Canelo's game plan

[SplitSecond]

He was trying to intimidate Bivol with his presence, speed & power. He came in to bully Bivol like he did Caleb Plant/Callum Smith etc, That was the strat. Bivol though needed to be respected and boxed up more.

[Vlad_]

Bivol deserves credit, Im not going to take that away from him, but he fought his usual fight. Canelo didnt seem prepared for what Bivol always does. Doesnt make sense.

Yup. Bivol was his usual self. He’s an elite boxer without any flashy bullshlt.

[deathofaclown]

Canelo has started falling in love with his power which is extremely overrated, and now thinks he can walk guys down and throw single shots. But maybe there partly down to his poor stamina, he has to fight with low output. He was spent in the Bivol fight because he had to work at someone else’s pace.

Canelo isn’t really a one punch knockout guy, he can, but that was mostly at lower weights with fighters that had been stopped before like Khan, Kirkland etc,

let’s look at the reality, he did stop Saunders but it was more of a freak injury that may not happen 98 times out of 100, at no point did he ever look like he could even drop him. He hit Callum Smith at will, couldn’t drop him or hurt him really. Jacobs has been dropped before and stopped but Canelo couldn’t hurt him. The list goes on. Plant was worn down more than anything.

But he’s started fighting in a way that require single shots being hard enough to do damage but hasn’t really got the power for that at 175 against someone as good as Bivol

[Comanche]

I mostly agree. Canelo though he could go into a toe to toe war with a full LHW and was gravely mistaken. He's just to small. I think if he boxed and played more with his defensive abilities he'd do a lot better maybe even potentially win. He just need to not get hit. Which should be more obvious when moving up higher in weight.

He didnt have much of a defensive strategy either.

[eco1]

Bivol deserves credit, Im not going to take that away from him, but he fought his usual fight. Canelo didnt seem prepared for what Bivol always does. Doesnt make sense.

The problem is that Canelo is and will always be a B+ fighter who was very much protected. Even when Bivol f;.,d up the cards were 115-113, so go figure.

[just the facts]

Bivol’s distance control and footwork neutralized Canelo’s plans.

It’s as simple as that………..

[hhh1200]

No kind of strategy would have got Canelo the win.. he fought a much bigger dude with skills and wasn't scared of him like the previous mental Midget LHW's that fought him.

Bivol's punches where having so much effect on Canelo. You could see the deer in the headlights look on Canelo's face " like of **** this is what LHW punches feel like ".. Hid little ass needs to go down and stop messing with them LHW's. Imagine what Beterbiev would do to him lol

I think it does something like this. Is Canelo a bigger puncher than a fully hydrated Browne? I think after the Bivol fight he definitely isn't a stronger puncher than Joe Smith. Lastly, the fanboys said the fight would be different if he fought Beterbiev or Joe Smith? Even though they are in his face, do his punches faze them? Montero made an observation that as with Chavez Jr/Fonfora, Canelo's punches never really snapped back Bivol's head back. Bivol walked through the uppercuts and didn't really respond to the hooks around his guard other than moving him a bit. I'm talking wobble or visibility hurt?

Admit I thought Bivol would take a payout like Kovalev and Malik Scott vs Wilder

Also, Hearn lied. There was a clause written up for the fight.