I thought Canelo beat Trout clearly, but I think the open scoring made Trout get out of his style.
Love this fight. Lara deserves a title shot, dude has fought all the guys you don't want to fight and gotten none of the guys you want to fight. Winner should get their title shot immediately.
Fight will have a lot of feinting and posing. But I'm looking forward to it
He had a chance. And did nothing about it. The scores showed him he was behind. So there was uncertainty. He needed a knock out to win. And never went for it. That's his fault. No one else's.
I don't even wanna hear how Trout isn't a knock out puncher or anything like that. Pernell Whitaker was less of a knock out puncher than Trout. Didn't stop him from trying it (and getting it) in the 11th round against Diobleys Hurtado. He was losing the fight and that was what was needed to get the win. And he did it. Trout never even tried to do it
I scored it a draw and I don't think that's unrealistic
I can see the draw if I tried hard enough. But that's besides the point. I just don't understand how some people say that knowing the scores some how hurt Trout. How? If anything they should of helped him. The scores showed him exactly what he needed to do to win. The fact that he didn't do it isn't the problem. That's understandable. The problem is he never even tried
Coin flip on what this turns into, a reluctant waltz or a nice contest of accurate punching and counters. I think Lara has a new chip on his shoulder and won't stay content to watch his work. Trout is a good dude and a great story, solid skills but off the Rodriquez and Alvarez fights I just don't see the mentality it'll take to put enough up close shots to equal hurt on Lara.
I think it hurt him because he knew he couldn't do his thing and settle into a boxing match. So he tried to lead and use volume.
But it's beside the point because he simply didn't do enough. Open scoring, normal scoring, whatever, he didn't win and he didn't deserve to win. The rest is just excuses.
Open scoring gets one boxer super defensive if he's ahead and forces the other to become more aggressive than he normally is. It is an unfair advantage especially considering how wide open some of the scores were. Also considering Trout is more of a boxer and..well lets just say it really did have a big effect on the outcome of the fight.
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