In order to "stay" at 154, he has to actually be 154
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Originally posted by Code Red View PostLets give Saul Alvarez team some credit, they are smart enough to realize it is wise to not move him up to 160. As boxing fans we always want guys to move up as soon as they show a bit of dominance at their weight but moving up is also a time when things can go wrong.
I remember a guy name Felix Tito Trinidad, boxing fans and media had him believing he was better than what he was. Tito was great at 147 and 154, so much so that the media, his fans, and team thought he was great enough to conquer 160....WRONG!! BHop snatched the life out that kid. Sent him back down to where he was supposedly at his best weight only to become fodder for Winky Wright.
I remember a guy named Kelly Pavlik, he had some pretty good fights at 160, won the middleweight title and looked like the next best thing in boxing. Along the way his fans, team and media convinced him that he was better than what he was and he made the mistake of challenging an aging Hopkins at a catchweight....WRONG!! Defeated, exposed, and now an unemployed drunk.
I remember a fighter named Tommy Hearns who thought his height, speed and straight right hand could stop any opponent in their tracks. He was great at 147 and 154. Somewhere along the line, his team, fans, and media convinced him he was good enough to move up to 160 and defeat Marvelouls Marvin Hagler. After a superb 3 rounds Hearns lay collapsed on his back half dead (exaggeration), defeated and depleted.
So to Team Alvarez I say smart move, definitely stay at 154 because the guy is simply not good enough to beat middleweights. Its obvious, he's too slow, predictable, and seriously needs a weight and size advantage to be effective. Alvarez stuggled with Trout, Lara, and Mayweather, surely he should stay far away from the best Middleweights.
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=704806
Yes, he should go back to 154.... he is not good enough for the MW division
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By the way Hopkins didn't send Trinidad back down to his best weight to become fodder for Winky Wright. Trinidad fought Wright at 160, not 154 which was Trinidad's best weight. Wright probably would have won at 154 because Trinidad was never the same after losing to Hopkins and not being given a rematch. His heart didn't seem to be in boxing anymore. Consequently he didn't train as hard or fight as well as he did before Hopkins KOed him.
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Originally posted by kiaba360 View PostI'd be surprised if Rosado can make 154 tbh, he looked like **** against Charlo. Teixeira is fighting Stevens at MW presumably; I don't see Stevens going down to 154 if he manages to win. I'd guess it'd be Smith, Cotto and Soro. Do you think he'll have another PPV bout this year?
The rest of the showdowns possible are likely set for HBO Championship Boxing ($2m-$3m payouts per show), with Canelo's Mexican TV money keeping everything copacetic.
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Originally posted by _Maxi View PostI made the same thread one month ago
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=704806
Yes, he should go back to 154.... he is not good enough for the MW division
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Originally posted by kiaba360 View PostTrinidad fought Winky at 160. Tito never moved back down after B-Hop.
The problem with wanting to move back down to 154 is that a lot of his potential (legit 154lb) opponents are with Haymon.
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