"It is the first career defeat for Canelo. I had never seen him lose and the truth is it hurts. It saddens the entire team because we worked hard for the victory. But we also walked away with our heads held high, because there is no shame in losing to the best pound for pound fighter like Floyd. Mayweather did what he does best, he boxed and won rounds. He made a great fight. Canelo will keep going and he's going to give [the fans] many nights of glory. For now we are going to rest and we will discuss the fight and analyze what our flaws were. We'll try to make the best of these mistakes and this will provide us with experience for the future. But I assure you that Canelo will come back stronger, because he is a great champion," said Reynoso.
I don't really know how anyone can argue that Mayweather did not school Canelo to be honest. The fight made his limitations as a fighter apparent, he learned what is effective against him and what is not effective against certain fighters.
I think we're going through the normal phase of a Mayweather fight.
Stage 1: Claim Mayweather will never fight a particular fighter.
Stage 2: Claim that said fighter will topple Mayweather.
Stage 3: Begrudgingly accept that Mayweather put on a dominating performance.
Stage 4: When the dust settles diminish his performance, until some would believe it was a competitive bout, whilst moving back to stage 1.
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