Angulo looked like shit against Canelo who alot of people think Lara beat so it doesnt work like that.
It's one of those things. Canelo looked great against Angulo but Lara didn't look good against Angulo who was beating Lara up pretty good knocking him down twice, Lara could NOT get Angulo off him at all. But he did swell up Angulo's eye early which got pretty horrible by the end and he quit. But that first half of the fight was very telling for me. Lara doesn't have a lot of tools or power to keep off a relentless fighter. So you take an even bigger and stronger, more talented fighter who's excellent at cutting off the ring, it's a bad matchup for Lara.
Canelo is a boxer puncher, he's not really a pressure fighter, that's why Lara had more success against Canelo. He had more room to work. Angulo constantly had him on his back foot and against the ropes often. So it's really just about styles.
You need to watch that Lara vs canelo fight again breh, I agree I thought Lara did enough to at least draw, but it was obvious to me that he was hurt by the body shots. He doesn't look good vs pressure fighters. Canelo tried too hard to box, shoulda been more agressive.
I was going for Lara, had a bit of money in him and I thought he lost clearly (no draw). The body shots really made a difference. Of course I have no way of knowing if they hurt him, but you could HEAR the body shots, very loud pop pop pop! And then Lara would circle away and get on his bike. So it certainly gave the impression they hurt Lara based on how he reacted to them. I thought Lara gave away rounds and any momentum he had going for himself because he'd land a beautiful 1-2, and rather than following up he'd admire his work for a moment, then back off and literally not throw another punch for 20-30 seconds, meanwhile when Canelo did get close he'd unleash a nice combo to the body. He landed more of those than Lara landed his 1-2.
