Respect or Couldnt finish?

canelo looks like a big strong guy but his power doesn't correlate with his size. josesito lopez was stopped by canelo but he claims maidana is the hardest puncher he's fought, maidana is a blown up jr welterweight, that says a lot.

Hes power is overrated big time even Floyd with his brittle hands could hurt Cotto

Lol canelo is not a finisher. Never has been. Which is a big part as to why he never looks dominant. He sure as hell looked dominant last night.

Many people wanted and believe Canelo could stop Cotto. Although at some times it looked like canelo was on his way to stop Cotto. Was it out of respect he stop punching or do you think he just was low on the gas tank? I think myself he had alot of respect for cotto and knowing how much pride Cotto has he didnt choose to stop him. I think if Canelo went to the body more he could of stopped him but he seemed very cautious and mindful of Cotto power. Probably didn't want to gas himself out

lol...........

canelo was also gassed in the late rounds, he did put in some energy in the 12th with what he had left. The 8th round canelo really put on a beating, when he was still fresh and cotto first started gassing. Then canelo got tired too and cotto was able to run a little bit more again the last few rounds. Agree with the other guy that canelo isnt a finisher. He is at his best when counter punching, not when taking the lead. He needs to work more on his lead offense, using feints to set it up better. thats why he couldnt finish cotto, too tired along with being less effective while chasing cotto around the ring and trying to get off first which he isnt as accurate as when he counters.

Lol canelo is not a finisher. Never has been. Which is a big part as to why he never looks dominant.

Couldn't finish. Canelo looked a little tired/had to be a bit cautious of Cotto's power and Cotto was very mobile around the ring.

I think both lol But at the 12th idk if he would of been able if he wanted to

Canelo just couldn't land a really huge shot flush enough to hurt him in a bagd way and when any really full blooded one was about to land, Cotto was experienced and smart enough to ride the shot. That's all. He tried plenty of times. And by the end he was tired himself.

Lol sure, Canelo chose not to get the KO on a major PPV event out of respect for his opponent.... Cotto has only been stopped by a relentless Margs with plaster and a possibly juiced up Pac at his peak, he's very hard to stop even against a huge Canelo.

i think he's simply incapable of taking the lead. he won't risk wasting energy trying to turn the screws on his opponent because he knows he has a dodgy gas tank

He couldn't do it. You could see that one time he tried, he ran out of gas. Hes not built like that to use alot of energy which is why he so stationary.

:lol1: wtf. Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Canelo was gassed in the 12th

I think he was satisfied by thoroughly dominating and outboxing the boxer

Canelo's power is overrated, that's all.

lol fighters want the KO But why go for it when you have sh1t stamina and take risks when you have the fight easily won on the scorecards?