Ok of course it plays a factor to a degree, but lets think about this for a second.
And even Floyd said in post fight presser that it was down to experience, but really what he means is, it was down to intelligence.
I don't dismiss that Canelo lacked the experience, and experience does give you intelligence, but here's where the theory gets interesting. . . .
When you look at some of the other fights Floyd's faced (forget talking primes and all that for a second) . . . Cotto, Mosely, Hatton, Corralles, Hernandez, they all had experience. . . When Floyd thought Hernandez, he was the under dog, people said "Oh he don't have the experience to beat him" . . . and that fight was stopped early, by round 6 Hernandez had no answers, and Mayweather was a fresh, fighter with not too many professional fights under his belt at the time.
So to me, experience is more of a nicer way of saying, "So and so doesn't have the intelligence" . . . and at the moment, if providing you're referring to fighters from 140 (and below) to 154 well no one has the intelligence to beat Mayweather.
Now I'm not saying this is the rule for every match up, experience plays a huge part, and what is experience? Surely it's your number of professional fights, if you look at the numbers between Mayweather and Canelo, they are both very close. . . Canelo (although young) has had almost as many fights as Floyd, albeit very different opposition but it still has to be considered.
So when people say Canelo doesn't have the experience, what they really mean is the intelligence, and well that sort of intelligence can't really be taught.
And even Floyd said in post fight presser that it was down to experience, but really what he means is, it was down to intelligence.
I don't dismiss that Canelo lacked the experience, and experience does give you intelligence, but here's where the theory gets interesting. . . .
When you look at some of the other fights Floyd's faced (forget talking primes and all that for a second) . . . Cotto, Mosely, Hatton, Corralles, Hernandez, they all had experience. . . When Floyd thought Hernandez, he was the under dog, people said "Oh he don't have the experience to beat him" . . . and that fight was stopped early, by round 6 Hernandez had no answers, and Mayweather was a fresh, fighter with not too many professional fights under his belt at the time.
So to me, experience is more of a nicer way of saying, "So and so doesn't have the intelligence" . . . and at the moment, if providing you're referring to fighters from 140 (and below) to 154 well no one has the intelligence to beat Mayweather.
Now I'm not saying this is the rule for every match up, experience plays a huge part, and what is experience? Surely it's your number of professional fights, if you look at the numbers between Mayweather and Canelo, they are both very close. . . Canelo (although young) has had almost as many fights as Floyd, albeit very different opposition but it still has to be considered.
So when people say Canelo doesn't have the experience, what they really mean is the intelligence, and well that sort of intelligence can't really be taught.
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