Lets talk running...

[imp]

Too hit and not get hit IS the key but does anyone do it a bit toooo much?

Surely for the last championship rounds in the biggest fight of his life Lara could have pushed the boat out a bit..or did he play it to safe?

[Spicoli]

Too hit and not get hit IS the key but does anyone do it a bit toooo much?

Surely for the last championship rounds in the biggest fight of his life Lara could have pushed the boat out a bit..or did he play it to safe?

For the networks and deserved payday? Rigo, who is being blackballed and forced to fight on f'n Unimas next out.

[ruthless rocco]

Did Lara really expect to beat boxing's next Golden Boy by landing 107 punches and running away all night? Did he really think that he could take 3 rounds off and just straight run away and get rewarded for it?

Lara is the kind of fighter who thinks he's better than everyone else. He believes it when people tell him what a spectacular pure boxer he is, and about how much more talented and gifted he is. The truth is his fights are often lack lustre because he doesn't think he has to push himself. He seems to get bored or lazy in the ring thinking that he's schooling his opponents and then he just coasts or sleep walks through rounds expecting to win.

Only a fool would have thought that that performance was good enough to have the judges go against boxing biggest rising star.

[Maravilla2012]

Did Lara really expect to beat boxing's next Golden Boy by landing 107 punches and running away all night? Did he really think that he could take 3 rounds off and just straight run away and get rewarded for it?

Lara is the kind of fighter who thinks he's better than everyone else. He believes it when people tell him what a spectacular pure boxer he is, and about how much more talented and gifted he is. The truth is his fights are often lack lustre because he doesn't think he has to push himself. He seems to get bored or lazy in the ring thinking that he's schooling his opponents and then he just coasts or sleep walks through rounds expecting to win.

Only a fool would have thought that that performance was good enough to have the judges go against boxing biggest rising star.

He still landed more than Canelo

[IamInuit]

Good Shields interview

Video: Lara's Trainer Furious With Canelo Outcome - Boxing News

[Gandalf]

It isn't pretty, but it's a skill. Not everyone can fight like an astronaut piloting a rocket ship to the moon. You use what you have to get the job done over 12 rounds. Some fighters do this defensively, it is just a fact of life. It's not pretty, but you cannot just say 'He's running, man! No points this round for him!'. It's juvenile.

[bcollins]

I get the point many of you are trying to make, but isn't there a limit? My problem with Lara was that he frequently threw a jab or two punch combo, retreated all the way to the other side of the ring, threw a jab, circled to the far side again, threw a jab or two, etc. Is it truly necessary to move quite so far in order to "not get hit"? It's tantamount to one of the gimmicks in pro wrestling where the heel will wait outside the ring until the good guy comes over, run around to the other side, roll in and out immediately, run around to the other side, etc. It's a farce. I'm sorry, but that takes very little skill and for me does not qualify as defensive wizardry, or "sweet science." Lara has a lot more skill than what he showed last night.

[Gandalf]

Good Shields interview

Video: Lara's Trainer Furious With Canelo Outcome - Boxing News

Good video.

Politics and sports is a toxic mix. Canelo's attitude also sucks. If he wants to be in a streetfight, then have one, but in boxing you face styles and a defensive style does not deserve to lose based on being defensive and some political edict that you must land 30% more or score a KO. It's bullshit and 117-111 is flat out nonsense. There should really be an immediate rematch. If not then fans should wave those pictures of Oscar banner size at every Golden Boy event.