Comments Thread For: Smith: No Excuses, But I Was Cut in August, Couldn't Spar After

[AntonTheMeh]

"no excuses, but here's an excuse..."

was about to say..

[FrankieClutch]

Liam just isn't in Canelo's class.

[Lester Tutor]

He was too cute..
He was the Better Boxer tonight.
I Couldn't get any shots.
Won't take anything away from Canelo.
He made 154 easy and the best 154 atm.

But..

[PunchyPotorff]

No sparring from a month out... doubtful it would've made much difference anyway. Could've sparred with body shots only. Not as good as full sparring obviously, but still would've been something.

[Eff Pandas]

LOL does no boxer understand how the excuse thing work? This ain't that complicated.

The remark should be "no excuses so & so was just a better man tonight". You cut it off right there & not proceed with an injury report of the last few weeks. Or just don't say no excuses. Give your excuse & be done with it. It ain't really that serious. No one goes into a fight 100% & sometimes you are just 2nd best on any given night. It has happened to the greatest fighters the sport has produced.

[Larry the boss]

why even mention it then?

[Larry the boss]

We're witnessing the effect Floyd had on the sport (Canelo), and the influence Manny Pacquiao had on the sport (Smith)!

what??? Mnany and Floyd both went thru several divisions fighting the absolute best....

[bluepete]

I'd love to hear someone say "no excuses " and then just leave it at that one day.

[giacomino]

Smith got his alphabet title shot and two ridiculous cupcake defenses because of his good promoters and Canelo knew he was nothing but a glorified club fighter with zero chance of winning. Canelo did his job. Smith could prepare for a year and fight Canelo 10 times and the results would be the same

[The Problem Child]

DAMN I knew it and he was still bullying Canelo hard. He made Canelo retreat backwards and put him against the ropes.