Some of you on here need to learn when the term robbery should be used.
Rios/Abril was a robbery. The first Pac/Bradley fight was a robbery. Herrera/Garcia was a robbery.
A close fight is not a robbery no matter which way it goes. Lara knew what he had to do to win, he just wasn't willing to do it. Did him and his team really think going into the fight that strategy would be a way to victory? If they did then Lara needs to fire all of them because he will never be in this position (headliner on a PPV card) again.
That is true but Lara seemed to forget about the "hit" part for a lot of the rounds. He was literally running at times with no punching what so ever.
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As Paulie said,that Martinez was scoring the fight for Canelo before it started.
Lara won,but history shows if your style isn't pleasing,you need a knockout just to get a draw.
And with what's going on at Golden Boy,could you see a scenario of the breadwinner actually losing?
Lara put on just about the most pathetic "offense" I've ever seen. Never took a forward step and slapped most of his jabs. I picked him to win but stood and applauded when the cards were read. Lara didn't deserve to win with that pathetic running display followed by the cut throat motion after the fight. Do your tough guy **** during the actual fight next time you runner.
???? You think Canelo caused Lara's work rate to slow? Angulo hit him with 50x more body shots, and much cleaner harder ones and didn't slow him down at all. It was quite clear the pace was slow because that is what Lara wanted.
Lara gave away the fight. He clearly won, but he has none but himself to blame for letting some of the rounds be so ambiguous by not putting a beating on Canelo. Ronnie Shields deserves some blame as well for telling him give me more rounds just like that instead of telling him to up the rate and not let the judges make excuses for Canelo.
Also, watch it back, not many of those body shots landed clean at all, most of them were on elbows while Lara was moving.
I just think there was a huge drop in Lara's punch effectiveness after a few rounds.. He did rally late, but I thought he gave away a lot,of rounds between 3-10.
Lara only threw 2 punches the entire night, the jab, and lead left.. Hardly any combinations, I thought the lead left, followed by a right hook, straight left was there for Lara to land but he always just thru one shot and it cost him..
Lara has much better physical tools compared to guys like jmm, Barrera, but those guys are masters of shot selection and much more wrinkles in their offensive game.. Lara seems to be pretty limited offensively IMO, he needs more combos and a wide selection of punches
Lara showed good fitness by taking the body shots and not slowing his movement but his punches def didn't seem to be as crisp or as often as he was in the early rounds...
2,4,5,7,8,9,10 were the rds I gave canelo
1,3,6,11,12 I gave to Lara
Close fight but thought Canelo's body work was the difference and really caused Lara's work rate to slow
???? You think Canelo caused Lara's work rate to slow? Angulo hit him with 50x more body shots, and much cleaner harder ones and didn't slow him down at all. It was quite clear the pace was slow because that is what Lara wanted.
Lara gave away the fight. He clearly won, but he has none but himself to blame for letting some of the rounds be so ambiguous by not putting a beating on Canelo. Ronnie Shields deserves some blame as well for telling him give me more rounds just like that instead of telling him to up the rate and not let the judges make excuses for Canelo.
Also, watch it back, not many of those body shots landed clean at all, most of them were on elbows while Lara was moving.
I disagree, the name of the game is to hit and not get hit.
That is true but Lara seemed to forget about the "hit" part for a lot of the rounds. He was literally running at times with no punching what so ever.
You talked to the wrong people... Rd 2 was close, but canelo landed some great body shots, Lara really only had the big lead left that was early in the rd..
Regardless, it was a close rd, and canelo has a legit case for 7 rds.. This fight wasn't a robbery
I saw it myself bro easy 3-0 to start off the fight. Could even go with 4-0 maybe but them Lara slowed up. No way Canelo won 7 rds.
You're the only person I've saw mention Floyd on here thus far
Lol exactly nobody is talking about Floyd certain glove demanding ass
Canelo won a close fight and judging by the poll, the majority of people think so as well. I can't wait for the press scores.
I really like Lara, but no way he won or did enough to win. The only one ladning significant hard punches was Canelo for 2/3 the fight.
You're the only person I've saw mention Floyd on here thus far
Rd 2 to Canelo??? Lara won the first 3 maybe even 4 rds by everyone I've spoken to. No way bro!
You talked to the wrong people... Rd 2 was close, but canelo landed some great body shots, Lara really only had the big lead left that was early in the rd..
Regardless, it was a close rd, and canelo has a legit case for 7 rds.. This fight wasn't a robbery
Some people on here.....well actually A LOT of people on here are letting either their hate for Canelo blind them, or their love for Lara. Or their hate for Mayweather.
Now why their hate for Mayweather.....well the supposed next guy Floyd was supposedly avoiding just lost to a guy Floyd dominated......Just sayin' that could have reasons to do with it as well