Official Thread: Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara

[Spicoli]

Alvarez is a conflicted boxer. He's also a dickhead for a guy who refused to press advantage and who timed out rounds.

[Ron Swanson]

There were 6 rounds that could be given to Canelo 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12. Not that he surely won all those but those could go to Alvarez.

Fuck boxing and that 117-111 bullshit that we all knew was coming.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Cotto moves better than Lara, and has better offense, he'd outbox the fuck out the ginger

[Hulk]

Dildo man hovering in the background. Creepy.

Terrible scorecard and all this nonsense from Alvarez about 'One should hit and not run'. You were outlanded, you clown. Ginger head and ginger face, go get a room.

He's a pampered bully. What can we expect?


He tried to outbox Mayweather the dense shit, here he sort of tried that again, BUT did some great body work.


It was a close fight, I had it 3-3 after 6. Bout 5-5 after 10. Lara took the last two CHAMPIONSHIP rounds and....


loses 117-111.


Was a rather shit fight though. lol

[OumaFan]

I'm struggling to be outraged by this. 115-113 was probably the right score, regardless of who won, but the rounds were so close that I could make a solid case for 117-111 either way.

[bcollins]

A lot of those close rounds are probably judged by stylistic preference. I don't necessarily prefer the puncher/brawler, but I really can't stand the move halfway across the ring, throw a punch or two, then move back to the other side of the ring style. It's like watching tennis.

[Gandalf]

LEVI MARTINEZ you should apply for a job at the Federal Reserve. 117-111? Insanity.

[Spicoli]

At the scorecards....

[Violent Demise]

I'm struggling to be outraged by this. 115-113 was probably the right score, regardless of who won, but the rounds were so close that I could make a solid case for 117-111 either way.

Pretty much. Lara is a good fighter. It was always gonna be a close fight. But Alvarez won. And I think it was deserved. People seem to forget or maybe just plain don't know that body shots counts as much head shots

[DannyV297]

Lara is a runner plain and simple. He did not earn a win

[OumaFan]

LEVI MARTINEZ you should apply for a job at the Federal Reserve. 117-111? Insanity.

Nah. If you gave me 100 bucks I could write up a detailed, persuasive account of why each guy should have won that fight 117-111.

There were almost zero dominant rounds. Alvarez won (and it wasn't by any means a robbery) without landing a single meaningful head shot.

[Kirkland Laing]

I'm not seeing a problem with an Alvarez win.

[bcollins]

LEVI MARTINEZ you should apply for a job at the Federal Reserve. 117-111? Insanity.

Nah. If you gave me 100 bucks I could write up a detailed, persuasive account of why each guy should have won that fight 117-111.

There were almost zero dominant rounds. Alvarez won (and it wasn't by any means a robbery) without landing a single meaningful head shot.

I'd say that's not a problem, especially given the style. It's really the only practical punch to use consistently against someone using that much movement.

[OumaFan]

LEVI MARTINEZ you should apply for a job at the Federal Reserve. 117-111? Insanity.

Nah. If you gave me 100 bucks I could write up a detailed, persuasive account of why each guy should have won that fight 117-111.

There were almost zero dominant rounds. Alvarez won (and it wasn't by any means a robbery) without landing a single meaningful head shot.

Correction: There was not one single dominant round in that fight.

If we're stretching it (and I would demand more money for this), I could argue 120-108 for either guy.

Very tough fight to score.

[Hulk]

I'm not seeing a problem with an Alvarez win.

Funny. The vast majority of people are.


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