Comments Thread For: Mares: Canelo's Big Mistake, Trying To Box Mayweather

[Jack Napier]

people are acting surprised that Floyd shut Alvarez out
there were no signs going in that Alvarez could be competitive
he's not a bad fighter, but just not good enough to hang w/ Floyd
the guy wasn't even able to look impressive against Trout
Alvarez woulda lost no matter what strategy he tried to use
the fact that he was cautious was cowardice, not a tactical error
he was in a big event and barely even tried

[tlaloc]

He doesnt need to mentally break them down. Just frustrate and outbox them. Margarito would never have troubled Floyd at all. Not for a round. Way too slow. You saw easily Pacs speed dealt with him, now just add in that Margarito wouldn't have hit Floyd once cleanly and wouldn't have been able to catch him full stop. Boring, easy, clear domination. I've never understood why this fight got so much attention other than Arums media articles that everyone actually took as gospel.

Pac is a different beast. He has the speed and combination punching to trouble Floyd that Margarito never had. However, Pac is also easily frustrated and frustration leads to mistakes. I've seen many fights that Pac has become incredibly frustrated in and starts losing his ****. Marquez III, and Sanchez are two prime examples where he got way off his game plan and got so frustrated that he did mentally collapse a bit. He'd always keep trying and keep coming, but it would ten fold against Mayweather because he'd be getting hit cleanly, but not able to score back like usual.

What do you think Floyd's punches would do to Margarito if Pacquio pretty much hits way harder and hit Margarito with everything he could think of and he was not able to ko him or stop him from coming. Margarito would probably just laugh and run after Floyd if he had to, not predicting a winner but it would be a fight and that's the reason it never happend when it was supposed to.

[BoxingJunkie]

Finally someone with some sense comments on the short comings of canelo. I completely agree how are you going to outbox the worlds best boxer when your only real advantages are your youth and strength not necessarily your ring intelligence.

Except he is the LAST guy on earth that should be commenting about anyone's loss...

[ddangerous]

Canelo isn't a pressure fighter so that wouldn't work either; he fought his fight.

This. He came out and hung for a short time until Mayweather does what he does best, and figured him out and dominated. Mayweather looked outstanding Saturday night. Canelo looked like a good fighter fighting a great one.

[A_Jeffrey]

Golovkin would put Canelo into coma in 1st round. Canelo sucks.