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

[Gatling]

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

Canelo already seems in amazing condition so I doubt he'll be on any sort of "weight loss over training camp" regimen. Still lots of time to go.

[twosweethooks]

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

Mang !!!!

We all know that Jr had his AZZZ handed to him in Castillo 1

[APryor]

He should boil himself down to 130. He'll be like lightning.

I guess DLH learned his craft at the foot of the master, Bob Arum.

"we become what we hate"

[twosweethooks]

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.

Better to eat right train right than eat wrong and train wrong.

IF Canelo has not been eating good or training properly then eating right and training right will have a good effect.

At this point its irrelevant what life style either man has had, the contracts are signed and we have a fight Sept 14

[KING MEAT]

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,

and

anything else I missed !!!

mariachi.....