Is Canelo in the top 50 pound-for-pound? I say a clear "no". You get in the p4p list by beating the best fighters in the division. I can clearly name 50 fighters who are at this point more accomplished than Canelo and deserving to be ranked above him in the p4p list.
The thing is this: you don't become a p4p top 10 or top 20 fighter by beating guys who are either 2 weight classes smaller than you or 5 or 10 years past their prime. The ONLY top guy of the light middleweight division which Canelo fought is Austin Trout, and at least 50 % of all the people who scored the fight, thought that Trout won this fight.
So - If Canelo would have fought and decisively or decisively enough beaten guys like James Kirkland, Erislandy Lara, Vanes Martirosyan, Carlos Molina, Bundrage, Miguel Cotto or aforementioned Austin Trout, THEN Canelo would be a top p4p fighter.
Don't get me wrong, Canelo is a talented boxer, but there is NOTHING on his record that puts him in the top 50 of the p4p list. I can name 50 more accomplished fighters than him. And as you know - you are as good as you look against top opposition. And a highly disputed, controversial win against Trout is the only thing on Canelo's record at this point which can be taken into account when it comes to p4p rankings.
Vote on the poll and if you think that Canelo is a top 50 or even a top 10 p4p fighter, then please explain why.
well Golovkin beat a lot of light middleweights so that is true, but: he beat Proksa very impressively and that one win means as much as Broner's win over DeMarco. So - that is to me more than Canelo's highly controversial "win" over Trout.
GGG is a beast and makes my list too but his big win over Proksa gets him in with ur resume based sole criteria??
U know how good Proksa is....about as good as a Ryan Rhodes. He lost to KERRY HOPE
all I needed to read from your comment was "And be Real Canelo CLEARLY won that fight and most people know it."
I went back to a certain thread here and more than half of the people had Trout winning. So that proves you do not care about the truth. It was a close fight and most people scored it for Trout, that is the truth. And you saying Sturm is a bum and Sylvester is a bum and Geale is a bum just proves to me that you are one of those guys who think everybody outside of america is a bum. You think I am gonna worry about your opinion? I have seen Mundine box and he is not a bum, actually I watched Mundine box many years ago and I have watched Sturm many years ago. Did I say Daniel Geale is a top 15 p4p fighter? No. I just said he is in the top 50 and Canelo is not at this point. And if you disagree with me for the reasons you mentioned then I know what you are all about.
Yeah u found a thread were a lil more people were thick enough to think Trout won than not... on boxing scene....and half the people dont even vote, yeah thats proof.
Am i supposed to be impressed that many years ago u saw these guys fight? You should know better then, they are world class but nothing to get excited about. I dont care if u worry about my opinion or not just know when u post a stupid thread like this people will call u on it.
well Golovkin beat a lot of light middleweights so that is true, but: he beat Proksa very impressively and that one win means as much as Broner's win over DeMarco. So - that is to me more than Canelo's highly controversial "win" over Trout.
I don't think that much of Proksa though, it's not really much better than Canelo's Ring #4 Rhodes. I'm not sure Proksa beats Rosado, for example. He needs to go down to 154, very small MW. Not GGG's fault, he was the only guy to accept the fight after Pirog dropped out.
Canelo only really as Trout and shot to **** Mosely on his resume but is unlucky because he was supposed to fight P Williams but he had that tragic accident, supposed to fight Kirkland but Kirkland pulled out, then was supposed to fight Ortiz but Ortiz lost to Lopez.
Then he was supposed to fight Coto but Cotto lost to trout.
Not right now but in a couple or 3 months Ring magazine will have a top 100 boxers of all time feature. PBF will be top 10 and Canelo will enter the list around #25. :fing02:
Hall Of Fame, you must really dislike Canelo. The majority of people have responded that he is Top 50 but for the most part no one is putting him in the top 10 or 15. I agree that his resume at this point in his career is a bit light. You do have to take into account that he is only 22 years old. I personally would rank him about 25 at the highest, that would be a generous ranking. I wouldn't be upset with a 30-50 ranking.
Dude I agree with almost all your choices, but Estrada is fine. He just beat Viloria, who was p4p top 15. And before that he gave Roman Gonzalez all he could handle, it could have gone either way
exactly....beating viloria who was unified wba super and wbo flyweight champ (first unified flyweight champ in decades) and ranked #1 at flyweight >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beating wba regular champ trout
Guerrero is a better boxer than Canelo from what I have seen. And I watched a lot of fights of both of them. Maybe Canelo will become a better boxer than Guerrero in the future though.
I saw Guerrero school world class opponents. And of course Canelo would be heavily favored to beat Guerrero because he is way bigger. Guerrero fought at 130 pounds only 4 years ago, now he fights at welterweight, so of course a big 154 pounder will be favored to beat him.
Guerrero would put a whooping on Canelo, Guerrero looked average against Floyd because.... it's Floyd!
