Canelo brags about how his sparring partners can’t keep up

[East Side Boxing]

It was kind of sad to see WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) reduced to bragging about dominating unknown sparring partners on SHOWTIME’S ALL ACCESS Mayweather vs. Canelo. Instead of realizing that he’s sparring guys that are not even remotely as good as Maywether, Canelo chose to pat himself on the back by pointing out that some of his sparring partners are unable to handle the punishment they’re taking in training camp with him. Canelo said “It’s the word. It’s the work. It’s the way that we train. They can’t keep up. They can’t keep up with the work. They get hurt, and that’s why they leave.” It might also have to do with Canelo sparring lighter fighters than him. Have you thought about that? If Canelo was sparring with someone 15-20 pounds heavier than himself against someone like WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, I would guess that Canelo might get a little beaten up too. Being a lot bigger than your sparring partners, and picking guys that aren’t even in the same league as Mayweather is naturally going to lead to some one-sided sparring sessions. I just wonder what’s going to happen with Canelo when […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=HrrPribizRI:DGScFycMVGA:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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