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It is typical for the general criterion in becoming a great fighter to be skill.
If there's any fighter out there who possesses skill the most, it's Canelo Alvarez.
The four-weight world champion with over 50 victories to his name has amassed an impressive
collection of highlight-reel moments in his near 15-year career.
In this video we take a look at 25 of those moments, and we explain the mechanics behind
such movements which aided Canelo Alvarez in the pursuit of a victory
inside the ring.
Canelo Alvarez's bout against Austin Trout provided the perfect podium for Canelo to
showcase his skills.
Canelo showed slick defense throughout, but it was in
round 5 when Canelo turned into a defensive showman.
This is one of many defensive showcases in the career of Canelo Alvarez.
Canelo Alvarez scored a knockdown in that same fight.
Here Canelo dips slightly down and drops his left hand to tell Trout he's going to throw
a jab in an attempt to draw a trading jab from Trout, of which
he slipped with the smallest of margins, and then split the guard with a piercing straight
right hand.
An excellent method of attack against one of opposite stance.
Canelo showed maturity in his fight against Miguel Cotto, with fluid defensive and offensive
moments, but it was this sequence in round 7 that impressed me the most.
Canelo steps back to evade Cotto's right hand, then stands his ground to let go of a right
uppercut, then shows defensive responsibility by rolling the left hook.
Canelo's fight versus Chavez Junior turned out to be a gross mismatch, Canelo was superior
in every possible way but this punch in round 5 never fails to impress.
A textbook slip of a lazy jab, then the response of a sharp right hand over the top.
Back to the Austin Trout fight, this snappy jab was perfectly executed.
He throws the jab from down low after two slips, landing perfectly.
In the first fight versus Golovkin, Canelo managed to land one of the cleanest punches
of his career after pushing Golovkin off him.
Golovkin managed to deflect most of the damage by rolling his head, but an impressive punch
nonetheless.
Canelo's fight against James Kirkland started quick, but his knockout in round 3 is one
of his most technically impressive.
Watch here how Canelo touches Kirkland to the body with his lead hand, which causes
Kirkland to lower his defense to protect against a body shot,
and this leaves an opening to the head in which Canelo takes advantage of with a strong
right hook to the jaw.
Canelo sells the deceptive feint with not only his lead hand and head level, but with
his eyes too.
Notice how he actually looks to Kirklands body as he touches with the
lead hand.
This is a perfect execution of a feint, and the perfect capitalization of it's consequences
with a knockout punch.
Although it's probably the most documented knockout of Canelo Alvarez's career, we can
always admire the technicality behind the knockout of Amir Khan.
Throughout the fight, Canelo had been landing right hooks to the body.
Khan would get into the habit of dropping his hands every time Canelo threw a feint
as he was anticipating a following body shot, so in round 6 Canelo didn't throw
a body shot, but a laser-like straight right hand to the chin.
This knockout was ironically not about power, but intelligence and
skill.
Canelo Alvarez is world renowned for his body-punching capabilities.
This body-punch against Shane Mosley is one of his favourite combinations.
The feinted right-uppercut makes an opening around the side for a looping left hook.
Another implementation of this great combination was seen in his first world title fight against
Matthew Hatton.
Take good notice of the full rotation in his hips and shoulders.
The rematch between Canelo and Golovkin was a great battle between two high-performance
middleweight warriors.
But in round 2 Canelo landed his greatly deceptive left hook.
Canelo starts down low pretending to throw a left hook to the body, this makes Golovkin's
hands drop low and Canelo then comes up with a hook to the head instead.
Canelo also used this move to set up the knockout of Sergey Kovalev.
Once again Canelo starts low to pretend he's going to the body, then comes up to the head.
Canelo Alvarez's defense is no secret, he's always had some of the best head movement
in the sport, but in the Daniel Jacobs fight we really saw a particular finesse to his
head movement, especially this impressive series
in round 4 which can be appreciated by anyone who watches it.
In his fight versus Kermit Cintron, Canelo set up a left hook by ducking down low before
it.
It's an unconventional but shrewd way to set up a hook.
We go to the improved version of Canelo in the Daniel Jacobs fight, where he done this
same setup.
Ducking draws the opponents attention down low, and Canelo comes up with a great
hook.
It's a sneaky setup thats for sure.
In the James Kirkland fight, Canelo dropped an already-wounded Kirkland with a beautiful
uppercut.
The uppercut, thrown under Kirkland's jab, had degree-perfect trajectory to
land clean.
Canelo also leaned back to leave Kirkland fall onto the uppercut.
Canelo's liver shot against Liam Smith is the holy grail for any body puncher.
A left hook to the head, then a left hook around the side to the liver.
This body-shot from Canelo in the Khan fight is one of my personal favorites.
Canelo manages to deflect two punches from Khan with his shoulders, then lands a right
uppercut in return whilst rotating his shoulders back in position.
Something similiar to that was seen in the Kovalev fight.
Canelo steps back to leave Kovalev over-extend, then throws a right uppercut underneath, and
then evades Kovalev's jab again.
Canelo's finishing uppercut against Alfredo Angulo is material for any eye-catching highlight
reel.
Also take notice of Canelo flicking his right hand out, this feint makes Angulo think
a head shot is coming, he ducks and consequently lowers into the uppercut.
Canelo also done this move in the Miguel Cotto fight.
Only a small select few of boxers have been able to do this move in the ring.
This 9-punch combinaton from Canelo against Josesito Lopez is one of his most flashiest.
It's Canelo's fluid rotation in his upperbody which enables him to throw such a combination.
Canelo's stoppage of Alfonso Gomez also entailed some brilliant upper-body rotation.
Canelo wields maximum power from the torque he generates with the snap of his rotation.
Canelo's slip right-hand counter is seen many times in his fights, but it doesn't get any
cleaner than this one against Miguel Cotto.
He dips just enough to slip the punch, then returns fast with a right hand.
Back to the fight with Angulo, watch Canelo deflect a punch and return with one of his
own.
Canelo pushed down Angulo's jab, then from that position he managed to throw an uppercut.
As you can see, Canelo is a very skillful boxer.
Only time will show us what we're yet to see from Canelo Alvarez in the boxing ring.
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