Canelo is an ordinary fighter with a padded record, 15 fights from 2007 to 2008. He does not belong in the ring with Floyd. GBP are cashing out with Canelo.
As a GGG fan, I wouldn't have him top 50 yet. Canelo frankly has a better resume, though mostly due to Trout. But as I said, one very good win is often enough, especially considering he's got no losses.
well Golovkin beat a lot of light middleweights so that is true, but: he beat Proksa very impressively and that one win means as much as Broner's win over DeMarco. So - that is to me more than Canelo's highly controversial "win" over Trout.
Yeah u got me....well done.
Sturm wasn't the fighter he used to be and isn't exactly brilliant at the best of times, Sylvester is pathetic and Mundine no better. And be Real Canelo CLEARLY won that fight and most people know it. Viloria is too inconsistent and Khan is too Fragile to be in Canelo's league, he has speed but makes too many mistakes and packs glass. Steve did deserve to beat Adamek but then he's not much more than average too and again just not as good as Canelo right now. Tyson Fury sux btw.
Resume isn't the only consideration to be made when making a p4p list anyway.
This thread is ridiculous
all I needed to read from your comment was "And be Real Canelo CLEARLY won that fight and most people know it."
I went back to a certain thread here and more than half of the people had Trout winning. So that proves you do not care about the truth. It was a close fight and most people scored it for Trout, that is the truth. And you saying Sturm is a bum and Sylvester is a bum and Geale is a bum just proves to me that you are one of those guys who think everybody outside of america is a bum. You think I am gonna worry about your opinion? I have seen Mundine box and he is not a bum, actually I watched Mundine box many years ago and I have watched Sturm many years ago. Did I say Daniel Geale is a top 15 p4p fighter? No. I just said he is in the top 50 and Canelo is not at this point. And if you disagree with me for the reasons you mentioned then I know what you are all about.
Same with Golovkin and a few others, he seems to hold Canelo to a higher standard for some reason
As a GGG fan, I wouldn't have him top 50 yet. Canelo frankly has a better resume, though mostly due to Trout. But as I said, one very good win is often enough, especially considering he's got no losses.
Who are these world class opponents? I know it's shocking, cause of Guerrero's "4 division, 6x champ status" lol, but list Canelo vs Guerrero top 3 wins, and Canelo probably comes out ahead! Just try it, you might be surprised
Same with Golovkin and a few others, he seems to hold Canelo to a higher standard for some reason
none of those guys should be ranked below Canelo. That just shows me you don't follow boxing on the world stage, you just follow fighters who are being hyped in america. Geale has beaten Sylvester, Sturm (both in Germany) and then Mundine. That puts him above Canelo because Canelo only fought 1 top 10 guy and got beaten according to most of the people who watched the fight.
Viloria and Khan may have had a loss recently but you don't just drop from the p4p list cause you lost a fight. Viloria and Khan had big wins before that. Huck basically has beaten everybody, Cunningham won against Adamek according to 99 % who watched the fight, then he lost to Tyson Fury. But again-you just don't drop out of the rankings because of one loss. All these guys are accomplished, world class fighters who beat the best guys in the division only a short time ago.
Yeah u got me....well done.
Sturm wasn't the fighter he used to be and isn't exactly brilliant at the best of times, Sylvester is pathetic and Mundine no better. And be Real Canelo CLEARLY won that fight and most people know it. Viloria is too inconsistent and Khan is too Fragile to be in Canelo's league, he has speed but makes too many mistakes and packs glass. Steve did deserve to beat Adamek but then he's not much more than average too and again just not as good as Canelo right now. Tyson Fury sux btw.
Resume isn't the only consideration to be made when making a p4p list anyway.
This thread is ridiculous
Guerrero is a better boxer than Canelo from what I have seen. And I watched a lot of fights of both of them. Maybe Canelo will become a better boxer than Guerrero in the future though.
I saw Guerrero school world class opponents. And of course Canelo would be heavily favored to beat Guerrero because he is way bigger. Guerrero fought at 130 pounds only 4 years ago, now he fights at welterweight, so of course a big 154 pounder will be favored to beat him.
Who are these world class opponents? I know it's shocking, cause of Guerrero's "4 division, 6x champ status" lol, but list Canelo vs Guerrero top 3 wins, and Canelo probably comes out ahead! Just try it, you might be surprised
No Guerrero does not belong above Canelo because in a fantasy match up he would be heavily favored to lose the fight if he fought Canelo because Canelo is a much better boxer which is easily observed by anyone who knows anything about boxing. The same thing goes with most of the names you mention. And again to the guy asking about Russell Jr vs Froch who always asks that same question, I have answered before with I don't know, I haven't seen Russell Jr enough to comment but I also don't rate Froch so the question is irrelevant to the topic.
So that means you're unqualified to put together a p4p list, if you're unfamiliar with a great young talent like GRJ. I mean, since you rank them by talent, there's gotta be all kinds of omissions there.