Oscar De La Hoya went after Canelo Alvarez throughout right this moment’s ‘Clap Again Thursdays, criticizing him over his efficiency final Saturday evening in opposition to Edgar Berlanga on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya gloated about being proper along with his prediction that the T-Cell wouldn’t promote out for the Canelo-Berlanga occasion. He then spoke about how Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) failed as soon as once more to knock out an opponent and didn’t attempt to push for a stoppage.
Canelo tried to knock out the 193-lb Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs), however the dimension, youth, and punch resistance of the New Yorker was an excessive amount of for him to make a dent.
A few of the pictures that Canelo landed within the combat would have knocked out a lot of the tremendous middleweights within the division, however he was preventing a cruiserweight that evening.
“Canelo vs. Berlanga, as I predicted, the T-Cell Enviornment didn’t promote out. Actually, a complete part of the world was curtained off. I do know individuals who attended the combat and confirmed these details for me,” mentioned Oscar De La Hoya throughout right this moment’s ‘Clap Again Thursday,’ trashing Canelo Alvarez’s occasion final Saturday evening on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
“So far as the motion, I known as it prematurely. One other combat that went the space with none really thrilling moments. Berlanga didn’t win one spherical. He was by no means remotely within the combat from the primary bell. Is that this the place boxing goes?”
It’s not Canelo’s fault that Berlanga simply got here to outlive and didn’t try and win. You may blame Canelo for selecting Berlanga within the first place as a result of it was apparent from his barren report, crammed with lesser opposition so far as the attention can see, that he can be out of his league.
Canelo ought to have ignored Berlanga and fought somebody with precise skills, like certainly one of The Large 4:
– David Benavidez– David Morrell– Christian Mbilli– Osleys Iglesias
Berlanga didn’t belong contained in the ring with Canelo, and that was apparent from the opening bell in that mismatch.
“The bar has been set so low that fighters are simply glad to see fighters final 12 rounds,” mentioned De La Hoya. “What? Fighters are getting praised for merely going the space with a 35-year-old Canelo, who hasn’t knocked anybody out since 2021.
“Don’t you all wish to see knockouts? I’m from a unique time within the sport when fighters went to struggle within the ring. We wished to destroy our opponents. I nonetheless took the Pacquiao combat, figuring out that my physique was damaged and previous and I couldn’t beat him, however I used to be a warrior. I wished to be a legend,” mentioned De La Hoya.
Canelo’s stamina doesn’t enable for him to push onerous for knockouts as a result of he gasses out when he throws plenty of pictures. He’s pressured to load up on single pictures, and that makes it troublesome for him to knock out his opponents except he can catch them leaning ahead with certainly one of his uppercuts. That’s how Canelo scored his final knockout three years in the past in opposition to Caleb Plant in November 2021.
“It’s a unique mentality, a champions mentality. Canelo desires to receives a commission. He avoids Benavidez and Bivol, who schooled him identical to Mayweather. He desires to cruise into retirement. The place are the fighters which have balls?” mentioned De La Hoya.
Canelo isn’t constructed the way in which that the previous six-division world champion De La Hoya was. Pretty much as good as Canelo is, he wasn’t the sort of expertise De La Hoya was in his prime. He was out of this world good till he hit his early 30s and was washed.
“Don’t we wish to see the perfect combat the perfect? Why are we, as boxing followers, accepting this low-level competitors and leisure?” mentioned De La Hoya. “Keep in mind, you’re by no means a hater once you’re merely stating the details.”
