This video… is FASCINATING. Here we see two savants of the sweet science – who are considered to be on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of style – demonstrating near-identical form in several of their fights en route to becoming undisputed in their respective weight classes.
Of course, I’m referring to the legendary Canelo Alvarez and the unstoppable Naoya Inoue who reign atop the super middleweight and super bantamweight divisions with iron fists, a collection of fighters’ chins and a hell of a lot of belts.
@tenouttatendo CANELO x INOUE: GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE! . This video… is FASCINATING. Here we see two savants of the sweet science – who are considered to be on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of style – demonstrating near-identical form in several of their fights en route to becoming undisputed in their respective weight classes. Of course, I’m referring to the legendary Canelo Alvarez and the unstoppable Naoya Inoue who reign atop the super middleweight and super bantamweight divisions with iron fists, a collection of fighters’ chins and a hell of a lot of belts. Most would assume that a typical Mexican pressure fighter like Canelo would have very little in common with the more precise Swiss Army knife-type fighter like Naoya Inoue but this video demonstrates why great minds truly do think alike: both Canelo and Inoue routinely come up against opponents that dwarf them in size, both Canelo and Inoue love to counterpunch after adjusting to their opponents, they love using slick head movement to discourage an opponent’s offence, they both LEAP into their left hooks, they love throwing combinations that end with a shot to the body (typically a left hook), they love using the step back-uppercut counter and – despite their straight shots being effective – typically favour throwing wider hooks to break down an opponent. It’s no wonder why these two are – alongside Crawford and Usyk – perennially at the summit of the pound for pound list. This video is a microcosm of all the subtle idiosyncrasies that set the top 4 apart from pretty much every fighter on the planet – the shot selection, the footwork, the defensive s𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁, the ring awareness, mixing up shots to the head and body, adjusting strategies on the fly to exploit an opponent’s tendencies… this isn’t just a bloodsport. This is the SWEET SCIENCE. . . . #canelo #caneloalvarez #naoyainoue #inoue #poundforpound #p4p #undisputed #undisputedchampion #canelocrawford #inouecardenas #sweetscience #boxingdefence #boxingdefense #boxinggym #combatsports #explore #fyp #viral #boxinglife #boxing #boxeo #boxer #KO #knockout #fight #fights #fighter #boxers #training #boxingtraining #boxingknockouts #analysis #boxinganalysis #breakdown #supermiddleweight #supermiddleweightchampion #caneloscull #boxingedit #boxingedits #comp #compilation #boxinghighlights