After initial shock followed by disappointment it hit me.
He said so he can have more time then the wbc's deadline to negotiate. The Middleweight belt and pressure to fight at 160 is now off him. Without the belt he will negotiate saying 'if u want to fight me then you must come down to 155 the middleweight title isn't in on the line anymore.
GGG would beat him down at 160, at 155 its a 50/50 fight.
They won't fight anytime soon.
Canelo, or more likely his team and Golden Boy do NOT want this fight. They have been moving the goalposts for some time now with different reasons. Oscar has known all along he won't allow Canelo to fight GGG anytime soon, which is where is whole "marinate" speech comes from.
If anyone truly believes they want to still negotiate a fight with GGG then i have a bridge to sell you....
Oscarlarita has ruined Canelita's reputation as a no fear fighter.
If they fight, GGG should show up at the presser with a shirt that says, "Fake Mexicans **** Around ".
GGG won't starch Cinnamon Toast Crunch out early,likely will put on a brutal beating and have Canela take a knee. I think a "No Mas" to the ref stoppage is coming.
You didn't? Hmm, maybe I read your post wrong. :dance:
weren't you implying that i've brought up floyd out of left field while in discussion of something that didn't have to do with him? if you didn't know what you were implying, what i just typed is what you did.
c'mon, boxeo.
Leave it up to baya to bring up floyd in a thread that has nothing to do with him :poke:
i do that? for real? you might be confusing me with someone else, homes.
it is the same scenario, however
my theory is that he didn't want to be dictated terms by this newby.
they'll fight, and GGG will still, even with the belt, be told how to proceed if he wants that payday.
i'm confident they'll fight. he's just on his own timeline.
think back to how afraid floyd was to fight canelo and pac.
After initial shock followed by disappointment it hit me.
He said so he can have more time then the wbc's deadline to negotiate. The Middleweight belt and pressure to fight at 160 is now off him. Without the belt he will negotiate saying 'if u want to fight me then you must come down to 155 the middleweight title isn't in on the line anymore.
GGG would beat him down at 160, at 155 its a 50/50 fight.
Fear of physical pain. That is the reason