Comments Thread For: Canelo: I Have The Ability To Outbox Floyd Mayweather

[Gatling]

Cotto did well boxing with Mayweather in spots. Not that I think Canelo has Cotto's boxing skills but if he establish a jab early, move and pick his spots, he can do well.

The problem is that damn Mayweather can hit you basically at will, so his defense needs to be TOP notch to win.

[ramblingalp]

I think this is bad strategy. In the past 4 or 5 fights, Floyd is spending a lot of time in the pocket and on the ropes, but once there, guys are looking for the perfect head shot insted of vicious body shots, EVEN WHEN THEY OUTWEIGH HIM! Kill the body and look for the KO late.

Agreed, that would be his one and only chance for a victory. Unfortunately, easier said than done. As we've seen many times, Floyd is the master of adjustment.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Here's the problem with thinking all Canelo needs to do is "brawl" with Mayweather to win. There will be many times in the fight where Canelo (like he did vs Trout) will have to box from the outside.

At first I thought this couldn't be done by him, but he shocked me in the way he did box vs Trout and showed me he isn't a 1 dimensional fighter.

While I don't think Canelo can outbox Mayweather for 12 rounds, he will have to outbox him in spurts. He can't just come forward all the time because of stamina issues. He has to pick his spots of when to do what.

I also think that Canelo is as fast as Mayweather, or it's very close. Watching Canelo in the last few fights, he's an incredible athlete, much better than most give him credit for.

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[RVABoxer]

He has to know better than to try and outbox mayweather that's the dumbest strategy he doesn't have the speed for one

[MRCHOKEaMF]

Here's the problem with thinking all Canelo needs to do is "brawl" with Mayweather to win. There will be many times in the fight where Canelo (like he did vs Trout) will have to box from the outside.

At first I thought this couldn't be done by him, but he shocked me in the way he did box vs Trout and showed me he isn't a 1 dimensional fighter.

While I don't think Canelo can outbox Mayweather for 12 rounds, he will have to outbox him in spurts. He can't just come forward all the time because of stamina issues. He has to pick his spots of when to do what.

I also think that Canelo is as fast as Mayweather, or it's very close. Watching Canelo in the last few fights, he's an incredible athlete, much better than most give him credit for.

Nword please!

[whoseyourdaddy]

if ever there was a sign of inexperience or to be green on Canelos part.....There you have it.

[dudeiknow]

for the record Canelo's translator yesterday at the press conference was full of ****, i hate that guy, he always puts words in canelo's mouth, so take this and anything else canelo said yesterday with a grain of salt. only trust the translator DURING the press on the mic, not the translator from before or after the press. and im looking through videos from yesterday and i dont see where canelo says this

one thing i do know is that oscar keeps telling canelo to use the jab, so atleast thats something we do know canelo has in mind coming into the fight, the jab

[whoseyourdaddy]

for the record Canelo's translator yesterday at the press conference was full of ****, i hate that guy, he always puts words in canelo's mouth, so take this and anything else canelo said yesterday with a grain of salt. only trust the translator DURING the press on the mic, not the translator from before or after the press. and im looking through videos from yesterday and i dont see where canelo says this

one thing i do know is that oscar keeps telling canelo to use the jab, so atleast thats something we do know canelo has in mind coming into the fight, the jab

That is true same here....I've seen all the videos from conferencessince the NY press and never has he mention the posibility of outboxing mayweather. In one of them he said somthing along the lines of it's inposible to out box him so we are preparing an strategy to win and I have no doubt we're going to win.

Unless there is a new interview I would take this with a grain of salt.

[CubanGuyNYC]

for the record Canelo's translator yesterday at the press conference was full of ****, i hate that guy, he always puts words in canelo's mouth, so take this and anything else canelo said yesterday with a grain of salt. only trust the translator DURING the press on the mic, not the translator from before or after the press. and im looking through videos from yesterday and i dont see where canelo says this

one thing i do know is that oscar keeps telling canelo to use the jab, so atleast thats something we do know canelo has in mind coming into the fight, the jab

That is true same here....I've seen all the videos from conferencessince the NY press and never has he mention the posibility of outboxing mayweather. In one of them he said somthing along the lines of it's inposible to out box him so we are preparing an strategy to win and I have no doubt we're going to win.

Unless there is a new interview I would take this with a grain of salt.

This all makes a lot of sense. I can't believe how bad some of these "translators" are. I've seen some of them literally put words in a fighter's mouth. It's terrible.