I know theirs haters that don't like him but I hear a lot of weirdos saying he tries to fight like Floyd. They don't fight nothing alike. Floyds defense was basic but he mastered it if u really study him u would c that he just either ducked then move out position or shoulder roll and go in a shell. Canelo doesn't do none of that he stays in front of u and slips all ur punches. Both their offense is also different people need to stop acting like Floyd invented the shoulder roll an pull counters an what not. Just wanted to know what the guys that say he copied him mean by it.
What you showed is exactly what he said...
Well 1st Gif shows that Canelo doesn't always "Just Stand On Front Of His Opponent" he can move very well actually, second gif does show that yeah indeed he is really good at staying in the pocket and slip punches as mentioned
I would say Canelo does a good job if mixing things up based on WHO HE IS FIGHTING! He was on his backfoot at times vs GGG, wasn't GGG and Abel Sanchez crying and accusing Canelo of Running after that 1st Fight
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Of course he is not Mayweather off the Backfoot nobody is
Um...What?
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It would be rather IGNORANT not to take little things from the Greats before you honestly. Not sure why fans would even try to make it some sort of bad thing to take certain things from Mayweather all because of their own personal feelings towards him I guess.
What you showed is exactly what he said...
I know theirs haters that don't like him but I hear a lot of weirdos saying he tries to fight like Floyd. They don't fight nothing alike. Floyds defense was basic but he mastered it if u really study him u would c that he just either ducked then move out position or shoulder roll and go in a shell. Canelo doesn't do none of that he stays in front of u and slips all ur punches. Both their offense is also different people need to stop acting like Floyd invented the shoulder roll an pull counters an what not. Just wanted to know what the guys that say he copied him mean by it.
Um...What?
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It would be rather IGNORANT not to take little things from the Greats before you honestly. Not sure why fans would even try to make it some sort of bad thing to take certain things from Mayweather all because of their own personal feelings towards him I guess.
Canelo obviously took some parts of Floyd game and made it his own but they don’t fight alike.
And Floyd probably has the least “basic” defense ever. Atleast one of them.
Floyd schooled Canelo with his aggressive counter-punching style as the smaller man.
Canelo used to be a passive counter-puncher. He rarely walked forward.
Guess what he is now? He fights EXACTLY like how Floyd fought him against bigger men.
Oh yea ur EXACTLY right cause Floyd threw some really hard body punches and tried to knock Canelo out in that fight JUST like Canelo tries to do against bigger guys.
Theirs even a post here on the first page where they say he copied the pull counters and shoulder roll
I didn't see that. I haven't noticed that myself.
This is the 1st I've seen anyone suggest Canelo fights like Floyd. The only comparisons I've seen is in terms of how they operate as the cash cow.
Sweet Pea encouraged punches from his opponent and dodged them very effectively. Floyd nullifies offense and reduces the punch output of his opponent. Clearly different but I don't think "basic" is the best description of Floyd's defense.
Theirs even a post here on the first page where they say he copied the pull counters and shoulder roll
I definitely can see some similarities in that, I personally think he learned a lot from his fight with Mayweather, his head movements, pull counter do seems TBEeque..
Floyd schooled Canelo with his aggressive counter-punching style as the smaller man.
Canelo used to be a passive counter-puncher. He rarely walked forward.
Guess what he is now? He fights EXACTLY like how Floyd fought him against bigger men.
This is the 1st I've seen anyone suggest Canelo fights like Floyd. The only comparisons I've seen is in terms of how they operate as the cash cow.
Sweet Pea encouraged punches from his opponent and dodged them very effectively. Floyd nullifies offense and reduces the punch output of his opponent. Clearly different but I don't think "basic" is the best description of Floyd's defense.
I've seen nobody say that at all and to call Mayweathers defence basic is just ridiculous.
He didn't have the sweet pea type defense. Basic defense meaning like I said he either ducked the first punch and then got out position so u can't throw another punch or he would go into a shell and block everything. He had great reflex that allowed him to get away with it cause SR had the same defense but wasn't that successful with it. U might be the type I did the post for.
Canelo doesnt fight using his face as a shield and Canelo is very slippery like Floyd was.
Canelo fights nothing like Floyd though bc Canelo tries to hurt his opponents and when he does that he leaves himself open (and often gets tagged). Floyd seldom got tagged because he was a safety first fighter and did lots of potshotting, moving, clinching, and smothering.
Canelo is the most popular fighter this era, like Floyd in previous era, so expect a lot of hate...especially after Floyd draw card and GGG 1 Byrd card as well as clenbuterol revelation
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