Official Thread: Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara

[ruthless rocco]

The final punch stats reveal that Canelo landed 88 power punches to 52 for Lara. Many of Lara's jabs were light and thrown while moving away. Lara only landed 10 more punches than Canelo... This is why Lara's performance was not considered dominant and why Canelo was awarded the win. Despite all Lara's "expert and superior" boxing skills, he only managed to land 10 more weak punches than Canelo and often spent 2 minutes per round running away not throwing at all. It's not about entertainment vs skill it's about effectiveness and effort. Canelo chased Lara hard for 12 rounds and scored 88 power punches. Lara ran away from Canelo for 12 rounds and only managed 10 more punches--demonstrating ineffective cowardice.