Why was Mayweather able to stand right in front of Canelo and walk him down?

[Fists_of_Fury]

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I actually watched that fight today, Canelo tried to play Floyd's game and lost. However, the fight, or some of the rounds I should say, were closer than I initially thought. Don't get me wrong, Floyd looked spectacular but Canelo put up a now underrated effort. I remember thinking Floyd practically pitched a shut out but upon re-watching, Canelo could have won 3-4 rounds and was still hanging around in some inactive rounds. His gameplan actually wasn't that bad, it was more the execution, he should have been more active and should have kept pumping that jab he was having success with. Also, Floyd's superior footwork and counter ability made it a tough mountain to climb regardless.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Black skin.

[Ahmed_Ismail]

So the guy who didn't have enough confidence in his own ability to fight Canelo at the same weight he had previously fought Cotto and De La Hoyua doesn't deserve any of the blame?

All of Alvarez's fights since Floyd have been above the 154 lb limit. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that the zombie 152 lb CW affected him.

Maybe Floyd would've beaten him at 154. Maybe Floyd would've beaten guys like Margarito and Paul Williams. We'll never know because Floyd didn't take those risks. TBE doe.

It's not about Floyd's confidence it's about Canelo's confidence, he's the one who thought he can make 150 a year earlier and he agreed to 152, doesn't get more credit if he knew he would be drained but still took the fight for the money, that's why I don't give people who move down 1-2 pounds extra credit if they lost, if they were drained it's their fault, if u feel u r not gonna be a 100% then don't fight period!

Porter is a big welterweight and he still beat Broner at 154, Hopkins was a big middleweight and ge beat Dela Hoya at 156, so Canelo has no excuse, he agreed on the weight and had enough time to make it.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Historically, Mexican fighters always fight at a weight well below their walk around weight.

One one hand, you can say if they're able to make the weight then them fighting at that weight shouldn't be a problem, but on the other hand, it begs the question, how much respect should a fighter receive for beating a naturally smaller fighter...

...not much imo.

[RespekonMyName]

I actually watched that fight today, Canelo tried to play Floyd's game and lost. However, the fight, or some of the rounds I should say, were closer than I initially thought. Don't get me wrong, Floyd looked spectacular but Canelo put up a now underrated effort. I remember thinking Floyd practically pitched a shut out but upon re-watching, Canelo could have won 3-4 rounds and was still hanging around in some inactive rounds. His gameplan actually wasn't that bad, it was more the execution, he should have been more active and should have kept pumping that jab he was having success with. Also, Floyd's superior footwork and counter ability made it a tough mountain to climb regardless.

I got called crazy for saying it was an 8-4 fight.

[b00g13man]

Dude he didnt beat the dogshiet out of Shane. The Shane fight was so boring and quiet and Floyd rarely put his punches together. Everyone screamed for the Canelo fight and Floyd was throwing way more punches, muscling him around. Some of the rounds when Canelo was on the ropes, and Floyd put his shoulder on him to over power him.

Matter of fact, Floyd was so much more aggressive with Canelo, than he was with Shane, you shouldnt never come out of your mouth and say no dumbshiet like that Lol. The Shane fight was boring and no one threw any punches, and if Floyd did to Shane what he did to Canelo, he would've stopped Shane. The Canelo fight was a combination of the Shane, JMM, and Ortiz fights, as far as how sharp and agressive he was. The Shane fight was only a fraction of what Floyd did in one fight, against Nelo!

You might be confused. He did beat the crap out of Shane.

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I honestly believe it was Canelo being drained.

Now at 154 he probably could have done the same thing to Canelo (at 154 I think canelo is still drained lol).

[QuebecSTAR2]

He stood right in front of the bigger man and even walked him down most of the fight...Post and discuss

then ran and held a little congressman with one arm...lol

[MurkaMan]

You might be confused. He did beat the crap out of Shane.

Nah fam you may be confused. Those fights or polar opposites and its crazy for anyone to even put them in the same sentence. One was an ATG walk down spectacle,with people cheering! The other was a quiet, kind of aggressive Floyd, with Ali dying of boredom in the audience!