Comments Thread For: Callum Smith Says Canelo Began Targeting Left Arm in First Round

[Oldskoolg]

By the way, this was a Jack Dempsey and Henry Armstrong tactic

[BirdSong]

nelo smart, he realised smiths left arm had no chin

[NearHypnos]

What I don't get is that Mayweather gets hit on his shoulder and elbows from the first round to the twelfth round every single fight and his arms never go dead.

How is this possible?

I tried the shoulder roll many times in sparring with my bro and friends and it hurts like hell.

Twelf rounds non stop of that?

How?

Angles. Most men trying to hit Floyd were trying to hit him in his head and so the trajectory was a little different. He’d deflect with his shoulders, not so much absorb them fully/block. That’s what made him so good.

Watch Berto try it. Dude would just get leveled. Floyd could essentially parry you with his forarm/elbow and shoulder or angle his arm so it’s almost slide/deflect upwards, not being hit with the top knuckles.

I remember I think it was Duran or Chavez who said what they would do against Floyd is actually deliberately target his arms and shoulders and make him take actual punishment there.

There is a difference between being specifically hit in the arm and blocking a punch with your arm not meant for it.

You can see that Callum thought he was blocking but Canelo was hitting him full on top of the knuckles to the biceps, etc. Similar to thinking you’re checking a leg kick but it was a calf kick

[TheCell8]

LOL this is the funniest excuse I've ever heard. He's accusing Canelo of veteran tactics and taking advantage of a compromised situation.

If your opponent is hobbling and hopping on one leg are you just going to stand there and not punch him because he's injured? Of course not! You're going in for the kill.

Callum Smith was probably hinting at his left arm the entire fight, like an idiot, and Canelo just obliged him.

He's also right when he says that he would've lost anyway if he didn't get the injury.

[Rockybigblower]

the written language, pyramids, vaccines, the man on the moon, targeting the left arm in boxing, what next??!!

Egg weights.

[Catch n shoot]

Thank God canelo is white!! So great ful he's not a dirty dark american!! (Sarcasm) because I know how how these Europeans n Brits get embraced on this site!!

[Larry the boss]

smart man........

[CmdrSoCal]

Smith is so scrawny his arms can not be used for blocking punches? What a joke. Maybe put some meat on dude?

[SinderellaMan]

I've always wondered about the lack of deliberate arm-punching in boxing. No, they aren't scoring shots, but as we saw in this fight (and a few others, I just can't remember them at this moment), if a fighter hits hard enough, they'll at least hurt like fuck! – and likely get them to drop their guard.

I know Kovalev was told to hit Hopkins on the arms.

Jermain Taylor targeted Winky Wright's arms.
That was actually a very entertaining fight

[-Kev-]

Smith just said, no excuse, even with two arms, he still would've won. He was just better than me.

That's not something you see often nowadays, especially when you look at recent losses over the years like Broner (vs Pacquiao), Lomachenko, Wilder, Whyte (vs Povetkin), etc. Nobody is out here admitting defeat even in clear losses.