Oscar De La Hoya went after Canelo Alvarez throughout right now’s ‘Clap Again Thursdays, criticizing him over his efficiency final Saturday night time in opposition to Edgar Berlanga on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya gloated about being proper along with his prediction that the T-Cellular 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 number of the photographs that Canelo landed within the combat would have knocked out a lot of the tremendous middleweights within the division, however he was combating a cruiserweight that night time.
“Canelo vs. Berlanga, as I predicted, the T-Cellular Enviornment didn’t promote out. The truth is, a complete part of the world was curtained off. I do know individuals who attended the combat and confirmed these information for me,” stated Oscar De La Hoya throughout right now’s ‘Clap Again Thursday,’ trashing Canelo Alvarez’s occasion final Saturday night time on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
“So far as the motion, I known as it prematurely. One other combat that went the space with none actually 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 to win. You possibly can blame Canelo for selecting Berlanga within the first place as a result of it was apparent from his barren document, stuffed with lesser opposition so far as the attention can see, that he could be out of his league.
Canelo ought to have ignored Berlanga and fought somebody with precise abilities, like considered one of The Massive 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 pleased to see fighters final 12 rounds,” stated 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 conflict within the ring. We wished to destroy our opponents. I nonetheless took the Pacquiao combat, realizing 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,” stated De La Hoya.
Canelo’s stamina doesn’t permit for him to push exhausting for knockouts as a result of he gasses out when he throws plenty of photographs. He’s pressured to load up on single photographs, and that makes it tough for him to knock out his opponents until he can catch them leaning ahead with considered 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 needs to receives a commission. He avoids Benavidez and Bivol, who schooled him similar to Mayweather. He needs to cruise into retirement. The place are the fighters which have balls?” stated De La Hoya.
Canelo isn’t constructed the way in which that the previous six-division world champion De La Hoya was. Nearly as good as Canelo is, he wasn’t the form 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 most effective combat the most effective? Why are we, as boxing followers, accepting this low-level competitors and leisure?” stated De La Hoya. “Bear in mind, you’re by no means a hater while you’re merely stating the information.”
