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"The One" and why its a no win situation for floyd
For a very simple reason : The excuses are already lined up!
There are too many excuses already waiting ,no matter what fashion floyd wins in.
1. Alvarez was weight drained
2. He's too young and not yet at his full potential
3. He's already a big 154. 152 made him weak
4. CATHCWEIGHT CATCHWEIGHT CATCHWEIGHT !!
Now, im not saying these are not legitimate explanations, granted that floyd does emerge the victor. What i am saying is that eitther way, floyd should have done 2 things
1 waited until later in his showttime contract to fight alvarez
2. Should have done 154
He will not get credit for this fight because of his contradicting statements toward pacquiao's catchweight victories. He went from telling the world "i want to fight a guy where he is comfortable" (about cotto) to fighting at a catchweight for a title...(which should be banned). Although i think alvarez will be ready no matter what and will be in prime form for floyd....the fact still remains that its a catchweight fight and shouldnt have the "154" title at stake. If same day weigh ins were still in play alvarez would either be a super middleweight or light heavy......floyd??? A natural welter if u ask me....doesnt even make 154 for his light middle weight fights.
Now lets talk about experience and age. Alvarez is still a boy at 23 and is at a vast experience disadvantage. Although his # of fights are comparable to floyd's, the quality of them are not, as we have seen him fight severely smaller foes or severely outmatched whereas floyd has dominated world champions in multiple divisions. Trout was canelo's most legit 154 match in my view, and i thought trout outboxed him for the most part and flaws were exposed in canelo's stamina and technique. Given this explanation, people are already ready to say "he wasnt ready".
I believe this fight will make big bucks no doubt, but the aftermath of the decision , which i believe is floyd by SD (if alvarez can press the action and keep his stamina up) , will ultimately be a flop for floyd and his career. What do you think?
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Good post. And Canelo fans will "see" your 4 excuses, and raise you one or two more.
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Good post. And Canelo fans will "see" your 4 excuses, and raise you one or two more.
Thanks man
And yea, its sad that people can come to be a biased fan of one man in a sport of numerous talents. Love the sport, not one combatant, thats absurd!
If mayweather loses his 0 , so be it. It will bring more drama and a rematch anyway. Lol
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Some people will always look to discredit wins and find excuses when none are there. Even if it was at 154, some would say that Canelo has already outgrown the weight and should be fighting at 160. He could have another few big victories behind him but people would say they were no preparation for Floyd (always a good excuse since there's no other fighter who has a comparable style married with his skill level). These fighters could also be retroactively be described as bums - they lost to Canelo, so they must be!
Unless Canelo comes into the ring looking like Oscar v Pac, Floyd will get lots of credit for beating him, especially if it's decisive. The people who won't give him credit would never give him any under any circumstances anyway.
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^ Good post. It's worth mentioning that Canelo offered to meet him at 152 as well, Floyd didn't demand a catch weight and it was never a point of contention in negotiating.
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From what I've seen the majority of posters here think that Floyd will beat Canelo and have called the fight weeks ago with the reason being that Canelo just isn't good enough.
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
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^ Good post. It's worth mentioning that Canelo offered to meet him at 152 as well, Floyd didn't demand a catch weight and it was never a point of contention in negotiating.
Floyd said there was no fight at 154.
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
Maybe because he felt it didn't matter what weight he fought Cotto at, but then reconsidered after it was a much tougher fight than he expected. I'm not wearing rose glasses here or anything, just don't see any reason Floyd should give up advantages he doesn't have to.
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
Maybe because he felt it didn't matter what weight he fought Cotto at, but then reconsidered after it was a much tougher fight than he expected. I'm not wearing rose glasses here or anything, just don't see any reason Floyd should give up advantages he doesn't have to.
In other words it was too tough right?
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
Maybe because he felt it didn't matter what weight he fought Cotto at, but then reconsidered after it was a much tougher fight than he expected. I'm not wearing rose glasses here or anything, just don't see any reason Floyd should give up advantages he doesn't have to.
