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In comparison to Cotto he's younger, stronger, taller, more powerful, more explosive, and has better reach. All this is good. But Cotto fought an incredibly disciplined fight against Floyd.
He was so patient. I heard guys criticising him afterwards for not unloading on Floyd when he had him against the ropes, but it was the very fact that he didn't go crazy that allowed him to land his combinations instead of wearing himself out on Floyd's arms like most guys do. He also kept a really tight guard, even in close, and caught a huge amount of Floyd's shots in the centre of the ring with his gloves.
Although I can see how Canelo could overpower Floyd in the shoving matches, and how that might create those opportunities against the ropes to land big bodyshots, I can also see him getting cut apart in the middle of the ring and struggling to pin Floyd down.
In my opinion, the key to beating Mayweather is limiting the number of significant exchanges, and ensuring that when you do exchange it's somewhere from which he can't escape. But for even this to work, you can't let Floyd steal the round with his single shots in the middle of the ring. And that's very difficult seeing how fast and accurate he is.
Canelo, in my opinion, has too much confidence in his chin and as such has holes in his guard. I think Floyd would land too many shots from open territory for the current version of Canelo to win rounds in the tactical fashion of Castillo and Cotto. I think he would probably have to find a new way to take rounds of Floyd and that would probably involve him being extremely aggressive.
Given his physical advantages, maybe that aggression would get results. But there's no one out there better capable of turning your aggression against you than Floyd Mayweather Jr.
He was so patient. I heard guys criticising him afterwards for not unloading on Floyd when he had him against the ropes, but it was the very fact that he didn't go crazy that allowed him to land his combinations instead of wearing himself out on Floyd's arms like most guys do. He also kept a really tight guard, even in close, and caught a huge amount of Floyd's shots in the centre of the ring with his gloves.
Although I can see how Canelo could overpower Floyd in the shoving matches, and how that might create those opportunities against the ropes to land big bodyshots, I can also see him getting cut apart in the middle of the ring and struggling to pin Floyd down.
In my opinion, the key to beating Mayweather is limiting the number of significant exchanges, and ensuring that when you do exchange it's somewhere from which he can't escape. But for even this to work, you can't let Floyd steal the round with his single shots in the middle of the ring. And that's very difficult seeing how fast and accurate he is.
Canelo, in my opinion, has too much confidence in his chin and as such has holes in his guard. I think Floyd would land too many shots from open territory for the current version of Canelo to win rounds in the tactical fashion of Castillo and Cotto. I think he would probably have to find a new way to take rounds of Floyd and that would probably involve him being extremely aggressive.
Given his physical advantages, maybe that aggression would get results. But there's no one out there better capable of turning your aggression against you than Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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