Maidana fought inside and Canelo didn't. Maidana used his jab(Jabbing up and downstairs, changing levels while moving and throwing the jab) better than Canelo, showed better footwork than Canelo.
Canelo threw 526 punches. Maidana threw 858. That's over 300 more punches Mayweather has to worry about. Conservative work rates will get you nowhere with Mayweather. When you slow the match down like that you have to be way more creative or your opponent is gonna catch on fast. Maidana throwing all of those punches from everywhere does open him up to be countered more, but on the flip Mayweather is also worried about getting clipped himself.
I know Canelo fancies himself a classy boxer, but that really wasn't the time to try and show somebody up with those skills.
Canelo threw 526 punches. Maidana threw 858. That's over 300 more punches Mayweather has to worry about. Conservative work rates will get you nowhere with Mayweather. When you slow the match down like that you have to be way more creative or your opponent is gonna catch on fast. Maidana throwing all of those punches from everywhere does open him up to be countered more, but on the flip Mayweather is also worried about getting clipped himself.
I know Canelo fancies himself a classy boxer, but that really wasn't the time to try and show somebody up with those skills.
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