When:
Sugar Ray Leonard at 23 with only 26 fights beat prime Wilfred Benitez
Floyd Mayweather at 23 with only 25 fights beat prime Diego Corrales
Salvador Sanchez at 22 with 43 fights and only 4 amateur fights beat prime Wilfredo Gomez
Alexis Arguello at 22 with 40 fights knocked out Ruben Olivares
George Foreman at 24 with 38 fights knocked out prime Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali at 22 with only 19 fights knocked out Sonny Liston
Mike Tyson at age 20 became Heavyweight Champion of the World
THAT, is greatness.
Canelo fought a 36 year old Floyd who was 15+lbs lighter than him, and couldn’t win a single round.......
Canelo is a good fighter, but will never be on the level of Ali, Roy Jones, Tyson, Leonard, Duran, Sanchez/Gomez, or May/Pac.
P.S Imagine if Mike Tyson had lost to 36 year old Larry Holmes, and then said “but I was only 21, I was too young........ LOL"
He inky became prime after Floyd whooped him and he learned a lot frok the whooping lol. The catch weigjt in this fight doesn't sit right with me of all the catch weight fights of this era.
Manny was catchweight King due to coming up from a tiny tiny weight. What was Floyds excuse for looking for catchweights? He fought Cotto and Oscar at full 154 before anyway. No excuse to take Canelo down in weight other than he knew that boiling that big boy down another few pounds would give Floyd a big advantage.
Very unlikely it would have made a difference but still was ****ed up
I get what youre saying BUT saul is the one who came up with the catch WEIGHT, Floyd just accepted.
He inky became prime after Floyd whooped him and he learned a lot frok the whooping lol. The catch weigjt in this fight doesn't sit right with me of all the catch weight fights of this era.
Manny was catchweight King due to coming up from a tiny tiny weight. What was Floyds excuse for looking for catchweights? He fought Cotto and Oscar at full 154 before anyway. No excuse to take Canelo down in weight other than he knew that boiling that big boy down another few pounds would give Floyd a big advantage.
Very unlikely it would have made a difference but still was fucked up
Boxing is about experience and maturity. KNOWING WHEN to strike. Some fans downplay Foreman’s timing against Moorer, but most would agree Big George seen it all and seized the moment to hit Moorer where it counted as the young buck too was getting tired. Canelo’s current defense is based on his experience just like post Floyd became a master defensemen. Floyd was too fast for Canelo back then. That bit of calibration matters. When Floyd would get hit by Canelo even at 152 he was rattled off his feet. It means at 154-155 Canelo could focus more on just countering when Floyd striked, take one to give one, instead of trying to box. However that would only make sense in a rematch if Floyd wanted Canelo’s Middleweight title starting at 155.
Yeah those 3 pounds would of made all the difference.
Floyd beat Canelo, unlucky. Sometimes fighters lose.
One thing I like about Canelo is hes had a ton of fights.
Alot of these new fighters are so inactive, they fight like once in a blue moon and gripe about money all the time. even fighters are bitchmade nowadays.
Floyd Mayweather at 23 with only 25 fights beat prime Diego Corrales
- -Corrales weren't in prime condition, he was low hanging fruit sorta like U.
Dropped his title to announce he was moving to a lightweight title shot, got convicted of being a Baby Mama beater and facing a prison sentence with no income for his family, so Arum swooped in like any proper vulture to give him a good payday. Diego was a walking zombie, but thanks for the reminder of just how stupid fleaweight sissyboy fans can be.
Tenshin in da house:cool:
Physically Canelo was prime. Mentally he’s far better now. I still feel Mayweather would outthink him if they were both 30 and the same weight. It would be a good fight.
Novice? You look like a pro to me girl.
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You mis-gendered me. I am very hurt. Also great arguments you came back with. Seems like you got upset because I was speaking the truth.
That “inexperienced” Trout came off his biggest win as he dominated Cotto. That Cotto who would later become lineal 160 champ...
Cotton was pac s used goods never to be the same. Sergio was a cripple as was yuri foreman
Canelo holds the record for a champion who has fought in the most catchweight fights. He is the only champion in boxing to have fought in 12+ catchweight fights. 20% of his fights have been catchweight fights. Did not count Kovalev and Daniels but those fights had rehydration clauses as well. Congratulations Saul.
Angulo
Khan
Kirkland
Mayweather
Lara
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Hatton
Baldomir
Ndou
Cuello
Chavez
Mosley
https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/boxing-forums/non-stop-boxing/30939954-wow-canelo-breaks-another-record
Nelo wasn't Prime as he hadn't beaten anyone to show and prove he was. He beat an inexperienced trout and that's about it. At 23 he wouldn't be beating ggg, bjs, kovalev, c alum Smith types
That “inexperienced” Trout came off his biggest win as he dominated Cotto. That Cotto who would later become lineal 160 champ...
Nelo wasn't Prime as he hadn't beaten anyone to show and prove he was. He beat an inexperienced trout and that's about it. At 23 he wouldn't be beating ggg, bjs, kovalev, c alum Smith types