I watched all of Lara's losses

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Lara is a great fighter and sure he's underrated. I do feel like another poster said he is boring and though I agree with you on understanding that's technical boxing at it's best the general public doesn't understand that IMO

[BoloShot]

Hard to argue with that. But his style and mindset never tried to compensate. Should have picked up the pace more and really forced their hand.

He's guilty of doing that for certain. Can't deny that.

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Lara looked better in losses than when he wins. He just doesn't have a high output and mainly is a one two defensive fighter.

The Canelo fight was embarrassing they way he ran. The Williams, Hurd, Angulo and Castano fight were great fights.

Lara has a ton of skills but like all defense first fighters he doesn't appeal to the masses

I basically said this after you just worded another way. It's a good outlook on Lara and it's this style he has is why he wont be considered P4P anytime soon. He lacks the awe factor.

[BoloShot]

Maybe if we were going by Olympics rules but hes going to lose fights with his style. There is no controversy with his Canelo fight IMO he didn't do enough.

He's not pitty pattying his way to decisions though, he's thoroughly outboxing his opponents and counters with solid shots.

[BoloShot]

I basically said this after you just worded another way. It's a good outlook on Lara and it's this style he has is why he wont be considered P4P anytime soon. He lacks the awe factor.

I'm in awe of his absolute wizardry in the ring but that's not for everyone I guess.

[BoloShot]

I haven't watched the Canelo fight in a long time. My memory of it was that Lara schooled Canelo with defense but didn't actually fire back with much of anything. I remember thinking that Lara allowed Canelo to win by choosing to not do much.

Fair enough, it's the main criticism of his in that fight. I agree with it too. Just Canelo isn't exactly a volume punching powerhouse either. In fact he's very guilty of having terrible punch output for the level of boxer he is. That engine of his is genuinely awful.

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I'm in awe of his absolute wizardry in the ring but that's not for everyone I guess.

He is definitely 1 one the best defensive fighters today. Like I said the general public cant appreciate that but that's probably because they've never had someone steadily trying to punch them in the face

[BoloShot]

Lara is a great fighter and sure he's underrated. I do feel like another poster said he is boring and though I agree with you on understanding that's technical boxing at it's best the general public doesn't understand that IMO

No they do not sir. I think he might be even better than Mayweather at the whole hit and not get hit moniker. It's only ever been a slugfest when he's decided it would be a slugfest. Plus I think now at 37 we'll see him using his legs less and less but there's no doubting the excellence of his boxing skills.

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He is definitely 1 one the best defensive fighters today. Like I said the general public cant appreciate that but that's probably because they've never had someone steadily trying to punch them in the face

Yeah I guess that's why I like him. He's the boxer's boxer. That slickness can't be appreciated by casuals nearly enough.

[BoxingTrav]

I had him winning against Williams but losing closely to Canelo and Hurd.