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Canelo vs. Angulo
whoisthis:
Any feelings on this fight?
For me, it's another safe fight. The same kind of safe fights that are truly hurting Boxing. On Paper, to a casual fan, this looks like a great fight. 2 young Mexican stars. 1 who is approaching Super Star status and the other who is known for being a tough guy. It probably will be a slug fest. But, a fighter like Angulo is tailor made for Canelo. He's a stationary fighter who doesn't mind taking punishment and lacks any real defense. He's dangerous enough to test Canelo's chin, but not dangerous enough to make him look bad. When I read this Canelo quote:
"People want to see excitement. They want action. They don't want to see running...He was the best option to fight."
I knew immediately why the fight was made with Angulo. That quote is directed at Erislandy Lara. Lara called Canelo out back in December. After his fight with Trout he said "I did what Canelo couldn't do...I dominated Trout and I dropped him. Now we have to make a fight that everyone wants to see which is me against Canelo." And in the Post-Fight press conference, Lara answers the question about what he wants to say to Canelo. Forward to the 40 second mark.
http://www.youtube.com/v/6Vfat0P4M0k
I'm not shocked the fight didn't happen. But, disappointed. Lara punches hard enough, but his biggest strength is his defense. Golden Boy knew that if they put Lara in the ring with Canelo, Canelo would not look like a superstar, but be exposed for having extremely poor cardio and moreover, his struggles with defensive fighters.
When you break it down, Lara makes the most sense to be next in line. While he struggled with Angulo, Lara ended up stopping him because the Ref thought Angulo had broken an orbital bone:
The aforementioned dispatching of Trout came after this. Since getting robbed against Paul Williams, Lara is 4-0-1 and should probably be 5-0 had it not been for an accidental headbutt vs. Martirosyan.
Chamillitary Click:
Canelo will handle business.
whoisthis:
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on January 22, 2014, 01:24:07 PM ---Canelo will handle business.
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Then he'll fight Cotto next and say that this was the best fight possible.
O.G A.Geesta'z:
should be a good tune up fight for Canelo, Angulo can pose a threat dude is tough and has power but his boxing skills arent matched for Canelo, if i remember correctly i think Angulo was beating Lara until he suffered that injury, but i could be wrong because i lost my scorecard app on my old phone...
either way its going to be an exciting fight to help Canelo set up for a bigger fight, i think Cotto and Martinez are in the works right now since Canelo chose to fight Angulo instead... I'm not going to count Angulo out just yet cus dude does have power, but he's never really beat anyone really good besides Joel Julio who i thought was kinda over rated anyways...
I see Canelo either giving him a boxing lesson and dominating the middle rounds like he did against Trout, but one big punch can hurt Canelo if he gets sloppy slugging it out.
hopefully whoever wins the fight, this sets up for a fight against the returning Ricardo Mayorga :laugh: lol jk
whoisthis:
--- Quote from: A.Geesta'z on January 22, 2014, 03:05:12 PM ---should be a good tune up fight for Canelo, Angulo can pose a threat dude is tough and has power but his boxing skills arent matched for Canelo, if i remember correctly i think Angulo was beating Lara until he suffered that injury, but i could be wrong because i lost my scorecard app on my old phone...
either way its going to be an exciting fight to help Canelo set up for a bigger fight, i think Cotto and Martinez are in the works right now since Canelo chose to fight Angulo instead... I'm not going to count Angulo out just yet cus dude does have power, but he's never really beat anyone really good besides Joel Julio who i thought was kinda over rated anyways...
I see Canelo either giving him a boxing lesson and dominating the middle rounds like he did against Trout, but one big punch can hurt Canelo if he gets sloppy slugging it out.
hopefully whoever wins the fight, this sets up for a fight against the returning Ricardo Mayorga :laugh: lol jk
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Yeah, Lara went down a few times against Angulo, but he kept on fighting and working the head, which helped him win the fight. Cotto and Martinez are SUPPOSED to fight and hasn't been finalized yet. http://www.badlefthook.com/2014/1/20/5328756/martinez-vs-cotto-negotiations-include-no-catchweight-full-160-pound
But Cotto said this also:
http://www.boxingscene.com/cotto-says-canelo-clash-very-possible-this-year--73643
He wants to stay relevant so he'll fight Canelo any day. I just don't think that's the best fight for Canelo. He's young and if Golden Boy wants him to be a star, he needs to face some tougher talent. Not just punchers and punching bags. He got lucky with Trout that they fought in Texas and that Trout has little to no power. Lara is a better defensive fighter than Trout and has more power.
Mayorga is going to fight until he's 85. Is he done doing MMA?
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