Is Canelo's hand speed underrated?

[Jcsuper]

Dude stop acting like it was may idea to fight Canelo, may was forced to fight Canelo because his ppv numbers were crapy for what show time is paying him

lol come on stf u. If he didnt fight Canelo you would complain that he's ducking and when he's fighting him you complain that he was forced. Thats just pathetic

[NearHypnos]

Yeah its deceptive but seems like by choice. He'll throw slow plodding jabs at times then throw hard fast, crisp ones out of nowhere. He carries his speed through his combinations when he wants to and though not the fastest footed guy he seems to do fine. He's very poised for a young guy and seems to know his limitations and has been working to make them less of a burden it seems (such as his head movement/defense seemed dramatically improved). Canelo's style lends itself well to guys in his weight range and up as his foot speed isnt as big a burden with whats generally seen at 154 and up but Floyd is a different animal. His feet are still fairly quick, has amazing stamina and handspeed and even if Canelo is able to stay infront of him he still has to cope with Floyd's reflexes and upper body movement at close range. Canelo has shown he's thus far been good with judging distance and staying within range but Floyd is a genius in creating his own space and judging it.


In terms of a bad stylistic matchup Floyd is it for Canelo. The other is Martinez who possesses(possessed) very uncommon hand and foot speed for his class in adittion with a great gas tank and power not to mention counter punching/timing and a high work rate. Stylistically I dont see how anyone could beat Floyd in a low work rate fight...

But size could be a difference but who knows. Mayweather has shown to be quite durable.


Hey, you never know though...we might be dead wrong and it could turn out to be a horrible matchup for Floyd who gets bullied by a stronger fighter and get muscled into the ropes and hammered. Floyd is going tk have to clinch a LOT if Canelo chooses to exploit his size so lets see how the ref treats the fight too.

[wizard king]

lol come on stf u. If he didnt fight Canelo you would complain that he's ducking and when he's fighting him you complain that he was forced. Thats just pathetic

Eat a **** ***get find a post that I ever said may was ducking or cherry picking his opponents and if you think showtime is not going to force may to fight the fights that make the most money then you are really on that crack. Showtime is going to get thier money one way or another

[BTL]

yes... looks like they slowed it down in this gif.

[MRBOOMER]

It's deceptive. Kinda like big George

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

Absolutely. He doesn't have Pac or Floyd handspeed, so people really underrated it. His hands are pretty damn fast. As an above poster said though, his feet aren't exactly the fastest lol, but the head movement that he displayed against Trout helps a lot when he can't move his feet.

he had good head movement but that only worked against trouts sloppy jabbing which was still pretty effective lol all that swaying and shifting canelo was doing made him tired as hell too

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

yes... looks like they slowed it down in this gif.

thats real time judging by the clock and thats lopez maidana was doing the same thing to him lol

[TOBYLEE1]

He does have good handspeed, kind of cement footed though.

What this dude said. Even on defense he doesn't move his feet

[BOLLOCKS]

Underrated? He never shuts up about it.

[silentscoper]

The video, if you were interested in actual real time.

I do agree that his hand speed is underrated. He can throw some vicious combos fast.