Boxing Skills of Canelo Alvarez

[Chuckguy]

He is over rated and only Mexicans and flo mos will say he has crazy skill.

[BillyBoxing]

He doesn't get a lot of credit for the Cintron bout. That's at least two of Shield's soldiers in there with Nelo. It's safe to say that Hatton was rattled by Nelo's power that it alone spooked him at considering 154 lol. This wasn't even Nelo's real power yet. It was only a year before that he moved up several pounds to fight Jose Cotto. When Alvarez came into the ring with Baldomir he looked like a seasoned classic Mexican fighter, not so toned, just naturally well fit. Meaning, Nelo wasn'T looking like a Jermall Charlo. It was the Cintron bout where Alvarez transitioned perfectly at 154. Any doubts? That was 2011 vs 2010 that he moved up to Super Welterweight.

Nelo's grown and settled to be a stocky dude, like a Stevens and Kirkland, just more athletic and flexible along with Ring IQ. When HBO started with Nelo, with RJJ and Kellerman, they kept on saying he wasn't your traditional Mexican boxer by style and power.

5 fights at a CW didn't help IMO.

Nelo is the true CW king, probably has the record...

[Lester Tutor]

5 fights at a CW didn't help IMO.

Nelo is the true CW king, probably has the record...

Nah. Lemieux has way more ''catchweights'' having done his thing in Canada.

Nobdoy cares for catchweights if they're non titled bouts. Nelo rose to fame from the age of 19 to 20 coming from Welter to 154 and being a Champ. He wasn'T a seasoned vetaran doing such things. I don'T recall Alvarez pulling no Rod Salka either, a Philly affiliate who has campaigning at Lightweight, but agreed to fight Garcia to transition to 147, a Salka who basically didn't cut any weight for the bout. lol

Nobody beats Pacquiao in CATCHWEIGHT SANCTIONED TITLE BOUTS!

[Madison Boxing]

they should have put some of the highlights from the mayweather fight on there....

[SplitSecond]

Good post, Jozef. It's always baffled me how overlooked Canelo's skills are. Maybe it's because he's stereotyped as a Mexican fighter, because he got worked by Mayweather, because he has power and is stocky, but the guy's skills are tremendously undervalued by the fans. Not that he's a "slickster", but he's far more technical and talented than he gets credit for.
There's a lot of science, psychology, and preparation in that kid's game.

He is a "slickster". Or is that only for blacks and runners?

Good share TS.

[Lester Tutor]

they should have put some of the highlights from the mayweather fight on there....

even better, they should add Mayweather saying, ''Canelo knocks out GGG!! and then play the May vs Nelo highlights!

TBE!

[Madison Boxing]

He is over rated and only Mexicans and flo mos will say he has crazy skill.

mayweather fans love him now lol, its so transparent and pathetic.

[Madison Boxing]

Good post, Jozef. It's always baffled me how overlooked Canelo's skills are. Maybe it's because he's stereotyped as a Mexican fighter, because he got worked by Mayweather, because he has power and is stocky, but the guy's skills are tremendously undervalued by the fans. Not that he's a "slickster", but he's far more technical and talented than he gets credit for.
There's a lot of science, psychology, and preparation in that kid's game.

come on man... you cant have typed all of that with a straight face...

[Lester Tutor]

mayweather fans love him now lol, its so transparent and pathetic.

damn. bigdramashow feeling salty with Floyd saying GGG gets knocked out by Nelo. gotta love it!

[Madison Boxing]

damn. bigdramashow feeling salty with Floyd saying GGG gets knocked out by Nelo. gotta love it!

not salty at all, just making an observation