By Donald Crisp: The time-tested adage “styles make fights” is the first line of defense to this entire article. The purpose of this article is not to defy that adage. Instead, the purpose is to attempt to pave a road, however small that road may be, that leads to the very real possibility that WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) may prove to be a tough, if not the toughest, opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s).
Many have already boarded this long-departed train. Yet some persist in their thoughts that Canelo is simply “another one” that Mayweather will steamroll. Bear with me: my method in this article is unorthodox, I confess, but if nothing else, it gives you something to think about.
By Donald Crisp: After many weeks of non-stop trash-talk between Paulie Malignaggi and Adrien “The Problem” Broner, the fight that many have been anticipating, if for nothing else just to see the fireworks unfold, ended leaving us with more questions than it answered. Most of the questions have to do with Adrien Broner’s merits: How good is he? Did he prove anything? Did this fight help or hurt him? And what about Paulie – if Adrien Broner is as good as he (and/or we) thinks, does that mean Paulie is still a legitimate contender?
By Donald Crisp: Less than one day after the fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Austin “No Doubt” Trout left Trout with his first defeat, the internet waves are buzzing with controversy from the few, yet persistent naysayers who refuse to accept defeat, despite a poised concession to that effect by Trout himself.
(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Donald Crisp: The mudslingers are abound. Perhaps Dan Ambrose and the usual suspects were disappointed to learn that they are neither prophets nor knowledgeable when it comes to boxing analysis. They predicted a lopsided Austin Trout victory. over WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and of course, they were wrong. But that’s not the point. To make the point about them would amount to aggrandizing their acuteness., but in all fairness to the naysayers, claims that the judge’s scorecards were exaggerated are reasonable. The fight was indeed closer than the official scorecards let on. But the outcome was correct and we need not go further than the best judge of the match, Austin Trout, to validate that result.
By Donald Crisp: The match that many of us have been waiting for is upon us. In just a few hours, Austin Trout will set out to prove two things: (1) he is the rightful, undisputed King of the 154 lbs division, and (2) Saul “Canelo” Alvarez can be stopped.