside and shook him till the delirium wore off.

Originally Posted by J_Undisputed

Originally Posted by Master

I was disappointed in Canelo's effort, he could have fought with more aggression and thrown more punches especially being the bigger fighter. I know Floyd is elusive but in reality there is no way Floyd is going to hurt Canelo and Saul should have made him work hard for his victory.

I definitely agree. When he said his plan was to "box" floyd. Someone should have taken him outside and shook him till the delirium wore off.

I did not stay up all night until 5am in the hope of finally seeing Floyd get beat to see Canelo trying to out box Floyd.

Anytime you lose a round to a guy landing just three punches that says more about how unprepared and in over your head you really are. Canelo fought a dumb fight. I don't think he has a good idea of his identity even today.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Anytime you lose a round to a guy landing just three punches that says more about how unprepared and in over your head you really are. Canelo fought a dumb fight. I don't think he has a good idea of his identity even today.

I did not stay up all night until 5am in the hope of Canelo finding his identity.

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Anytime you lose a round to a guy landing just three punches that says more about how unprepared and in over your head you really are. Canelo fought a dumb fight. I don't think he has a good idea of his identity even today.

I did not stay up all night until 5am in the hope of Canelo finding his identity.

Copy that. He had a poor mans blueprint in Trout to work of finish and going hard, instead he backs off and fine tunes something that had zero chance vs a master boxer.

Sour grapes, as it was Canelo who threw less and seemed to be perfectly content losing every round. There wasn't a single one he really went for and he had a judge in his pocket to boot!