Official Thread: Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara

[Gandalf]

I will agree with you, Ouma that Lara should have done more. I think he did enough, but he clearly has the tools to do that little bit extra and should have. He out landed Alvarez, but you cannot play games in places like Las Mexico. Good call on Toney-Jirov. Now that is a fight.

You mean Las Manila ?

Yes, that's the one.

[Addicted to_boxing]

I will agree with you, Ouma that Lara should have done more. I think he did enough, but he clearly has the tools to do that little bit extra and should have. He out landed Alvarez, but you cannot play games in places like Las Mexico. Good call on Toney-Jirov. Now that is a fight.

You mean Las Manila ?

Yes, that's the one.

Seems to me everyone believes this was more of Lara losing this fight on his own then winning it ( Include me) The thing is in order to convincingly beat Canelo he opens himself to being beaten. Well we know now he has the skill but not the "Juevos" !!!

[beenKOed]

I will agree with you, Ouma that Lara should have done more. I think he did enough, but he clearly has the tools to do that little bit extra and should have. He out landed Alvarez, but you cannot play games in places like Las Mexico. Good call on Toney-Jirov. Now that is a fight.

You mean Las Manila ?

Yes, that's the one.

Seems to me everyone believes this was more of Lara losing this fight on his own then winning it ( Include me) The thing is in order to convincingly beat Canelo he opens himself to being beaten. Well we know now he has the skill but not the "Juevos" !!!

How many times have we heard over the past few weeks, "It's going to be a close fight." or "Lara has to win big, he will not win a close decision."
Why didn't Lara engage a little more? why didn't Lara's corner scream at him to fight more? Why wouldn't a fighter, in the most important fight of his life, take a few more risks to ensure a victory? Did Lara and his corner think they had the fight in the bag? Those are the questions I'm interested in.
It was a close fight and I would have been satisfied with a draw or a close decision for either fighter. Where the hell the 117-111 score came from is beyond me.
I enjoyed the fight, I thought Canelo would be able to apply more pressure early and I thought Lara would fade a little more late.
The biggest mistake was Lara not engaging more, it's OK to retreat but you have to throw punches while you are retreating. Sliding along the ropes or forcing somebody to run you down while you continually reset, throw a few punches, and slide away again leaves a lot of people with a bad taste on their mouths.
I kept thinking throw more punches, throw more punches, then I started thinking I hope you lose you stupid fuck, for not throwing more punches. To say I was really into this fight is an understatement, I was pulling for Lara big time, but he didn't do enough. Man, a capital error!
I'm over 70, but you can go ahead and tell me I don't know shit about boxing.

[Freedom]

[Rantcatrat]

Mares looked very tentative to me. If there ever was another perfect time for the Donaire-Mares fight, it's now. Both look passed it equally.

[Hulk]

Mares looked very tentative to me. If there ever was another perfect time for the Donaire-Mares fight, it's now. Both look passed it.

From
The 3-4 rounds I saw of Mares he looked boring and a little flat.

He still has a ton of talent and can be champion again though.

Juanma cannot.

[beenKOed]

Mares looked very tentative to me. If there ever was another perfect time for the Donaire-Mares fight, it's now. Both look passed it.

From
The 3-4 rounds I saw of Mares he looked boring and a little flat.

He still has a ton of talent and can be champion again though.

Juanma cannot.

I agree, getting a couple of fights out of the way will do wonders for Mares!

Lopez is done but he will probably fight some more anyway.

[#1FightFan]

my prediction was; lara would win on points and outbox canelo easily, making him look foolish at times, BUT...canelo would get the nod because of his star power.

i didnt see the fight, how far off was I? im hearing different shit. maybe from someone who dont suck canelos balls??

[Hulk]

my prediction was; lara would win on points and outbox canelo easily, making him look foolish at times, BUT...canelo would get the nod because of his star power.

i didnt see the fight, how far off was I? im hearing different shit. maybe from someone who dont suck canelos balls??

You were pretty damn close. The same slags who championed Algeri for "outboxing" Provodnikov despite getting dropped twice are now jeering Lara for "running".

Everyone agrees Lara swept the first 3 n took the last 2 as well. Yet some think Canelo did enough to win.

It's hip to be square.

[ruthless rocco]

my prediction was; lara would win on points and outbox canelo easily, making him look foolish at times, BUT...canelo would get the nod because of his star power.

i didnt see the fight, how far off was I? im hearing different shit. maybe from someone who dont suck canelos balls??

You were pretty damn close. The same slags who championed Algeri for "outboxing" Provodnikov despite getting dropped twice are now jeering Lara for "running".

Everyone agrees Lara swept the first 3 n took the last 2 as well. Yet some think Canelo did enough to win.

It's hip to be square.

Chris Algeri dominated the fight by setting the pace, demonstrating superior ring generalship(in a very small ring), not being hit AND hitting Provodnikov. Algeri connected with 288 punches(of 993 thrown) and was effective in almost every round of the fight. Lara connected with a measly 107 punches(of 386 thrown) and spent several rounds literally running away from Canelo. It's a poor comparison unless you're trying to show how undeserving of the win Lara was.