Props to Canelo Alvarez

I agree, he surprised me when he fought for the Lara fight. Despite me not believing the hype surrounding the guy, he deserves tons of respect for being the warrior he actually is

Dude is a star, at only age 23 already has Mosley (old though), Trout, Mayweather, Angulo and now Lara under his belt. Gotta give him props, he is his own boss and doesn't duck or dodge anybody.

Yes, I have a lot of respect for Canelo. A lot of fighters want nothing to do with Lara, but Alvarez has those big Mexican balls and is willing to make the fights we want to see. Good for him.

he's following oscar's footsteps.. take all of them, fans remember you on great war, win or lose..

Not really a fan but props where props are due!

Canelo comes in at 160 and retires lara back to Cuba ending the American dream

lol last time i checked Canelo calls the shots....it was his call bro, not Lara. Lara had to wait his turn, until Canelo said so..... tho he probably beats Canelo Agreed to all the points except that Lara beats Canelo. Canelo has this one in the bag. He looked like a monster against Angulo and basically controlled the pace and Angulo forgot that he was supposed to be the power puncher and not Canelo. Lara is vulnerable as heck and has been hurt before much more seriously than Canelo ever has. Canelo is tough as nails and has the edge in this fight.

Lol, you guys have got to be joking. It was Lara who made the fight happen, not Canelo. Lara has been calling out Canelo for years with no response from Canelo. Lara had to fly around the country chasing Canelo crashing press conferences calling him out at every oppurtunity in order to make this fight happen. Canelo knew that a lot of boxing fans are starting to see him as a pu$$y for ducking Lara, and his fat sensitive ginger a$$ couldn't take it, so he took the fight. Make no mistake, Lara forced Canelo to face him, not the other way around. lol last time i checked Canelo calls the shots....it was his call bro, not Lara. Lara had to wait his turn, until Canelo said so..... tho he probably beats Canelo

Lol, you guys have got to be joking. It was Lara who made the fight happen, not Canelo. Lara has been calling out Canelo for years with no response from Canelo. Lara had to fly around the country chasing Canelo crashing press conferences calling him out at every oppurtunity in order to make this fight happen. Canelo knew that a lot of boxing fans are starting to see him as a pu$$y for ducking Lara, and his fat sensitive ginger a$$ couldn't take it, so he took the fight. Make no mistake, Lara forced Canelo to face him, not the other way around. damn bringing the fire. Lara called him out after the Trout fight and Canelo said nothing. Glad we get to see this fight but I dont see how it ends any other way than a robbery decision.

Lol, you guys have got to be joking. It was Lara who made the fight happen, not Canelo. Lara has been calling out Canelo for years with no response from Canelo. Lara had to fly around the country chasing Canelo crashing press conferences calling him out at every oppurtunity in order to make this fight happen. Canelo knew that a lot of boxing fans are starting to see him as a pu$$y for ducking Lara, and his fat sensitive ginger a$$ couldn't take it, so he took the fight. Make no mistake, Lara forced Canelo to face him, not the other way around. Canelo wasn't ready for Lara before. Give the guy a break. He is only 23 years old, 24 in July. Lara just turned 31 and had the experience on his side. Now is the time and Canelo accepted. Canelo's last six fights have been against good to great opponents so he isn't taking any soft fights and now he is ready for Lara because he was the best available opponent. Canelo doesn't take easy fights at this stage.

Canelo is like a young Tyson in a sense. His prime years are now unlike many fighters who may get better as they get older. For some, being young is when they're best. Canelo probably feels the fire and wants to go for the glory now and retire by the time he's in his early 30s. The guy will be a legend when all is said and done.

What's even crazier is that if he gets pass lara (wich is very likely he will) we might get Canelo/Pacquiao by the end of the year. Can you imagine him stacking three wins in a year against Alfredo Angulo , Erislandy Lara & Manny Pacquiao ? WAR SAUL :boxing:

i'm still on that ehh side for selling him self out but give it time he can earn his way into my list of fav fighters

yea canelo gets my respect. hes listening to the real fans out there. lara deserves the shot just like trout did and hes fighting the guy that everyone thinks can beat him and most likely will :boxing:

I was one of the ones who thought he would duck Lara, fair play to the guy for taking the fight. It's pretty sad that we have to give fighters credit for taking tough fights nowadays though, it should be mandatory to take the hardest and biggest available fights. Great post! Exactly what I was about to write bro from start to finish.

I was one of the ones who thought he would duck Lara, fair play to the guy for taking the fight. It's pretty sad that we have to give fighters credit for taking tough fights nowadays though, it should be mandatory to take the hardest and biggest available fights.

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Fine post and I agree. It took them long enough to take off the training wheels, but when that red headed boy found out he could run with wolves, he did the damn thing.