Erislandy Lara is one dimensional!

[CubanGuyNYC]

STAMINA will play a big role in this fight

Canelo does not have experience vs a top level southpaw

I agree about the stamina issue, but you don't consider Trout a top level southpaw?

[Beercules]

I said this in the other thread and I'm going to say it again here, Lara might not have the best jab in the world but it is going to give Canelo many problems, also Lara's movement will tire Canelo faster than most anticipate.


Lara is going to be setting traps all night and Ronnie Shields is nobody to sleep on. Lara has probably had the better sparring in preparation for this fight, Ronnie has a pretty good stable of guys who can give Lara good work.

[Light_Speed]

Canelo does not have experience vs a top level southpaw

I wouldn't call him top level but Trout is a good southpaw, that experience can definitely help Canelo.

[jas]

I agree about the stamina issue, but you don't consider Trout a top level southpaw?

Forgot about him

Point still has some credence

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

He was playing with Angulo in the last few rounds. Angulo was more active during the last part of the fight and Alvarez was laughing at his power fighting with his hands down in the middle of the ring and not even looking at him at times. Angulo threw 100 or close to that number of punches in the 8th round.He was still plenty of combinations in the 9th round and clearly dominating even if he wasn't as active as at the start.

As far as the Lopez fight that round your referring to was either the round Canelo knocked Lopez down twice with body shots after looking so uncomfortable or the round he got the Tko while also putting him down.

I cant remember the round. I was watching the Chavez fight but when I flipped over I saw Canelo on the ropes and kept it there till the end of the round. Canelo didnt look comfortable. Mightve been the second round actually?

EDIT: I just watched it. Watch the beginning of the 2nd round. Lopez puts him on the rope twice.

[NEELZ]

Stamina is exaggerated when critics talk about Canelo. He did not look gassed against Angulo. If so, the evidence was subtle not clear. Lara is an economical puncher. His output is no greater than Canelo's. I thought Lara looked gassed against Williams. The whole gassed thing is blown out of proportion.

I don't think that is a factor in this fight.

[Loque-san]

Lara is a natural counter puncher, and most counter punchers do more or less the same things over and over. Lara has a nice jab and his favorite punch is his straight left hand. He may be one-dimensional but it doesn't make him predictable because: 1) his opponents don't know when he's going to punch, he uses his footwork and wait for counterpunching opportunities 2) he has perfected that style 3) he has fast hands. Trout knew Lara's best punch was his his straight left, but he got hit by the same punch all night long.

[_original_]

How is he one dimensional? What a lazy thread with no explanation to back up such a claim.


His offense is limited in terms of punch variety and he relies on his straight/overhand left way too much but when you factor in footwork, movement, defense, timing, accuracy and intangibles he's far from one-dimensional.

[richardt]

I'm not seeing Lara as a one-dimensional. To me, one-dimensional is a fighter who is almost laughably predictable in a failing way and Lara RARELY fails and is not in the least bit laughable. And I don't see him as boring either. I thought his fights with Trout, Williams, Angulo, and some earlier ones on ESPN were anything but boring. He knows what works for him. The dude is sharp. He is a complete fighter and has shown this often. If I had to pick out a punch I think he should throw more, it would be the uppercut.

[Dinamita 03]

I cant remember the round. I was watching the Chavez fight but when I flipped over I saw Canelo on the ropes and kept it there till the end of the round. Canelo didnt look comfortable. Mightve been the second round actually?

EDIT: I just watched it. Watch the beginning of the 2nd round. Lopez puts him on the rope twice.

I'll try to rewatch it once I get home. What I remember is Everytime Lopez came on strong Alavarez would unleash vicious combinations and hurt or drop Josesito.