In other words it was too tough right?
Why in other words? That's more or less what I said. Floyd is not a 154 pounder, he has no reason to fight in that division and since Alvarez feels he'd be comfortable dropping a couple of pounds that is what's happening.
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
Maybe because he felt it didn't matter what weight he fought Cotto at, but then reconsidered after it was a much tougher fight than he expected. I'm not wearing rose glasses here or anything, just don't see any reason Floyd should give up advantages he doesn't have to.
In other words it was too tough right?
Why in other words? That's more or less what I said. Floyd is not a 154 pounder, he has no reason to fight in that division and since Alvarez feels he'd be comfortable dropping a couple of pounds that is what's happening.
And you think Mayweather is displaying championship behavior by forcing the 2 extra pounds? I find it funny how people just ignore Mayweather always contradicting himself just to avoid criticizing him. Mayweather has already said Cotto is better than Alvarez and is expecting an easier time. If that's the case than fight him at 154. It's that simple
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Although i will say this guys....., i've read on numerous sitees and articles that there is NO rehydration limit.....so lets wait and see how this wait issue plays out
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Alvarez will be between 170 and 173 pounds whether he weighs in at 152 or 154. The bullshit over this two pounds is mind numbing.
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Just glad it's happening. If I except that prior to the bell than all excuses are void. It is bs that a trinket is on the line seeing that neither can max out to weight limit. But it also speaks to how irrelevant trinkets should be/ are. It doesn't matter really, going in Floyd 'knew' a Canelo would rehydrate and we look at unofficial weights today in excess of 10-15 lbs on what is a far to common basis. Alvarez has blown weight before and tossed money at it...so has Floyd! I think they train accordingly. These two were made for for each other. Just ring the bell and pray for honest judges :-X
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Alvarez will be between 170 and 173 pounds whether he weighs in at 152 or 154. The bullshit over this two pounds is mind numbing.
My thoughts exactly. The Junior Middleweight division starts at 154. Not 152. One fighter is defending the WBC Junior Middleweight title. The other the WBA Light Middleweight title. Whatever you wanna call them there both 154 belts. Make the fight for 154. Stop being a pussy and demand your opponent drop 2 extra pounds.
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Floyd made a wise choice by asking for CW cuz when he faced Oscar at 154, he didn't look like his usual self and he probably knows that better than anybody.
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
Maybe because he felt it didn't matter what weight he fought Cotto at, but then reconsidered after it was a much tougher fight than he expected. I'm not wearing rose glasses here or anything, just don't see any reason Floyd should give up advantages he doesn't have to.
In other words it was too tough right?
Why in other words? That's more or less what I said. Floyd is not a 154 pounder, he has no reason to fight in that division and since Alvarez feels he'd be comfortable dropping a couple of pounds that is what's happening.
And you think Mayweather is displaying championship behavior by forcing the 2 extra pounds? I find it funny how people just ignore Mayweather always contradicting himself just to avoid criticizing him. Mayweather has already said Cotto is better than Alvarez and is expecting an easier time. If that's the case than fight him at 154. It's that simple
Sure? I don't even know what that means, Floyd is hardly the first guy to do this and I really don't care what he says about anything. Why is all the onus on him over 2 freaking pounds? If Alvarez didn't like it, don't take the fight. No reason it only works one way.
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Nothing Floyd isn't used to. According to Floyd haters, Floyd never had a legitimate fight in his career!
All old, washed up, weight drained, not weight drained (Hatton, LOL I could never figure that one out), over rated, ect.
Look at his fight with Shane Mosley. Shane was The Ring's #3 p4p at the time, which is the highest he's been ranked since 2001. He was on top of the WW heap after completely destroying Margacheato. People were ranting on about how FINALLY Floyd is fighting someone as fast as him, with big power, ect.
