I think Canelo did a good job when he actually threw to the body. He just needed like 100 more punches like that. Anyone will eventually wilt under that kind of body punching. That's what these young cats don't understand. If the body shots don't work by the 6th round, they give up. It only takes one good body shot to end a fight. No matter how good of shape someone is in, no matter how tough. That's why I always thought Margarito would beat Floyd. He was relentless and punched to the body with reckless abandon. It didn't matter if you hit him clean, he would just keep coming. I also think Paul Williams would've beat Floyd. Not ironic he didn't face either guy.
I don't hate Floyd at all. I think he does a lot of stupid things outside the ring and I dislike the way he represented the sport to make his name but it was smart business. He's a genius in this business, no doubt about it. Played the bad guy and made it work for him.
Aside from that, anyone think Floyd came in light on purpose to squash any talk of him fighting any middleweight? I could be wrong but he basically never would do the weigh in for HBO the night of the fight. I thought it was very odd that he did it on Saturday. I know it's just speculation, but that would actually be pretty smart on his part. If you can make the media or fans make excuses for you, you don't have to say anything.