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Floyd beat Canelo when Canelo was GREEN. The haters are going to say: Floyd was prime at 23 yrs old so Canelo should too.
Here is why that is a faulty comparison:
Floyd was getting world class training (Roger, Floyd Sr) since he could walk, Canelo started boxing at 13. Those are already 8 years difference in experience (if Floyd started at 5yrs of age for ex.). Age 5-13 are very formative so getting the proper training in childhood is what very much makes the difference. It means that in the Floyd - Canelo fight, Canelo had 10 yrs of experience and Floyd 30+ years experience.
Now the reason why Canelo is ranked higher is because Floyd did the chicken dance after coming out of retirement (because his skillset had not much turnover rate at the higher weights). He took on Maiden, Berto, Ghost, Ortiz, Baldomir etc. etc. Fights that Floyd was a heavy favourite in before hand by the bookies (for good reason since most fighters were cherrypicked bums.) Instead the fans wanted to see dangerous fights with: Williams, Prime Cotto, Wright, GGG, Mosley (2008), Tszyu, Margarito, Prime Pac, Lara. Floyd ducked them all.
Canelo is now taking on these dangerous fight that Floyd never dared to take in fighting Bivol. Fighting Bivol is alike Floyd fighting Lara (which never happened). So that is why.
Here is why that is a faulty comparison:
Floyd was getting world class training (Roger, Floyd Sr) since he could walk, Canelo started boxing at 13. Those are already 8 years difference in experience (if Floyd started at 5yrs of age for ex.). Age 5-13 are very formative so getting the proper training in childhood is what very much makes the difference. It means that in the Floyd - Canelo fight, Canelo had 10 yrs of experience and Floyd 30+ years experience.
Now the reason why Canelo is ranked higher is because Floyd did the chicken dance after coming out of retirement (because his skillset had not much turnover rate at the higher weights). He took on Maiden, Berto, Ghost, Ortiz, Baldomir etc. etc. Fights that Floyd was a heavy favourite in before hand by the bookies (for good reason since most fighters were cherrypicked bums.) Instead the fans wanted to see dangerous fights with: Williams, Prime Cotto, Wright, GGG, Mosley (2008), Tszyu, Margarito, Prime Pac, Lara. Floyd ducked them all.
Canelo is now taking on these dangerous fight that Floyd never dared to take in fighting Bivol. Fighting Bivol is alike Floyd fighting Lara (which never happened). So that is why.
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