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Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs Erislandy Lara

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Anyone intrigued by this matchup? The bigger, younger, power puncher vs. the technical, more athletic boxer. Many experts believe Lara stylistically, would give Floyd his biggest challenge.

Interestingly enough, of their two common opponents, Lara won convincingly vs trout, while Canelo won a close decision; Canelo dominated Angulo, and while Lara beat Angulo, he was knocked down twice.

Any interest here?
 

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Lara gone give that boy that work.

You know, i do favor your opinion in that Lara should be able to outbox him as long as he isn't physically imposed upon. Canelo is the bigger man, and is at least the power puncher that Angulo is and he had Lara on the canvas twice. Canelo is the betting favorite at around -175.
 

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Lara needs to beat him decisively in order to win the decision. Canelo is Oscar's cash cow, and he'll make sure that Canelo gets the nod if it's a close fight. Lara needs to attack aggressively from the get-go.
 

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Anyone intrigued by this matchup? The bigger, younger, power puncher vs. the technical, more athletic boxer. Many experts believe Lara stylistically, would give Floyd his biggest challenge.

Interestingly enough, of their two common opponents, Lara won convincingly vs trout, while Canelo won a close decision; Canelo dominated Angulo, and while Lara beat Angulo, he was knocked down twice.

Any interest here?

So it's as safe to say Floyd will never fight Lara!
 

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Dunno who else is watching - but so far it's Lara's fight (entering rd 4). He's setting the pace and moving much more quickly/effectively than Canelo. Canelo is coming out more aggressively now and Lara needs to mind his body shots. He's been consistently landing hooks to the body with ease even if he's having a hard time touching Lara upstairs.

ETA: Canelo is slowing Lara down with (as I worried) body shots. Lara's movement is what gave him the advantage and the repeated, strong body shots are taking that movement away.
 

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Watching, its close but lara did well in the tenth. Stay tuned...
 

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I think Lara edged him (posted before scorecards).
 

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Beautiful work by both fighters. I have Lara up on my card, barely, but given Canelo's popularity he'll be given a little gift here.
 

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117-111 for Canelo is a joke. Its fine if he wins but 9 rounds to 3, no way.
 

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I guess you live with boxing, you die with boxing. Its just part of the sport. Good fight tho.
 

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canelo won 8-4 imo

See i clearly thought Lara won 4 rounds and Canelo clearly won 3. Then the rest just depended on the style you prefer. That was my issue with the 9-3 Canelo. But, again, its just the fun of boxing, the scorecard debates. Like saying who is better Manning or Brady.
 

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I'm not surprised

Canelo is a star

Canelo is young, so he can improve. But i am starting to wonder if he is one of those guys who is good at everything but isn't great at one thing. Now that isn't a knock, necessarily, but i do think it is tougher to dominate because he wont have that one stylistic advantage in his toolbox when things aren't going as planned. Just a thought for the night. I reserve the right to change my mind if i see different the next few years.
 
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See i clearly thought Lara won 4 rounds and Canelo clearly won 3. Then the rest just depended on the style you prefer. That was my issue with the 9-3 Canelo. But, again, its just the fun of boxing, the scorecard debates. Like saying who is better Manning or Brady.

yeah i can see anything from 7-5 lara to 8-4 canelo. it was one round that i was iffy about i gave to canelo if i give that to lara it's 7-5 canelo
 

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Can't win by running. He failed to work inside. I never want this guy compared to Floyd ever again. Floyd boxes and throw punches. Lara only has his self to blame. Canelo is the future Oscar 2.0
 

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