Floyd Sr "Canelo has a little Floyd Mayweather in him"

[QballLobo]

Part of me thinks that they want to build up Canelo as a lot of Floyd Jr.'s opponents don't really look all that great in hindsight. Guys like Ortiz, Guerrero, and others that Floyd fought later in his career really took a dive afterwards. Canelo may go down as one of his top opponents when all is said and done so it makes sense for them to build him up after they already have a W against him.

[aldo5408]

He's improved massively in recent years and has some very Mayweather like moves. Part of that is simply age and experience.

However, he's really adopted the pull-counter since the Mayweather fight and uses it much more than he did before. He shoulder rolls at times, he moves more at the waist, he's more fluid...definitely learned some stuff from Mayweather.

Good post I agree green k sent

[KingHippo]

the cherrypicking is strong with these two!

Yeah, cherry picking a guy two divisions above his own while negotiating with a greedy hype up diva

[bigdunny1]

Yeah I can see it. Because canelo is Mexican people just assume and compare him to the stereotypical view of the head down come forward brawler Mexican fighter. But actually canelo has more in common with a cerebral counterpuncher like Floyd then a pressure fighter like say Margarito. You can see he has adopted a lot of the upper body defense, the shoulder roll you see from floyd to slip punches. Canelo defense is very under rated he doesn't get hit like most Mexican fighters.

[A.K]

whos sr's translator he doesnt speak english.

[ShoulderRoll]

He definitely lifted some moves from Floyd. If it makes him a better fighter then more power to him.

It's a compliment if you ask me.

[LockardTheGOAT]

Sure. They both waited till their greatest foe grew old before fighting him. The only difference is that in Canelo's case, it won't work to his advantage - GGG will still destroy him regardless.

[aldo5408]

Part of me thinks that they want to build up Canelo as a lot of Floyd Jr.'s opponents don't really look all that great in hindsight. Guys like Ortiz, Guerrero, and others that Floyd fought later in his career really took a dive afterwards. Canelo may go down as one of his top opponents when all is said and done so it makes sense for them to build him up after they already have a W against him.

Maybe just maybe they think Canelo is a pretty good boxer

[bluepete]

Some small defensive similarities, but he's too slow on his feet for any real comparison.

[eco1]

Yeah, cherry picking a guy two divisions above his own while negotiating with a greedy hype up diva

the cherrypicking is strong with these 2.

164.5 doe.