I thought he did okay but watching the fight. Canelo had won easily.

Now im seeing interviews and post-fight conference about complaints. Canelo won fair and square!

It was one of those fights that could have gone either way. I had it a draw but certainly don't think it's far off that Canelo won.

I think the six point margin in that last card gives them legitimate cause for a complaint. Any scoreline like that in a close fight should be looked into and not just when it happens against guys like Mayweather and Pacquiao.

yeah, lara fought too ticklish. It was his own fault he lost by split D. Plan A to KO a tired Canelo didn't work out. Canelo remained strong through out the fight and even cutting Lara's eye with a left uppercut. He had no excuses, Canelo brought the fight to him, but he couldn't even hurt or KO Canelo.

There would be no controversy at all were it not for that 117-111 scorecard. If it had been 115-113 for Canelo like the other card or hell even 114-114, nobody would have any reason to complain.

I have been hearing this claim about certain fighters running but truthfully in all my years following and watching boxing i have yet to see one who turned his back on his opponent and literally run away. In fact the only time I saw a fighter remotely close to doing that was when Joe Frazier tried to move away from George Foreman after being brutally dumped to the canvas twice or thrice before and Big George eventually managed to dunk him again with another powerful blow as Frazier was turning away.

I think as boxing fans we should disabuse our minds about this inaccurate and unfounded claims about boxers running away. First why the double standard? Why is it that when fighters like Frazier when they try to use their feet to move away it is called evasion and when fighters like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and yes Erislndy Lara, fans are quick to call it as running away?

Fighters especially boxers use and are adept at using their feet and head and body for that matter for movement and maneuver, that should be first and foremost to consider in judging their actions and behavior inside the ring.

I saw Floyd's fights against Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez and Marcos Maidana and I could swear that there was never even a moment he turned his eyes and his back away from any of them. He moved his head, body and feet both in evasive and offensive maneuvers but no literal running away. Floyd has slowed down and was more dependent on static defense for years now so I don't know the basis of this continuing claim about him running away.

I also saw the Erislndy Lara fight against Canelo and there was no literal running away either. Even Canelo admitted that it's just Lara's style which is characteristic of the Cuban school of boxing that emphasizes speed, great footwork, defense and counter-punching.

Many who saw the fight including not a few experts said that Lara won the fight.

It's the height of folly to expect fighters like Floyd and Lara to change the way they are fighting only to satisfy the largely unschooled casual fans.

People upset because of the 117-111 score card and thought that running and jabbing while backfooting wins fights. They completely disregard that lara only landed ten more punches and canelo annihilated lara in power punches. They also forget the amount of damage did to lara. Lara probably thought that running would win him the fight

They should have told him to engage because running does not win you fights in professional boxing. He did not throw enough punches and it cost him the fight.

He gave rounds away by running. His fault

I thought he did okay but watching the fight. Canelo had won easily.

Now im seeing interviews and post-fight conference about complaints. Canelo won fair and square!