What prevents Canelo from dominating?

[Redd Foxx]

Two things;
-He's fought a lot of good fighters who aren't easy to dominate. He crushed the cans so it' snot like he never dominates.
-He's not that much better than the higher level guys he fought, if at all. So, of course they were close fights.

[Ca$ual Fan]

You had him drawing with Mayweather? Are you f'n kidding me?

His point was how joke the scorecards were in favor of Canelo

[A.K]

First off he’s a good fighter but what prevents him from dominating is that he isn’t a GREAT fighter and that’s just it.

[AKAcronym]

The fact that he knows he's "protected" won't ever allow him to fight like he has something to lose. That in itself won't make someone fight "great."

[Pac=Duran]

Canelo does a whole lotta nothing. He uses a lot of upper body movement and throw one or two eye catching shots. His opponent misses a lot and he connects once or twice.

Jacobs had Canelo against the ropes, threw about 20 punches, connected on about 8, Canelo hit him twice and the crowd goes crazy. The announcers praise Canelo for connecting with the more meaningful punches.

On the flip side, Jacobs landed a monster overhand punch in a round that was fairly even, the same announcers say Jacobs can't win by landing one shot at a time. Plants a seed of doubt in the viewing audience of what Jacobs is actually doing.

Canelo only has to look good to win. He's never in danger of getting KO'd. Even when he's buzzed he plays it off.

He doesn't have to dominate to win fights.

This pretty much. Canelo fights elite level opponents so will never dominate. But he fights like he knows he will never get robbed because he will NEVER get robbed.

[ramses07]

Marquez always suffered from this too TBH

he never dominated any Pacquiao fights or the Barrera fight

[ramses07]

This pretty much. Canelo fights elite level opponents so will never dominate. But he fights like he knows he will never get robbed because he will NEVER get robbed.

Uhh he kinda went out there the last 3 rounds of GGG 1 knowing he might.

[TheCell8]

People say it's because he's fighting high level competition. But other fighters have fought high level opponents and dominated them.

I think his style is physically demanding and that's why takes large portions or rounds off. Thus allowing his opponents to come back and keep the fights close.

[Bjl12]

I never seen a elite fighter like Canelo have a dominate or KO win of another top fighters like past greats or elite fighters now do.

He also gets the benefit on the cards.

I had Canelo vs Cotto 8-4 Canelo but score cards were wide.

I had Canelo vs Lara 8-4 or 9-3 Lara and when they read that one wide score card everyone thought it was Lara's, nope Canelo.

Both GGG fights i thought he lost.

Trout was winning the first part of the fight. open scoring ruined it when they said Trout was down of course that had to effect him.

Draw for the May fight

I had the Canelo vs Jacobs fight 7-5 Canelo and that was the best judges did in a Canelo fight i seen. Was really surprised.

You are a horrible judge and a horrible poster. Are you JMM??

[Bjl12]

Two things;
-He's fought a lot of good fighters who aren't easy to dominate. He crushed the cans so it' snot like he never dominates.
-He's not that much better than the higher level guys he fought, if at all. So, of course they were close fights.

The OP is mad Canelo doesn't spend more time fighting the Vanes of the world or guys 2 weight classes below him (unlike Spencer, GGG and Canelo were able to KO their much smaller opponents).

Canelo is a very good fighter, but he's not great. Canelo will not be the GOAT JMW or MW. Nonetheless he is very fun and I'm glad we have him here today