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I agree Canelo didnt impress me at all last night

His great bodywork saved this fight for him because he couldn't land up top at all, his handspeed imo looked slower than ever aswell

Lara could of won this fight convincingly if he didnt back up for whole rounds with small output

ofc they are going to score it to the aggressor if the round is close thats why i understand canelo getting the decision. 117-111 is a bit wide though

Canelo's body work definitely saved him no doubt.

I thought Lara only won 4 clear rounds so I don't think 117-111 is too wide. All that means is Canelo won a close swing round in the eyes of that judge. If anybody has Lara winning more than 4 or 5 rounds than that means you're giving him too much of the benefit of the doubt or was just easily impressed by his movement.

Everybody knows Canelo gasses, but he managed to keep his more an intensity for the whole fight because he was never pressed. Lara fought the perfect fight to keep Canelo competitive. I'm disappointed in his corner too, since they were gassing his strategy up. Dude needed to throw more punches. Whenever he stepped in and sat down his straight left, he'd hit Canelo clean as fukk.

If Kirkland would get his shyt together, he would have prolly beaten both versions of the Lara and Canelo that fought last night. Andrade prolly would too. shyt, J Rock would too.

154 is open to anybody that wants it really.
 

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Canelo's body work definitely saved him no doubt.

I thought Lara only won 4 clear rounds so I don't think 117-111 is too wide. All that means is Canelo won a close swing round in the eyes of that judge. If anybody has Lara winning more than 4 or 5 rounds than that means you're giving him too much of the benefit of the doubt or was just easily impressed by his movement.

Everybody knows Canelo gasses, but he managed to keep his more an intensity for the whole fight because he was never pressed. Lara fought the perfect fight to keep Canelo competitive. I'm disappointed in his corner too, since they were gassing his strategy up. Dude needed to throw more punches. Whenever he stepped in and sat down his straight left, he'd hit Canelo clean as fukk.

If Kirkland would get his shyt together, he would have prolly beaten both versions of the Lara and Canelo that fought last night. Andrade prolly would too. shyt, J Rock would too.

154 is open to anybody that wants it really.
I gave Lara the first 3 rounds. check my recap post on this page.

imo he came back and won 10 and 11 aswell.
 

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I gave Lara the first 3 rounds. check my recap post on this page.

imo he came back and won 10 and 11 aswell.

Yeah I had Lara winning the 1st 3 rounds, and I thought he won a late round as well, so that's how I got my 4 rounds for Lara.

Even if Lara won 5 rounds, that's really his limit of effectiveness in this fight. There's no way he did enough for a draw or to win 7 or more rounds.

Chino/Floyd was a much closer fight than this.
 

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Yeah I had Lara winning the 1st 3 rounds, and I thought he won a late round as well, so that's how I got my 4 rounds for Lara.

Even if Lara won 5 rounds, that's really his limit of effectiveness in this fight. There's no way he did enough for a draw or to win 7 or more rounds.

Chino/Floyd was a much closer fight than this.
you dont think Lara won round 6?
 

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you dont think Lara won round 6?

toss up.

Lara's most decisive rounds were the 1st 3. After that he either got outworked by body shots, or boxed good enough to make toss up rounds.

Dude gave that fight away and I picked him to win, but I can't act like he was giving a lesson out there.
 

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toss up.

Lara's most decisive rounds were the 1st 3. After that he either got outworked by body shots, or boxed good enough to make toss up rounds.

Dude gave that fight away and I picked him to win, but I can't act like he was giving a lesson out there.
yeah like i said it was close.

I understand either guy getting it and ofc if its close canelo was always going to get it. Lara only has himself to blame

and i dont like that hes acting like he gave canelo a lesson like floyd did. Lara didnt throw enough to be acting like that
 

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This the thing with Canelo/Lara, the rounds were close and competitive, but overall the fight really wasn't close at all scoring wise.

2 or 3 years from now, this will be looked at as a fight where Lara just didn't do enough to win. Simple as that. No real controversy. No corrupt judges. Just one guy not wanting it enough to take it away from the star.

Competitive rounds don't mean shyt, if you're not winning them decisively. Lara's skill an movement kept rounds competitive, but he wasn't winning enough of them overall. That's the biggest difference right there.
 

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A few things

To those bytching bout 117-111 how did you not see that coming??...by rd 3 I was in here saying Lara won't get a decision like that...wait for the lopsided scores

I like how nikkas was like Canelo better not fight like he did against Floyd....Canelo bangs N does work to the body N its he should boxed.... Cuz getting into a jabbing contest with a nikka on his bike with 6 inch reach advantage is smart:stopitslime:

N last but not least Canelo kills Cotto...Cotto gasses before ginger especially with all the movement N struggle boxing he'd have to do early on
 
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