He beat Angulo, and he beat Lara who's basically unbeaten and one of the Top 1-2 fighters in the division.
The only other real threat would be Cotto right now probably
not a chance when you only land 2 punches to the head& 9 jabs in 12 rounds and still win . Canelo is Golden Boy's ***** and Oscar is a disgrace 2 boxing and a crook so is Levi Martinez
Idk, I think I'll wait to see who he fights in nov and how he wins to see who wins fighter of the year. But you never know, i hope they take into account his activity against good opposition as well
Certainly in the running, Pacman up there for beating a top p4p guy and doing so clearly, Stevenson/Hopkins if one or the other wins their bout(if it happens).
some good candidates this year, possibly even Cotto if he follows up with a good victory later this year.
He is right there. The fact that he wants to fight 3 times this year gives him an edge. That's old school stuff the top guys don't do anymore. I think we see a stay busy fight against a Kirkland or someone of that caliber to set up Cotto next May.
Still a lot of the year to go.
I wonder who he will fight later this year.
Funny thing is I'm a Lara fan and said he'd embarrass Canelo.....and I can at least objectively say the fight was close but Canelo did enough to win.
These guys are letting their hate for Canelo or their love for the flavor of the month avoided guy around here in Lara cloud their judgement.
Canelo may not have looked good against Trout and Lara, good fighters, but he beat them and I can't fault those decisions going his way.