Mayweather-Canelo

by J.R. Leon: As the boxing world watched on September 14th, 2013, Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was no real surprise. Floyd Mayweather was expected to win the fight against the younger opponent, and the Las Vegas’ betting lines, plus all the boxing experts(besides Teddy Atlas) had Floyd winning the fight by either a unanimous decision (which I had it by) or by a late stoppage. Floyd won the fight via a majority decision, which was ridiculous, but the simple truth is that he won.

The general consensus was that Floyd’s speed, defense and ring experience would prove to be too much for the up and coming Mexican superstar to handle, and that’s exactly how the fight unfolded. Floyd’s impeccable performance over Alvarez and his complete dominance of Robert Guerrero on May 4, 2013 should solidify him as Ring Magazine’s “Fighter of the Year”, the same award he won in 2007 after defeating Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton.

By Gerardo Granados: Congratulations to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s), the undisputed pound for pound number one boxer in the World. Floyd executed a perfect fight plan in beaten WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Meanwhile, Canelo and his corner were clueless on what to do. Was it due the young lion inexperience? Maybe he was unable to execute the blue print. Maybe it was because of his lack of speed and mobility to match Floyd´s. Maybe he failed to adjust and just tried to do the very same thing round after round. Maybe his major weakness was his corner. Or could it be that Mayweather´s ring smarts were simply too much for him and his corner to handle.

By Jonathan Marerwa: Has boxing really come to a point whereby a complete overhaul needs to be undertaken to the whole entire system for the sport to survive. It is fast becoming a growing trend that boxing fans and pugilists alike have to discuss about the judges’ score cards after every bout. In my own opinion Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather schooled a young hungry lion in Saul “Canelo” Alvarez last night and for one judge to even score it a draw was beyond my imagination.

I had Mayweather with a landslide victory of 10 of the 12 rounds and that was me being generous. Mayweather made the unified champ at light middleweight look like an amateur last night. Needless to say, Canelo was an undefeated fighter who most pundits predicted could have pulled off an upset and taken Mayweather ‘s precious ‘0’ before the fight.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) says he wasn’t bothered by the power of unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) in his 12 round majority decision loss to him last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo wound up on the losing end of the scores 114-114, 116-112 and 117-111. The 114-114 score from judge C.J. Ross has got to be one of the most laughable scores you’ll ever see in the sport.

Canelo said to ESPN Deportes “He is a fast fighter, more so when he’s hitting lightly. His punches are not powerful, so it makes them faster. It didn’t let me do the work that I thought I needed and we didn’t know how to counter that.”

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) really did a number on WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) in beating him by a 12 round majority decision last night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Once again Mayweather beat a fighter that was using Oscar De La Hoya’s blueprint that he created in how to beat Mayweather.

The blueprint is largely centered upon the theory that if you jab Mayweather enough, you can beat him. Thus far, it’s failed five times with De La Hoya, Robert Guerrero, Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz and Canelo all losing while attempting the strategy.

By Dan Ambrose: If you want to point to the single factor for why WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) was so badly beaten by the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) last night in Las Vegas, Nevada, you might want to look at the fact that Canelo only came into the fight with a 15 pound weight advantage over Mayweather by rehydrating to 165 lbs. after making the 152 lb. catch-weight last Friday night.

Canelo was a much different animal in his last fight when he came in at a hulking 172 lbs. for his win over Austin Trout last April. If you don’t believe that those 7 pounds didn’t make a difference then you’re kidding yourself. A light heavyweight-sized Canelo vs. a super middleweight-sized Canelo are two dramatically different things. There was no way for Canelo to squash Mayweather with his size last night like he’d been doing against the other welterweights he’d been beating because Canelo didn’t have enough size.

By Tom Drury: Last night I witnessed along with the rest of the world a nothing less than scintillating performance by boxing’s pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. This was the fight that has finally silenced Mayweather’s critics and doubters with a on-esided 12 round majority decision win over WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s). When this fight was announced I was one of the first to say this fight was “easy work” for Mayweather. Fans, critics, trainers and fighters all believed this was Mayweather’s biggest challenge. How wrong can you be?

As the build up to this fight gathered pace I actually started to believe the hype that Alvarez could at least give Mayweather competition. However, by the end of round 2 it was clear the young pretender was way out of his depth and in deep water as is the case with all Mayweather opponents. By round 4-5 I was starting to feel sorry for Alvarez, the hopes and expectation of a nation on his shoulders and he was been quite frankly exposed and embarrassed by the genius of Mayweather.

By Robert Elmore: Albums usually don’t drop on Sundays, but this is a special occasion. The executive produced 45 and Counting by Floyd Mayweather Jr. showcased his writing and production skills. The album has already sold a record setting 2 million copies worldwide on the first day and produced two singles “The Hype is Over” and “Why Weight” have gone double platinum.

“The Hype is Over” talks about how the media and all the Floyd haters have built yet another fighter in attempt to dethrone him. Like fights before this one, this was supposed to be Floyd’s toughest challenge. But once again, he made easy work of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. “Why Weight” makes all his detractors question themselves about his fight being at a catch weight and educates them at the same time.

By Carlos Gonzalez: Yes, my dear boxing fans, yes. Once again Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO´s) showed the world and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO´s) that he is the best pound for pound boxer in the business. Mayweather took the center of the ring like he does in all his fights. This is the place where he feels comfortable, this is the place where he makes the magic, and this is the place where he shut down Canelo last night. Mayweather pounded Canelo with 505 punches out of which 232 landed.

The punches were of all sorts which come to no surprise considering Mayweather´s skill and accuracy. Mayweather manage to go in and out using his lighting speed jab, and in many occasions following it up with an accurate right hand that definitely was leaving bruises on young Canelo´s face.

(Hogan Photos) By Sam Jaegerson: Five weight world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) is a disease, and when I say disease I mean this as the biggest compliment I could possibly give. Much like a disease Mayweather adapts perfectly to his surroundings, breaks you down and once he finds your weaknesses takes full advantage. The problem for the boxing world, much like a disease every time you think you have a cure for Mayweather, he evolves. In the build-up to last nights super fight Oscar De la Hoya constantly bombarded us with the word blueprint.

De La Hoya’s split decision loss to Mayweather in 2007 is the closest anyone has ever come to beating Mayweather. The blueprint what was used that night saw Oscar working his way in using the jab either to the body or the head, then using combinations to try and nullify Mayweather unmatched countering abilities. This game plan was extremely successful until the midway point of the fight. Many journalists and experts to this day say if Oscar had carried his blueprint into the second half of the fight Mayweather would no longer have a perfect record. De La Hoya was actually criticized on the night for not doing this.