Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Canelo Will Be Faster With Catch-Weight

[Realizniguhnit]

If Canelo intends on being under 165 pds on fight night then he might as well not even step in the ring against Floyd. The last few fighters I can recall that hired "nutritionists" either ended up performing worse on fight night or tested positive for a banned substance Berto, Judah, Rios, Khan, Peterson ..ect ect

[UTEP]

If Canelo intends on being under 165 pds on fight night then he might as well not even step in the ring against Floyd. The last few fighters I can recall that hired "nutritionists" either ended up performing worse on fight night or tested positive for a banned substance Berto, Judah, Rios, Khan, Peterson ..ect ect

Hopefully Oscar doesn't recommend deer meat for Canelo

[MindBat]

For ODH being a multimillionaire I cannot imagine him sparing no expense in making sure Canelo has:

The Best Food
The Best Nutritionist
The Best Trainer
The Best Conditioner
The Best sparing Partners

I realize Canelo and his team should provide these elements but if I were ODH I would make sure of no stone unturned.

I would pull in Castillo and have him in his training to show and tell Canelo how he beat JR but was ROBBED, ...

Then they'll show him the Floyd and Castillo II rematch video, and he'll tell Castillo to go home after the first day.

[Ray Corso]

Imagine lose 2 pounds and your faster! WOW incredible imagine Ali at 202lbs you wouldn't be able to see the punches!!!! Amazin'!!! Ray

[STREET CLEANER]

How light is too light. DLH and Canelo know that coming in so heavy hurts Saul against a guy like Mayweather.

Instead of a training camp it becomes a weight loss program and trying to keep it down. It is better that he can come down in the weigh in at 152 and is able to hydrate back up nicely. Sometimes when a fighter loses too much weight and tries to keep it down they can't rehydrate as high as they normally do.

Also there is that chance that he might be weight drain

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

he will come in heavy and be too slow

[viperz007]

canelo: i wanted the fight to be in my best weight 154
de la hoya: canelo will be at his best at 152

[PETUFF]

you know i like de la oya good man buttttttttttt....................he talk lot ****"peeleft:and then end up eating **** that he says haha

[Elproblema]

ODLH will say anything to hype/sell a fight

[BoxingFan82]

For ODH being a multimillionaire I cannot imagine him sparing no expense in making sure Canelo has:

The Best Food
The Best Nutritionist
The Best Trainer
The Best Conditioner
The Best sparing Partners

Will Canelo's food, nutritionist, trainer, conditioner and sparring partners be joining him in the ring when he fights Floyd? Didn't think so.

It always amazes me to see how many boxing fans actually believe that a boxer can go on a diet and hire a bunch of experts a few months before a fight as a shortcut to the type of conditioning that can only truly be attained through lifestyle and consistent, dedicated training. Yes, it's possible to see meaningful gains in strength and endurance in a relatively short period of time, but you can't say "I'm going to be in as good a shape as Bernard Hopkins" without living the Bernard Hopkins lifestyle for a lot longer than a few months.

You can spin Canelo's plans any way you want but the idea that a fighter who in his last fight a) fought at 20 pounds north of his weigh-in weight and b) was winded by the sixth round can rectify his conditioning issues in 2-3 months is just pure foolishness. The fact that De La Hoya is suggesting just this shows that Canelo and his team know just how big a problem his conditioning really is. Unfortunately, the intense focus they need to place on getting Canelo in shape will almost certainly distract from what he really needs to do: prepare to face off against a fighter who is far more skilled than anyone he has ever faced.