Afterwards? Oh Floyd's a coward, he was picking on poor old, geriatric Mosley. Why didn't he fight Mosley back in 2004-2007, they ask. Oh, 2004-2007? You mean the years when people thought Mosley was washed up after getting whipped by Vernon Forrest twice, winning a gift decision in the DLH rematch, then getting dominated by Winky Wright twice and calling for him to retire? That's when he should have fought Mosley? As opposed to the 2010 Mosley who was ranked #3 p4p by the Ring and was on the top of the WW division?
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One thing I will say though against Floyd is it's extremely hypocritcal of him to make Canelo fight at a catchweight, when he himself bashed Pac for making Cotto come down to a catch weight.
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One thing I will say though against Floyd is it's extremely hypocritcal of him to make Canelo fight at a catchweight, when he himself bashed Pac for making Cotto come down to a catch weight.
Very true.. But at the same time, he's in the position to call the shots and dictate the terms cuz after all, he's the main man in this sport and fighters are dieing to face him, not the other way around.
Whoever wants a shot at the king has to comply to his demands.
He still comes off as a hypocrite though. lol
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Very true.. But at the same time, he's in the position to call the shots and dictate the terms cuz after all, he's the main man in this sport and fighters are dieing to face him, not the other way around.
Whoever wants a shot at the king has to comply to his demands.
He still comes off as a hypocrite though. lol
No doubt, but I think he bashed Pac for using his "power" position over Cotto to make him jump through hoops, now he's doing the same shit with Canelo haha
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The catch-weight is there cuz of Floyd Mayweather. He's the one who wanted a catch-weight. Cotto is fine at 154. But not Alvarez? Come on now
Alvarez never had a problem with it though, this fight was made quickly and easily. Floyd clearly has no reason to fight above 147, both of his fights at 154 he's weighed in comfortably under that and looked slower than he ever has, what the hell is the point from his perspective.
Explain why he can fight Cotto at 154 but not Alvarez?
Maybe because he felt it didn't matter what weight he fought Cotto at, but then reconsidered after it was a much tougher fight than he expected. I'm not wearing rose glasses here or anything, just don't see any reason Floyd should give up advantages he doesn't have to.
In other words it was too tough right?
Why in other words? That's more or less what I said. Floyd is not a 154 pounder, he has no reason to fight in that division and since Alvarez feels he'd be comfortable dropping a couple of pounds that is what's happening.
And you think Mayweather is displaying championship behavior by forcing the 2 extra pounds? I find it funny how people just ignore Mayweather always contradicting himself just to avoid criticizing him. Mayweather has already said Cotto is better than Alvarez and is expecting an easier time. If that's the case than fight him at 154. It's that simple
Sure? I don't even know what that means, Floyd is hardly the first guy to do this and I really don't care what he says about anything. Why is all the onus on him over 2 freaking pounds? If Alvarez didn't like it, don't take the fight. No reason it only works one way.
Alvarez is doing it for the good of boxing. Everybody saw Mayweathe-Pacquiao not happen. Which is embarrassment for the sport of Boxing. Alvarez-Mayweather not happening would be another embarrassment. Against better judgment Alvarez decided not to let that happen
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Yes, I'm sure he's much more concerned about the "good of boxing" than the good of his bank account:D Alvarez would've taken the fight at 147 for free if he had to right?
I do understand calling Floyd out if he did bash Pacquiao for the Cotto catch weight, but it's the same thing there. Cotto agreed to it, and we have no idea whether it played any role in the fight, it's not an excuse.
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Yes, I'm sure he's much more concerned about the "good of boxing" than the good of his bank account:D Alvarez would've taken the fight at 147 for free if he had to right?
I do understand calling Floyd out if he did bash Pacquiao for the Cotto catch weight, but it's the same thing there. Cotto agreed to it, and we have no idea whether it played any role in the fight, it's not an excuse.
You don't think he deserves to be compensated for making the fight? Of course he does. Either way this fight happening is not a 100% given. There is said to be concern from the Alvarez camp about him being able to get down to 152. And word is Mayweather will not go through with the fight unless he makes 152. No matter what. So if this fight doesn't happen the blame clearly falls on Floyd Mayweather
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Yes, I'm sure he's much more concerned about the "good of boxing" than the good of his bank account:D Alvarez would've taken the fight at 147 for free if he had to right?
