Mayweather Sr. wonders why Angulo wasn’t hitting Canelo hard

Canelo Alvarez v Alfredo Angulo(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Allan Fox: Sounding very suspicious, Floyd Mayweather Sr. questioned after tonight’s fight between Alfredo Angulo (22-4, 18 KO’s) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) why Angulo wasn’t trying to hit Canelo with full power on his shots like he’d one in the past in his fights. From Mayweather Sr’s perspective, Angulo wasn’t trying to hit Canelo hard at all in their fight on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he wonders why he didn’t.

Canelo won the fight by a 10th round stoppage, and dominated every round. But what was missing was Angulo’s own power. He always punches much harder than what he showed tonight, and suddenly his power disappeared from his last fight in June of last year to this one.

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Canelo stops Angulo in disappointing fight

LAS VEGAS (March 8, 2014) – Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez scored a controversial 10th round technical knockout victory over Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo in front of 14,610 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the main event of Saturday’s “TOE TO TOE: CANELO vs. ANGULO” on SHOWTIME PPV.

Canelo (43-1-1, 31 KOs) landed a vicious left uppercut that rocked “El Perro’s” head back at 0:47 of the 10th round. Sensing Angulo was taking too much punishment, referee Tony Weeks stepped in and halted the exciting battle.

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Angulo: I wanted to keep fighting [against Canelo]

Canelo Alvarez v Alfredo Angulo(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: A game Alfredo Angulo (22-3, 18 KO’s) put in a valiant effort tonight in his fight against the bigger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s), but the referee Tony Weeks took it out of Angulo’s hands by stopping the fight in the 10th round to give the red-haired Canelo the victory at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. It didn’t matter that Angulo was still fighting back hard, Weeks decided that he’d seen enough of the mostly one-sided fight. Canelo was ahead on the judges scorecards by the scores of 89-82, 88-83 and 89-82 at the time of the stoppage.

Angulo said after the fight “It was 20 weeks of training, it’s disappointing. I wanted to keep fighting.”

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Canelo destroys Angulo; Santa Cruz dominates Mijares

Canelo Alvarez v Alfredo Angulo(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Jim Dower: In a terrible mismatch, former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) stopped Alfredo Angulo (22-4, 18 KO’s) in the 10th round on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Referee Tony Weeks halted the fight early in the 10th round after Angulo took some brutal shots to the head.

Angulo was cut over both eyes with bad swelling at the time the fight was halted. As good Angulo was in some of his past fights, he looked weight drained and weak tonight. In contrast, Canelo was powerful both hands and he wasn’t tiring. I’d never sen Angulo look so weak before. There was nothing in his arsenal and you have to wonder if he lost too much weight in too quick of a time.

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Canelo makes 168 lb re-hydration limit at today’s weigh-in

By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez successfully made weight today in his secondary weigh-in for his fight tonight against Alfredo Angulo (22-3, 18 KO’s), but Golden Boy Promotions isn’t saying how much Canelo weighed. Canelo had to make the agreed upon re-hydration limit of 168 lbs or else he’d have had to fork over some more green stuff to Angulo. Canelo already gave Angulo $100,000 of his purse for asking that the weight limit be raise from 154 to 155 to make it easier for himself to make weight.

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Mayweather: Canelo’s a different breed of fighter

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Announces Fight Against Marcos Maidana(Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/Golden Boy Promotions) By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent a little bit of time building up Saul “Canelo” Alvarez today during his press conference to discuss his May 3rd fight against Marcos Maidana. Instead of focusing entirely on the Maidana fight, Mayaeather chose to talk about Canelo, Alfredo Angulo and Erislandy Lara.

“Canelo’s one hell of a fighter,” Mayweather said. “Angulo, non-stop action. Lara, he can fight. He got the job done, but Angulo was on his a**. But Canelo’s a different breed. Everybody thinks because of the way I made Canelo look, they’re going to be able to do the same, which is not true.

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Schaefer: Canelo could have made weight for Angulo fight if a title were up for grabs

02 Canelo and Angulo IMG_1618(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer explained away his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s inability to make weight for his fight tonight against Alfredo Angulo (22-3, 18 KO’s) by saying that Canelo could have made the 154 lb limit had a title belt been on the line. To Schaefer, Canelo would have made the effort to get down to the junior middleweight limit if he had a reason to. Canelo now has to make the 168 lb re-hydration limit for today otherwise he’ll need to give Angulo a little more money. Canelo gave Angulo $100,000 yesterday for having the weight moved up from 154 to 155.

If Canelo can’t make 168, then one would guess that Angulo will get another chunk of change to make it worth his while to be facing a guy heavier than him. Canelo rehydrated to 172 for his junior middleweight fight last year against Austin Trout, so that gives you an idea of how heavy he can bulk up to after he hydrates following a weigh-in.

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Canelo pays Angulo $100,000 To Move Weight Limit from 154lbs to 155lbs

06 Canelo and Angulo IMG_1624(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Rocky Esposito: With a fight card that is having many weird last minute turns and twists, ESPN 2 just reported that former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) paid Alfredo Angulo (22-3, 18 KO’s) $100,000 to push up the weight limit up from 154lb to 155lbs for their fight tomorrow night on Showtime pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

To be honest, I thought both fighters looked a little drained at the weigh in earlier today. (I am being kind). But, I am shocked at Canelo. Not to be too hard on him, but this is very important fight for him. If he were to suffer two losses, back to back, I assure you that he would not be head-lining another PPV main event this year.

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Canelo and Angulo make weight

03 Canelo and Angulo IMG_1620(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: With the weight being increased at the last minute, both Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo were able to make the 155 lb weigh-in limit on Friday for their fight tomorrow night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

An emaciated Canelo came in right at the weigh-in limit at 155 lbs, and looked like he couldn’t take anymore weight off without leaving himself too weak to fight on Saturday. Angulo looked a lot better at 154.5 lbs, and appeared like he would have taken more weight off without it draining him.

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Predictions: 2014 Could Be The Year Of The Upset

canelo9(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Chester Rivers: We are barely 2 months into 2014 and the boxing scene is already heating up. With 4 high profile fights already set for the first half of the year 2014 could be the year of the upset.

The first upset will come on March 8 when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez takes on Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo. I believe this fight will tell the tale of Alvarez. This is the biggest puncher Canelo has ever faced. After the first clean body shot the corner of Canelo will go into panic mode much like the corner of Adrien Broner. Many have forgotten that Angulo was touted as the next great Mexican superstar before his legal battles with U.S. Immigration. For some strange reason I get the feeling this is the wrong fight for a young Canelo coming off his first loss.

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