Comments Thread For: Erislandy Lara: De La Hoya Knows Canelo Got a Gift!

[damit305]

Here is my score card......

Pretty much how it went.

However, people needed excitement, therefore Canelo's mediocre body shots and effort won him the fight.

[BoxPrep]

Here is my score card......

Plain and simple. It really wasn't that close of a fight, I think... on the cards and in the ring. The only way I could see Canelo winning was by KO and he'd have to get on the inside the way Angulo was... but that's not his kind of work. So as I'm watching this fight, Canelo isn't doing anything that stands out to win rounds, he's just being walked around the ring and isn't being that active. He's just fighting Lara's fight. He got suckered into it the way Trout did.... except Trout has no stardom.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Here is my score card......

Nice card. Looks to be 120-107.

[BoxPrep]

Nice card. Looks to be 120-107.

Really, which rounds did you give Canelo and which to Lara?

[CubanGuyNYC]

Again, what was your scorecard? I'd like to see which rounds you gave to each fighter.

I didn't write it down. I only remember my final score and a general recollection of the fight. I thought Lara won the first few rounds, either 3-1 or 4-0. Canelo started to pick it up in the middle. After he opened that gash over Lara's eye, Landy become more cautious and Alvarez won another one or two. Lara got back in the game after the bleeding was stemmed and he won another couple of rounds. I think I had Canelo winning the final round. It certainly seemed his team thought he was down and sent him out breathing fire. For Lara's part, he seemed to think he was winning and merely sought to avoid getting caught with something big.

[Bigg Rigg]

Really, which rounds did you give Canelo and which to Lara?

I had it a clear and obviously close 7-5. Don't wanna hear it could go either way cuz I didn't see 7 rds that Canelo won.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Really, which rounds did you give Canelo and which to Lara?

I've only watched the fight once. I'm gonna re-watch it sometime this week probably. I'm going to re-score, too. When I do, I'll PM you the info.

[damit305]

I had it a clear and obviously close 7-5. Don't wanna hear it could go either way cuz I didn't see 7 rds that Canelo won.

Thank you. I find it impossible.

[BoxPrep]

I didn't write it down. I only remember my final score and a general recollection of the fight. I thought Lara won the first few rounds, either 3-1 or 4-0. Canelo started to pick it up in the middle. After he opened that gash over Lara's eye, Landy become more cautious and Alvarez won another one or two. Lara got back in the game after the bleeding was stemmed and he won another couple of rounds. I think I had Canelo winning the final round. It certainly seemed his team thought he was down and sent him out breathing fire. For Lara's part, he seemed to think he was winning and merely sought to avoid getting caught with something big.

That's exactly why I said maybe the 12th, because Canelo started off that round like he was in desperation which led me to believe that he and his corner thought he was losing the fight by a wide margin. But even as that round went on, Lara was able to keep doing what he had been doing. Canelo started off both the 4th and 12th the same way, but he sustained that attacking pressure longer throughout the 4th. The cut happened in round 7.... I also noticed the change in momentum in the 8th and 9th which were clear Canelo rounds. but 10 and 11 were Lara rounds, in my opinion -- we all have them, though.

Anyway, you're saying a 4-0 start for Lara, and then he loses five (or possibly more) of the next eight??

[BoxPrep]

I had it a clear and obviously close 7-5. Don't wanna hear it could go either way cuz I didn't see 7 rds that Canelo won.

I'm finding it hard to give Canelo five rounds. Maybe I'll give him the 7th for causing the cut, but I'm still on the fence about the 12th. I gave him that just because of how he started that round.