Canelo wants some of the Mayweather $$$.
I’ve been saying for quite some time that Mayweather’s genius truly showed by making Canelo drop weight to fight him. That win will look great for Mayweather as Canelo hits his prime and dominates his division, while Mayweather caught him younger and at an uncomfortable weight.
Canelo looked drained from the weight cut during his first match with Floyd and his punching power and reflexes suffered as a result. He admitted as much recently:
Floyd would see a very different Canelo if he was to fight him at 154lbs, ask Angulo & Lara. He may still not be good enough to beat Floyd but his punches would probably hurt him and he would be more equipped to slip through Floyd’s guard with power punches.
Now that the technical aspects are out of the way, this is obviously a reaction to Canelo and De La Hoya seeing how much Manny got to fight Floyd and wanting to cash in with a similar amount down the road. Canelo’s profile has risen and the next fight would be as big, if not bigger, than De La Hoya – Mayweather was almost a decade ago.