Guerrero: If Mayweather fought me like he did Canelo it would have been a different fight

floyd#44By Dan Ambrose: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero saw last Saturday’s fight between former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) and he came away surprised that Mayweather Jr. had spent so much time standing directly in front of Canelo in that fight. Guerrero thinks that Mayweather spotted a weakness in Canelo’s game that make him decide to stand and trade.

Guerrero also said that if Mayweather had fought him like he did Canelo the outcome would have been different between them. Mayweather beat Guerrero by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores 117-111, 117-111 and 117-111 last May in a one-sided fight.

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Magic Johnson: Mayweather was so good against Canelo the fight was boring

By Dan Ambrose: Former NBA star Earvin “Magic” Johnson thinks last Saturday’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was such a one-sided fight that it ended up being a boring bout for him to watch. Mayweather won the fight by a 12 round majority decision after one of the judges came up with a strange 114-114 score. However, Canelo really only fought well enough to win the 12th round. The remainder of the rounds were one-sided enough to give them all to Mayweather.

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Oscar’s blueprint for dummies

floyd784332By Van Dunn: Now that the much hyped Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight is over, and Mayweather Jr. has once again showed the boxing world that he is in a class above everyone else, we can all sit back and chuckle. Chuckle not at the fact that Mayweather totally outclassed the younger, stronger and immensely confident fighter in Alvarez, nor chuckle at how easy that Mayweather made this fight look, or even chuckle at the incompetency of the majority decision empowered by the 114-114 score of a renegade judge.

As I now sit back and review the fight in my head, I keep hearing that earth shattering and mind blowing decree uttered by the great and mighty Golden Boy himself……”I have the blueprint to beat Mayweather”. Now as much of a deep and profound proclamation this appears to be, I can’t help but laugh because Oscar’s blueprint has been proven to be nothing more than “Fools Gold”.

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The Rabid Crowds

canelo7677by Jordan Capobianco: The rabid crowds liked it when Lucas Matthysse knocked people out. They wanted to see him knock more people out. They wanted to see him knock Danny Garcia out. They thought he could because he had knocked lots of people out before, and they were seduced by his ability to do it.

But then he didn’t knock out Danny Garcia.

And the rabid crowds remembered that Garcia was a masterful, undefeated champion. And they remembered that no fighter has ever been able to compensate for Garcia’s left hand. And they looked at Matthysse’s right eye and it was almost poetic. And seeing the poetry of the experience, some were less rabid.

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Mayweather-Canelo aftermath

canelo994By Mr. Pennington: I am shocked, just days ago, many who are on this very site were writing articles of how P4P champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be dethroned by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Some even went as far to say that Mayweather Jr. would be knocked out by Alvarez. Predictions are fun, and with sport, it comes with the territory. I don’t hold anyone accountable for making a prediction and being wrong, that doesn’t disqualify you being a knowledgeable fan.

We seen Teddy Atlas who I have always held in high regard as a boxing analyst make a wrong prediction this past weekend, and I completely understand the premise in which he made his prediction. Predictions are what makes fight night so fun, the back and forth between fans, the hope of the guy your pulling for being victorious, I see nothing wrong with that. The bone I have to pick happens to be with those who refuse to give credit where it’s due, and continue to make excuses.

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Mayweather: Canelo will carry the torch; he can be a legend

canelo7657By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) was being very gracious with former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) after his one-sided 12 round majority decision over the red-headed fighter last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Despite having clowned Canelo for 12 rounds, Mayweather was busy trying to remake Canelo’s image after the fight by saying that the 23-year-old will wind up being a boxing legend before his career is over.

Mayweather Jr. said “I want to commend this young, strong lion because he will carry the torch…Canelo has everything it takes to be a legend in the sport…He threw a hell of a thigh shot. It was a good shot. I’m walking with a limp right now.”

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Schaefer sure Mayweather-Canelo fight will top 2 million PPV buys

By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer feels confident now after seeing early returns that last Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight card will top 2 million pay-per-view guys according to ESPN’s Dan Rafael. If it breaks 2 million, it’ll top the all-time cash mark set by Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya in 2007.

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Mayweather Jr. dislocates left arm in Canelo fight

floyd0001By Miguel Alejandro Lopez: From a boxing purist’s standpoint, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0) simply outpointed Canelo Alvarez (42-1) in their fight last September 14, labelled as “The One”. From jabs to feints to lateral movements, Mayweather exhibited Olympic style boxing at its best. For the general mainstream viewers however, this tactical chess-match style of fighting can really be a challenge to the attention span, especially if one has to sit thru 12 rounds of monotonous activity in the boxing ring with no knockdowns and furious exchanges.

The unbeaten Mayweather explains why he wasn’t able to give the kind of fight excitement that the paying public is looking for:

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Floyd Mayweather’s win over Canelo proves he’s the best ever

floyd6544By Paul Walsh; At the end of the final bell I couldn’t help but smile, “he’s done it again” I thought to myself.  Floyd Mayweather Jr. made Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who is arguably the second best pound for pound fighter in the world look extremely average.  Make no mistake Canelo is an exceptional fighter but Mayweather is a league of his own

At times it was nothing more than a glorified sparring season, a very well paid sparring session for the man they call money.  The fight went exactly how I anticipated, Mayweather was too fast, too slick, too cute and too quick which Canelo simply did not have any answer to.  Right from the first bell Mayweather showed how sharp he is and that the age factor was not going to play a part.  In fact you would think that Floyd was the younger man based on the way he fought.

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Canelo can’t catch Floyd Mayweather

canelo846By Hector Sanchez: Let’s get the record straight.  The sweet science will usually always prevail when it is against a slower opponent.    Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez” admitted to ESPN after defeat “He is a fast fighter, more so when he is hitting lightly.  His punches are not powerful, so it makes them faster.”  That in itself is something we already knew, and now Canelo has seen it first hand.  But what everyone has forgotten to mention is that most Floyd Mayweather Jr. opponents are not only cherry picked, but this time he went to the ultimate level of choosing someone that he knew he had no chance of losing to, unless Canelo got lucky like Marquez did against Pacquiao. 

In his latest opponent, the Mayweather clan made it sure that the so-called best would go against the inexperienced and younger Canelo with every advantage possible.  That is shameless for a fighter who everyone is brain washed into thinking is the best.

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