Originally posted by Imatroll
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Mayweather has routinely beaten harder punchers. Boxing is about timing, not just power and combinations.
Your entire comment reeks of one who is moved by fireworks and sensationalism. There is a subtle beauty to the sweet science and only the very best ever demonstrate it.
Floyd has fought the best in every division. He isn't undefeated because he has bad habits and cannot adjust.
Canelo is a young kid with lots of power and a willingness to trade. However he lacks savvy and looks to unload big shots. Against the best defensive boxer maybe ever, he opens himself up to plenty of counter shots.
Hell, Lopez wasn't doing bad offensively and he got up every time he was knocked down. Lopez had no real means of defense except for putting his hands up and moving his head in maybe 2 rounds if I'm being generous.
Of course Canelo can unload against a boxer who stands straight up and has little to no footwork, lateral movement and can't slip and counter. That won't be the case with Mayweather who is elite at those things.
Some people think that Mayweather's performance against Cotto shows that he's somehow slower. I saw Mayweather standing and picking Cotto apart in the pocket with Cotto barely able to land anything cleanly. Cotto was absolutely game, but he was landing in the 20% range despite being in the pocket for most of the night.
Now THAT'S telling you something about Floyd's ability to nullify a fighter's offense.
I like Canelo. He's impressive. He's young and he's got lots of fire in his heart. Still, he's still a bit too rough around the edges to contend with Floyd at this point. And unless Floyd unknowingly deteriorated during his stint in the clink, there's no indication that Canelo will have any better chance than Floyd's other top rated opposition.
I'd love to see it though, but it will have no effect on anyone's perception of Floyd. Only a loss will satisfy those who are so jealous that they actually NEED Floyd to lose in order to justify their beliefs that he isn't as good as he's proven over the years by fighting the very best in every division and remaining undefeated.
Its the same thing that some did with Roy Jones. The man was a phenom and he took the boxing world by storm. Still, despite ruling with an iron hand naysayers said that Jones was overrated and no matter who he beat or what division he went up to nothing was ever enough.
Jones did it without having to use catchweights. He beat every champion that was willing to fight him under reasonable terms. He was thee man to beat after beating nearly everyone available.
And when he came down from HW and was clearly diminished after having done so, the jealous, envious haters said the same things about him that they will about Floyd if and when he eventually loses. Its all they have to look forward to because no one that they've ever supported thus far has been able to beat him.
They're waiting for Floyd to get older. They're waiting for some young puncher like Canelo to get lucky on a day that Floyd might be slipping.
Quite frankly, its pathetic. Instead of appreciating greatness they instead wait for the day that someone stops history in the making.
You know, things really haven't changed much from the days when similar envious people acted like the second coming of Jesus had come when Max Schmeling defeated Joe Louis who, at the time, was representing the USA.
People are who they are.
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