I do understand calling Floyd out if he did bash Pacquiao for the Cotto catch weight, but it's the same thing there. Cotto agreed to it, and we have no idea whether it played any role in the fight, it's not an excuse.
You don't think he deserves to be compensated for making the fight? Of course he does. Either way this fight happening is not a 100% given. There is said to be concern from the Alvarez camp about him being able to get down to 152. And word is Mayweather will not go through with the fight unless he makes 152. No matter what. So if this fight doesn't happen the blame clearly falls on Floyd Mayweather
Alvarez agreed to fight at 152, but if he can't make the weight with complete comfort it's all Floyds fault? How is that any different than if the fight were at 154 and Alvarez couldn't make that:confused: It's really stupid of Saul to have agreed to 152 is all that suggests, he is then to blame for wasting everyone’s time since he knew the deal beforehand. The guy was a welterweight not to long ago, and he's a very young man.
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Yes, I'm sure he's much more concerned about the "good of boxing" than the good of his bank account:D Alvarez would've taken the fight at 147 for free if he had to right?
I do understand calling Floyd out if he did bash Pacquiao for the Cotto catch weight, but it's the same thing there. Cotto agreed to it, and we have no idea whether it played any role in the fight, it's not an excuse.
You don't think he deserves to be compensated for making the fight? Of course he does. Either way this fight happening is not a 100% given. There is said to be concern from the Alvarez camp about him being able to get down to 152. And word is Mayweather will not go through with the fight unless he makes 152. No matter what. So if this fight doesn't happen the blame clearly falls on Floyd Mayweather
Alvarez agreed to fight at 152, but if he can't make the weight with complete comfort it's all Floyds fault? How is that any different than if the fight were at 154 and Alvarez couldn't make that:confused: It's really stupid of Saul to have agreed to 152 is all that suggests, he is then to blame for wasting everyone’s time since he knew the deal beforehand. The guy was a welterweight not to long ago, and he's a very young man.
It's Mayweather's fault for making the demand. Why even make the demand? The titles are 154 titles. Not 152. Why are you having a hard time understanding what a pussy move that is?
Alvarez last fought at welterweight over 3 years ago. And yes he is a young man. Which means he's still growing. It's not easy or healthy to drop in weight once you out grew that weight. Mayweather didn't come up at 147 or 154. So he can jump back and forth between divisions. But ask him to make 135 or 140. And I guarantee you it's a problem
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Absolutely it's Mayweather's fault for making the demand. It's also his fault that Canelo accepted it. Canelo should be given a pass on this because he's a popular Mexican fighter with a huge following. Why should he be held to an "agreed-upon" weight? It's not fair. It's Mayweather's damn fault. He MADE Canelo agree to 152. Probably secretly held a gun to the kid's head.
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Floyd Mayweather could demand Alvarez wear chainmail leggings and still make 152 pounds, if Alvarez agrees to it that's all there is to it! Whoever doesn't meet the contractual obligation is at fault. How is THAT hard to understand?
I don't think it's a "pussy" move, because Mayweather is a much smaller man and the catch weight makes sense. I do tend agree that Alvarez' belts shouldn't be on the line however, but that's a different argument and the integrity of the alphabet gangs are to blame for that.
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Floyd Mayweather could demand Alvarez wear chainmail leggings and still make 152 pounds, if Alvarez agrees to it that's all there is to it! Whoever doesn't meet the contractual obligation is at fault. How is THAT hard to understand?
I don't think it's a "pussy" move, because Mayweather is a much smaller man and the catch weight makes sense. I do tend agree that Alvarez' belts shouldn't be on the line however, but that's a different argument and the integrity of the alphabet gangs are to blame for that.
