Canelo is a big stamina issue

[ADP02]

I just finished saying that in another thread.

Sometimes people think because he is young that he should have lots of stamina but often the opposite is true. With age and the closer he gets to hitting his prime, that is when he will have better stamina ....HOPEFULLY .... because right now, his opponents can take advantage of his stamina issues.

He was doing very little yet he was way more exhausted than Trout who had been throwing consistently throughout the round.

Another thing that may contribute to the stamina issues is if Canelo had issues making weight.

[sunny31]

His mistake was not going to Big Bear to train like he did for the Rhodes fight. He looked sharp with a lot of combos and head movement in that fight. I think it would've helped him immensely with Trout.

I didn't know that, but could explain it, I'm sure missing with so many big punches would not have helped either. I thought his head movement was excellent tonight though. It was just a strange fight, I'm sure the open scoring didn't help that. Trout was there for the taking after the knockdown, he was still fighting back but you could see the energy had gone from his punches and legs but Canelo didn't mount anything, I'm sure if he had the energy he would have tried to finish Trout off but he didn't seem to.

[PACnPBFsuck]

The knock down was a blessing for Canelo, he was tired as phkk.

[hectari]

What do you expect? the dude is only 5 foot 7 and rehydrate all they way to 172, and cuts down from 180, he is a short stocky mofo, he should be better at 160 and have more stamina.

[JaguaresMx]

Positives:

Defense was great. Didn't get hit with anything big; and avoided plenty of shots. Looked surprising athletic and quick. Impressive

Concerning:

TS is right. Stamina seems to be an issue. My biggest concern is that he cannot seem to change pace. Killing instinct also not there today.

Overall, he's not a brawler or an pressure fighter. He's a slow, methodical, round winning boxer. Probably would struggle against an elite movement guy because he can't seem to change pace.

He's, in other words, 22, not the complete package yet.

[Southpawology]

Hes lucky the paul williams fight never happend because a top level volume puncher/pressure fighter will beat canelo. he better work on his stamina more.

[sunny31]

He's not ready for Mayweather but Mayweather isn't knocking him out.

Fighters who get tired against Mayweather are always in danger of being knocked out. I used to underestimate his power, not anymore. Floyd is tremendously accurate all the way through a fight. You could make the argument the size difference is too big, but a TKO honestly wouldn't surprise me if he did gas out.

[AvoidDisaster]

I didn't know that, but could explain it, I'm sure missing with so many big punches would not have helped either. I thought his head movement was excellent tonight though. It was just a strange fight, I'm sure the open scoring didn't help that. Trout was there for the taking after the knockdown, he was still fighting back but you could see the energy had gone from his punches and legs but Canelo didn't mount anything, I'm sure if he had the energy he would have tried to finish Trout off but he didn't seem to.

Yeah I face palmed when his trainer announced they were going to train in Santa Monica instead of Big Bear. I thought that was a terrible mistake.

[!! Shawn]

Yes, his stamina was ****. I am surprised he made it through the fight as well as he did.

[sunny31]

Positives:

Defense was great. Didn't get hit with anything big; and avoided plenty of shots. Looked surprising athletic and quick. Impressive

Concerning:

TS is right. Stamina seems to be an issue. My biggest concern is that he cannot seem to change pace. Killing instinct also not there today.

Overall, he's not a brawler or an pressure fighter. He's a slow, methodical, round winning boxer. Probably would struggle against an elite movement guy because he can't seem to change pace.

He's, in other words, 22, not the complete package yet.

I would say he is far far from slow. I don't know why people still call him slow, agree with most everything else. I would say Trout is an elite movement guy, I think at this point there is quite a few different things he would struggle with. If I was him I would stay active and maybe even take a slight baby step down in competition and defend against some top contenders, or Cotto...something like that.