Comments Thread For: Jacobs: Lara Beat Canelo; Evident He's Had Southpaw Troubles

[Mexican_Puppet]

Lara didn't go into the fight planning to fight the way he did. He was on the move and didn't want to engage BECAUSE he was worried if he did he would be KO'D. It's that simple. He felt those shots early in the fight and it went from boxing to running real quick. If he fought a little more in the pocket he COULD of won the fight or he COULD of got knocked out. He didn't want to risk that so yeah his movement kept Canelo from landing a lot of punches but it also prevented himself from landing. They finished the fight virtually landing the same amount of punches. The difference was Canelo was coming forward and doubled Lara up in power shots especially to the body. When both fighters have a extremely low output but one guy is causing it by sprinting away landing a single pot shot jab here and there it's a bad optic and you not going to win many fights like that. If you fight like that you better double and triple your opponent up in punches landed not finish in a dead heat while the other guy is landing the harder shots. This is professional fighting not amateurs and the quality of punches landed matter. Body shots, power shots matter.

Another great comment

[Mexican_Puppet]

Stop generalizing, it’s only gonna feed into your bias.

1. Canelo isn’t to blame for the judges’ scoring.
2. Canelo fans aren’t mostly Mexicans who only support other Mexican boxers
3. Why are you a Canelo hater? Genuine question.

Who cares what other fans want or what they think. Do you have valuable input for this article or just want to stir shhhh up?

He is an idiot that hates México and México boxing


Canelo is very hated by mexican fans and media

He is more respected by foreign fans and media

[MeanestNiceGuy]

Jacobs needs to remained focused and stop worrying about who did or didn't beat Canelo. May 4th's your date to shine, brother...stop trying to get the fans and media on your side, that's not a good luck.

It's almost a look of "Just in case I don't do my best, please like me enough to give me the decision". He's starting to sound less and less confident with every interview.

[Verus]

Exactly. If you think Canelo struggled with Lara or that he lost (FYI there is no way he lost that fight) it's because he ran from Canelo not because of his southpaw stance lol Jacobs is not that good in the left stance and him fighting like that will only benefit Canelo. Dummies up in here if Jacobs was better as a southpaw he would fight in that stance full time. If he's fighting in southpaw he is limiting himself and his own offense. Oscar tried that in the Whitaker fight and was totally ineffective every time he switched. He just made himself less of a offensive weapon.

I think you are right. The bigger challenge for Canelo in the Lara fight was that Lara quit fighting and started running and kept on running until the final bell. The folks on this and other sites always complain that Canelo is ducking this guy or that guy who would definitely knock Canelo out immediately change their tune when fight is set and start complaining about the judges.

[j.razor]

1. Whether he's to blame or not doesn't make it any less of a reality that bad scoring happens in his fights.... Continously.
2. Clearly you haven't interacted with many Canelo fans because that is exactly who a large portion of them are.
3. I'm not a fan of fighters who get continously get favorable treatment be it from judges and or the title organizations. Nor am I a fan of fighters who test positive for PEDs. Or a fighter who dropped his only title and threw a fit towards the organization to avoid a mandatory for almost 2 yrs. Meanwhile, that was the first mandatory ever imposed on him.
My input for this article was Jacobs was accurate to state he felt Canelo got favorable scoring vs lara, he is right to feel scoring is an issue, and it's ridiculous that fans are saying, well Jacobs needs to just brawl and fight in a style that is not his typical style because we're OK with bad scoring as long as it benefits the fighter that we love.

You are an undercover golovkin fan

[j.razor]

Jacobs needs to remained focused and stop worrying about who did or didn't beat Canelo. May 4th's your date to shine, brother...stop trying to get the fans and media on your side, that's not a good luck.

It's almost a look of "Just in case I don't do my best, please like me enough to give me the decision". He's starting to sound less and less confident with every interview.

You might be right & I honestly think Jacobs is sleeping on Canelo. Wait till he gets touched by that left to the body..lol

[MeanestNiceGuy]

You might be right & I honestly think Jacobs is sleeping on Canelo. Wait till he gets touched by that left to the body..lol

Seriously, lol. I just hope he makes a fight of it and not play it too safe like Lara did.

He's bringing up waaaay too much of Canelo's past and hopes to capitalize on it, but he needs to realize watching tapes and how Canelo's gonna fight him are two different things.

[Boksfan]

Lara did beat Clenelo but judges always protect Alvaroid cheat.

[4truth]

He is an idiot that hates México and México boxing


Canelo is very hated by mexican fans and media

He is more respected by foreign fans and media

wtf are you talking about?? seriously...

[Santa_]

LOL, Jacobs aint a southpaw tho.