It was honestly a difficult fight to score. Canelo made Trout miss AT LEAST 80% of his punches. He just wasn't throwing enough to win rounds though you could give him credit for landing the cleaner one or two punches he did land per round. Whoever scored that fight 10-2 for Canelo......how is this allowed? Please tell me how judges like this are allowed in the sport.
This is the crux of the entire thing. Every single time Canelo threw punches, he took ALL of Trout's momentum away. Trout missed FAR, FAR more punches than he landed and hardly any of his punches seemed to bother Alvarez at all. Canelo landed almost 50% of his power punches and wobbled Trout multiple times plus handed him the first KD of his career.
I just re-watched the fight and Canelo's activity dictated who the aggressor was, Trout had no control of this fight at all. If anything, Trout is persistent, and active but his aggression was not effective. He throws a lot of jabs and keeps coming but every punch Canelo landed moved him and within a few seconds of exchanging, it was Trout who was forced to back up and Canelo became the aggressor.
To all the people saying Trout won, go watch the 12th round when Trout walks back to his corner and just shakes his head and looks at the floor while Canelo raises his hands. Trout himself didn't think he won the fight so let's not pretend this was a ripoff. Trout tells you in the post-fight interview that he wasn't prepared for Alvarez' boxing style and that there were no excuses.
The man tells you that he thought he lost and that Canelo was the better man, so let's give Canelo the credit he deserves and cut the "hypejob" talk because he just beat the best 154 pounder in the world. The time for excuses is over, Canelo is now the best 154 pounder in the world.
There was no need to think anything, by then they already knew what the judges scorecards were...which was a pretty ****** idea to begin with. It allowed Canelo to take minimal risk, even though I had the fight about even during the eighth round...
So you actually believe Trout only won three rounds??
Watching It Live I had It 116-111 Trout, after watching it again this morning, I had it 115-112 also still for TROUT it was also Jabs and punches that Trout was landing that the play by play wasn't calling for what ever reason
That being said...IT WAS TEXAS even Showtime was basically setting you up for the results talking about Chavez vs Whitaker during the pre-fight and telling you the history Texas Bad Scoring, one Judge should have just mailed in his Score Card Weeks Ago and Stayed Home LMFAO
But it was a good fight and it lived up to the "HYPE"! Make no sense to scream robbery because I personally knew in Texas Trout would have needed a PERFECT PERFORMANCE and even that probably would not have been enough to get the decision
This is the crux of the entire thing. Every single time Canelo threw punches, he took ALL of Trout's momentum away. Trout missed FAR, FAR more punches than he landed and hardly any of his punches seemed to bother Alvarez at all. Canelo landed almost 50% of his power punches and wobbled Trout multiple times plus handed him the first KD of his career.
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It seems pretty obvious to me you are a "fighter watcher". What I mean by this is that you don't actually watch both fighters at once in a boxing match, you focus on one fighter and how he acts and reacts during a round. People have a tendency to do this, ESPECIALLY if they are a fan of a particular fighter.
114-113 Trout. Tough fight to score honestly, but I don't think Canelo did enough after the KD to earn the victory. Mayweather may be as defensive as Canelo was sometimes, but the difference is he is more active in his countering and outlands his opponents.
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