Oscar De La Hoya went after Canelo Alvarez throughout right this moment’s ‘Clap Again Thursdays, criticizing him over his efficiency final Saturday evening towards Edgar Berlanga on the T-Cell Area 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 measurement, youth, and punch resistance of the New Yorker was an excessive amount of for him to make a dent.
Among the pictures that Canelo landed within the battle 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 Area didn’t promote out. Actually, a whole part of the world was curtained off. I do know individuals who attended the battle and confirmed these info 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 Area in Las Vegas.
“So far as the motion, I referred to as it upfront. One other battle that went the gap with none actually thrilling moments. Berlanga didn’t win one spherical. He was by no means remotely within the battle 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 may blame Canelo for choosing Berlanga within the first place as a result of it was apparent from his barren report, full of 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 skills, like one in all The Huge 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 blissful to see fighters final 12 rounds,” mentioned De La Hoya. “What? Fighters are getting praised for merely going the gap with a 35-year-old Canelo, who hasn’t knocked anybody out since 2021.
“Don’t you all need to see knockouts? I’m from a special time within the sport when fighters went to conflict within the ring. We wished to destroy our opponents. I nonetheless took the Pacquiao battle, figuring out that my physique was damaged and outdated 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 permit for him to push arduous for knockouts as a result of he gasses out when he throws loads of pictures. He’s pressured to load up on single pictures, and that makes it tough for him to knock out his opponents until he can catch them leaning ahead with one in all his uppercuts. That’s how Canelo scored his final knockout three years in the past towards Caleb Plant in November 2021.
“It’s a special mentality, a champions mentality. Canelo desires to receives a commission. He avoids Benavidez and Bivol, who schooled him similar 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 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 need to see the most effective battle the most effective? 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 whenever you’re merely stating the info.”
