Things I took away from tonight's fight.....

[TitoFan]

I don't think losing to the greatest fighter of this generation (and one the best fighters of all time) when you're 23 and still learning constitutes being "exposed". Why are we ready to throw Canelo under the bus? He lost to Floyd Mayweather. Everyone Mayweather has ever fought has lost to Floyd Mayweather.

There's a lot of "moving parts" to Floyd's style, it's not as simple as the keyboard tacticians would like to think. It's not a matter of "ohh move forward and throw punches". I think it was unreasonable to expect Canelo to be able to solve that kind of puzzle at this stage in his career.

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

[CFH]

I don't think losing to the greatest fighter of this generation (and one the best fighters of all time) when you're 23 and still learning constitutes being "exposed". Why are we ready to throw Canelo under the bus? He lost to Floyd Mayweather. Everyone Mayweather has ever fought has lost to Floyd Mayweather.

There's a lot of "moving parts" to Floyd's style, it's not as simple as the keyboard tacticians would like to think. It's not a matter of "ohh move forward and throw punches". I think it was unreasonable to expect Canelo to be able to solve that kind of puzzle at this stage in his career.

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

Who should have been there then? And don't say Martinez, who is both well on his way to being shot and fights two weight divisions above Mayweather.

[Beanflicker]

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

In hindsight we can say that, sure. I didn't hear anybody calling it a gross mismatch beforehand, though.

[IamInuit]

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

In hindsight we can say that, sure. I didn't hear anybody calling it a gross mismatch beforehand, though.

One of my if not my biggest pet peeves of modern day boxing. The speed in which people are written off.

Lose a fight and you are overrated. Pathetic. Drive through fucking boxing.

[SugarBoxing]

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

In hindsight we can say that, sure. I didn't hear anybody calling it a gross mismatch beforehand, though.

One of my if not my biggest pet peeves of modern day boxing. The speed in which people are written off.

Lose a fight and you are overrated. Pathetic. Drive through fucking boxing.

It is not just boxing. This is the philosophy of the modern world nowadays

[IamInuit]

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

In hindsight we can say that, sure. I didn't hear anybody calling it a gross mismatch beforehand, though.

One of my if not my biggest pet peeves of modern day boxing. The speed in which people are written off.

Lose a fight and you are overrated. Pathetic. Drive through fucking boxing.

It is not just boxing. This is the philosophy of the modern world nowadays

Good point. Still considering what this sport entails it should set itself apart from this plastic instant gratification world.

[SugarBoxing]

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

In hindsight we can say that, sure. I didn't hear anybody calling it a gross mismatch beforehand, though.

One of my if not my biggest pet peeves of modern day boxing. The speed in which people are written off.

Lose a fight and you are overrated. Pathetic. Drive through fucking boxing.

It is not just boxing. This is the philosophy of the modern world nowadays

Good point. Still considering what this sport entails it should set itself apart from this plastic instant gratification world.

I remember Roy Jones was expressing this thought, that boxing commentators always "beat" fighters, especially after they fail. They are labeled washed up / over the hill immediately

[IamInuit]

I remember Roy Jones was expressing this thought, that boxing commentators always "beat" fighters, especially after they fail. They are labeled washed up / over the hill immediately

Its much bigger then the bearded clams that are calling the fights. They are all paid for lackeys. Lucas loses the fight to Garcia and he is overrated. Its a crock of shit and the logic comes in the shape of a pretzel.

[Beanflicker]

He shouldn't have been there in the first place.
That much is clear.

In hindsight we can say that, sure. I didn't hear anybody calling it a gross mismatch beforehand, though.

One of my if not my biggest pet peeves of modern day boxing. The speed in which people are written off.

Lose a fight and you are overrated. Pathetic. Drive through fucking boxing.

That's a good point, and we are pretty shitty as fans.

We demand that an athlete take the biggest risk every time, even if it means smaller reward, and then me crucify people when they fail.

Canelo lost by a wide margin, but I say he is an impressive, strong young guy with serious skills, and I say he beats the shit out of anyone else at that weight.

[ruthless rocco]

i think canelo would do a lot better in a rematch.
i'd like to see it.


and no, i'm not just saying that to be an ass.

[VictorCharlie]

Canelo was the best fight available for PBF and I have no issue with him being in the ring. That being said the fight went about as I though except Canelo's strategy. Barring a Pernell Whitakeresque fighter suddenly appearing on the WW-MW scene PBF opponents need to stop trying to out box him. He may get old one night but until then they should watch the first half of the Cotto and DLH fights along with the first Jose Luis Castillo fight and try to drag PBF into a brawl.