Comments Thread For: Robert Garcia: Mayweather in Tough, But He'll Beat Canelo

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Undefeated Mexican Saul ‘Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs), who faces pound for pound king and undefeated super welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) at a catch-weight of 152 pounds on the Mexican Independence Day weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 14, is confident of inflicting the first loss in Mayweather’s career.

Alvarez, who closed their multi-city tour in Los Angeles, said “in boxing everyone has their time. This is my time and in September we will win together.”

However, 2012 “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia, himself a former world champion told BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard that while Canelo - “is very strong and will keep coming at Mayweather and although it will be a difficult fight [Mayweather] will outbox him and win a decision. I don’t see Canelo beating [Mayweaher] right now.” [Click Here To Read More]

[MDPopescu]

I've posted these below elsewhere:

I hear that Canelo wants to set his game plan by watching the Floyd Mayweather vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1 fight...
This seems quite awkward as Floyd was injured by a headbutt in the second round and had his right hand also injured -- thus having to switch to a southpaw stance in the fourth round...

(Needless to say that the fight happened in 2002...)

[cuzzlo]

Thanks for this comment. I never knew Floyd had to switch to Southpaw, if so this makes this win an incredible feat. I watched the 1st fight but didn't notice it. The other thing is I never saw the type of performance put out by Castillio such as Duran put out against Leonard or Chavez did against Meldrick Taylor, the type of fight were you convincingly wound, stun, shake and force your opponent back or drop him. Floyd also irrefutably erased all questions in the 2nd bout. This was not even like the 1st loss of RJJ to Montell Griffin or Sugar Ray Robinson to La Motta, so a lot of it is hype and of course it will be a bad performance if you are injured but did he do enough with certainty to beat a master boxer? No. I do believe that southpaws themselves do pose a more viable threat to Floyd, as against Judah. I also have no doubt that part of that risk showed up with the prospect of Floyd facing Pacquiao. However Floyd played the circular reasoning route, beat JMM who then beats Pacquiao twice arguably. Not only that he wants the lion share for a possible match, whereby he would earn and amass as much capital against Pacquiao as he might have against two lesser opponents. Canelo is his most risky opponent for years to come by weight, power, youth, desire, aggression and national patriotism. However Floyd has nullified some of these attributes before with Oscar and Shane Mosley...so come September we will see.

[Kbmunro]

i didnt know he switched to southpaw either. defo gonna give that a watch. would be inteesting to see if he could still pull off the shoulder roll style defence in a southpaw stance. i would imagine it would feel back to front and upside down haha

[Cyberspace]

Mayweather doesn't take fights he isn't sure he will win. Sooner or later one of these sure wins are going to backfire though.

[flint]

Mayweather doesn't take fights he isn't sure he will win. Sooner or later one of these sure wins are going to backfire though.

the man is GOD gifted. being jealous is un healthy.

[MDPopescu]

I've posted these below elsewhere:

I hear that Canelo wants to set his game plan by watching the Floyd Mayweather vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1 fight...
This seems quite awkward as Floyd was injured by a headbutt in the second round and had his right hand also injured -- thus having to switch to a southpaw stance in the fourth round...

(Needless to say that the fight happened in 2002...)

Canelo is cited to be said (yesterday I suppose): "We plan to study a lot of tape, especially his [Mayweather] first fight with Jose Luis Castillo, who gave him the most problems."
If he did say these above it sounds like a bizarre statement... Canelo is just a different type of fighter as compared with what Castillo was...
I think Canelo tries to set traps -- because he's not a high volume pressure fighter... Alvarez is able to stay in the distance and has a decent defense. He fights in spurts and has a very powerful and vicious left hand in front...

[MDPopescu]

i didnt know he switched to southpaw either. defo gonna give that a watch. would be inteesting to see if he could still pull off the shoulder roll style defence in a southpaw stance. i would imagine it would feel back to front and upside down haha

Just review the fight... Floyd got everything wrong in the debut of that fight... Got injured by a headbutt and afterwards lost his right hand in the third...

[Hotbox2]

You must be one of those ****** filipinos that think Floyd was scared of that piece of **** that got KO'd by Marquez. You guys are so ****** it's a shame. Learn about boxing. Manny is dead and that's a great thing. He was all hype anyways

[MDPopescu]

You must be one of those ****** filipinos that think Floyd was scared of that piece of **** that got KO'd by Marquez. You guys are so ****** it's a shame. Learn about boxing. Manny is dead and that's a great thing. He was all hype anyways

Just who was addressing Pacquiao here?
I think you're lost into this thread...