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Originally Posted by WatchMeDoMe
What makes you so sure Canelo hits harder than Floyd? How could you possibly know?
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It's called common sense. I'll walk you through it if you don't feel like thinking today:
A bona fide 154lb fighter usually hits harder than a guy who could be fighting at 140 if he bothered to cut weight. A guy who fights at 154lbs at 22y/o old probably can muster up a harder punch than a guy like Floyd who was fighting at 135 at the same age.
Canelo started his career at 140lbs when he was 15 y/o, Floyd started his pro career at 130lbs when he was 19. The heaviest Floyd has ever weighed for a fight was 151lbs against Cotto whereas Canelo continually weighs in at the JMW limit of 154.
If people want to argue that Canelo isn't as hard of a puncher as some people give him credit for, then I'm cool with that and I actually agree. If people want to argue that Floyd hits harder than people give him credit for, then I agree with that too. But if people want to say Floyd hits as hard or harder than Canelo then I have to call bullshit.
I'm a big fan of Floyd's and I don't see how it takes anything away from the guy when I say he can't punch as hard as somebody who is naturally a much bigger person than he is. Size isn't everything but usually a bigger person can hit harder than someone smaller than them. And b/c I think Canelo can punch harder than Floyd doesn't mean that Canelo is a devastating puncher. It just means I think he hits harder than Floyd.
Wait, I wrote all this shit and just realized that I haven't fought both of them so I couldn't possibly know these things. I'm just talking out of my ass I guess, lol.
