Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Austin Trout - Saturday night fight/chat thread

**Rantcatrat** · 04-17-2013 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Even after Cotto, I'm still not sold on Trout. Before that fight I didn't think he was that good and I can't make my mind up if it was a good Trout or a poor Cotto. I still say Canelo beats the crap outta him. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong but I don't see him dealing with that kind of pressure.

You've all been asking who has Canelo fought that is on Trout's level. Who has Trout fought other than an old version of a blown up welter?

The Delvin Rodriguez that Trout faced is better than any win on Canelo's resume. Cotto is definitely better than any win on Canelo's resume. Canelo himself has never even faced a prime junior middleweight, good or bad. That's the knock on Canelo and it's a fair one.

In suggesting that Cotto was passed it in his fight with Trout, are you also diminishing Floyd's win over Cotto?

**Rantcatrat** · 04-17-2013 01:56 PM

It would be impressive if Canelo went from having never faced a top ten junior middleweight to wiping the floor with the the top of the food chain at junior middleweight.

**bzkfn** · 04-17-2013 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Rantcatrat

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Even after Cotto, I'm still not sold on Trout. Before that fight I didn't think he was that good and I can't make my mind up if it was a good Trout or a poor Cotto. I still say Canelo beats the crap outta him. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong but I don't see him dealing with that kind of pressure.

You've all been asking who has Canelo fought that is on Trout's level. Who has Trout fought other than an old version of a blown up welter?

The Delvin Rodriguez that Trout faced is better than any win on Canelo's resume. Cotto is definitely better than any win on Canelo's resume. Canelo himself has never even faced a prime junior middleweight, good or bad. That's the knock on Canelo and it's a fair one.

In suggesting that Cotto was passed it in his fight with Trout, are you also diminishing Floyd's win over Cotto?

I should point out I'm not saying Cotto is past it, I'm more speculating. Cotto was his usual self against Floyd but he didn't pressure Trout in the same way. I genuinely don't know if Cotto got old over night or if Trout is really that good. All I know is I watched a few Trout fights before the Cotto fight and I didn't see anything special there. If he beats Canelo I'll be impressed and also relieved as a big fan of Cotto.