I wouldn't have a problem with the catchweight if he had never fought at 154 before. But he has. One fight ago. Not only that but he had no problem preaching to anybody that would listen that he was only doing it cuz he wanted to face Cotto at his best and blah, blah, blah. What's the goal now? Face Alvarez at his worst? I mean come on. Lets call it what it is. A pussy move. I don't dislike Mayweather. Never have. I defended him plenty of times. One only needs to look at the Mayweather-Pacquiao and Mayweather-Hatton threads and see for themselves. But I'm not gonna ignore or make lame excuses for him when he's clearly in the wrong. It doesn't work that way. At least for me it doesn't.
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No fighters actually want to fight anybody at their best, but of course they all say that before every fight. I never denied that Floyd wanted an edge on the weight, just pointing out that it's Canelos fault for accepting it if he wasn't confident in making it. Floyd doesn't need anyone to make excuses for him here, he called the terms and it's Alvarez who has seemingly already got an out.
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This wouldn't be a big deal to me if Floyd hadn't bashed others for fighting at catchweights. Obviously, Floyd and his father think this will play a part on giving Floyd a significant advantage. We all know Floyd is one of the smartest boxers to grace the square circle. Maybe his next move will be to have his father wrap Canelos hand ala dirty Hopkins.
In the end I give both of these guys credit for this fight. Canelo turned pro before he was eighteen, fighting in those shady Mexican basically underground fights. He has been wanting to fight Floyd way back then, he probably would have fought him when he was sixteen if he had the chance. Canelo, at this point, probably could have waited for his skills to improve after a few more name fights and I give Floyd credit for taking on a young powerhouse.
We all know Floyd could make Canelo look silly but what if Canelo can get through and actually throw of Floyd's fight plan. This is definitely a Floyd fight that I can, with reason, actually think it might be exciting. The money, as always, will be on Floyd but you feel something could happen here. I was so sure Floyd would be looking for an opponent he could knockout to give the Floyd fans something they have been looking for for years other than his usual cheap shots.
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Canelo has fast hands and very good timing. So I can see a fast right hand like Shane Mosely landed and Saul finishing Floyd off. :)
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For a very simple reason : The excuses are already lined up!
There are too many excuses already waiting ,no matter what fashion floyd wins in.
1. Alvarez was weight drained
2. He's too young and not yet at his full potential
3. He's already a big 154. 152 made him weak
4. CATHCWEIGHT CATCHWEIGHT CATCHWEIGHT !!
Now, im not saying these are not legitimate explanations, granted that floyd does emerge the victor. What i am saying is that eitther way, floyd should have done 2 things
1 waited until later in his showttime contract to fight alvarez
2. Should have done 154
He will not get credit for this fight because of his contradicting statements toward pacquiao's catchweight victories. He went from telling the world "i want to fight a guy where he is comfortable" (about cotto) to fighting at a catchweight for a title...(which should be banned). Although i think alvarez will be ready no matter what and will be in prime form for floyd....the fact still remains that its a catchweight fight and shouldnt have the "154" title at stake. If same day weigh ins were still in play alvarez would either be a super middleweight or light heavy......floyd??? A natural welter if u ask me....doesnt even make 154 for his light middle weight fights.
Now lets talk about experience and age. Alvarez is still a boy at 23 and is at a vast experience disadvantage. Although his # of fights are comparable to floyd's, the quality of them are not, as we have seen him fight severely smaller foes or severely outmatched whereas floyd has dominated world champions in multiple divisions. Trout was canelo's most legit 154 match in my view, and i thought trout outboxed him for the most part and flaws were exposed in canelo's stamina and technique. Given this explanation, people are already ready to say "he wasnt ready".
I believe this fight will make big bucks no doubt, but the aftermath of the decision , which i believe is floyd by SD (if alvarez can press the action and keep his stamina up) , will ultimately be a flop for floyd and his career. What do you think?
One thing I can say that we can't underestimate each boxer's stat and they can do on the fight against one another, though Alvarez is too young but if you take a look at his status, height, reach, wins, loss, not that too much difference with Floyd, right? This is something that you also consider.. and I think the younger the boxer is, the more resistance he has.. im just being fair! :)
