Canelo might be top 5 but not number 1.
Name 1 IN-PRIME HOF fighter Canelo has CLEARLY beaten......
And the future Hall of Famers were past prime and all the in-prime fighters he's beaten will most likely never be HOF.
I love Canelo but I just can’t prop him above other great Mexican fighters like Chavez, Sanchez or even Marquez. He’s definitely had a great resume and a well navigated career due to being the A side and bringing in so much money. That can give the illusion he’s above Mexican greats who didn’t have those luxuries. But he’s missing really separating himself from the best guys. Look at his close fights against Lara, Trout, GGG and his dominant losses to May and Bivol. Then what’s his best and resounding win?
What I think hurts Canelo legacy wise is that he doesn’t have a dominant and career defining win over an elite prime fighter. He doesn’t have a better or more definitive victory than Marquez K06 over Pac. First GGG fight could’ve been his chance but I had GGG edging it out.
Is Benavidez that dope
i haven’t watched a full fight
I run by him once in a blue moon as he’s doing his morning roadwork with his boxers
smart with his money. Still drives an older entry level Mercedes
Pretty entertaining fighter, high punch output and impressive gas tank, hopefully if he wins next month, Canelo will fight him next year.
Alvarez VS
Andrade Benavidez Beterbiev
all good fights
whatever adjustments Alvarez might make I don’t see him winning 7 clear rounds off Bivol. Maybe 4
Yeah, I’m still not getting the Andrade praise but to each their own lol. I’d take Morrell over BooBoo any day
So was David Benavidez, but Canelo won’t fight him because “he won’t fight Mexicans anymore.”
Canelo probably said that because they aren't that many elite mexican fighters at the higher weights to contend for the titles of 168-175.
If he is avoiding David, is due to him calculating the risks of a high risk low reward opponent rather than the narrative of the "Mexican Monster".
In terms of excitement by Mexican fighter standards
Alvarez is far from being at the head of the pack. Feet slow AND low volume
switching from counterpuncher to stalker made him easier to watch for casuals. He presses the action even if he isn’t throwing
I hate watching him because he stacks the deck in his own favor. Why would I stay up until 2am (full time single father so I’m guaranteed up at 7am the next morning) to watch a lopsided mismatch? You know what’s going to happen every time he picks his opponent, and it’s obvious because his groupie fans start making constant threads trying to convince us how undersized he is and how he should be the underdog. I’m pissed I stayed up to watch the Charlo fight because I was up at 6:30am the next day and the fight was boring and horseshit.
outside the Bivol fight, I haven’t really been excited for a Canelo fight since the two Golovkin matches, and judging ruined that.
Man I tried scoring rounds for Alvarez in the Bivol fight
since judges tend to favor Alvarez
think I was able to give Alvarez 3 rounds max
I think I gave him two, and one was the round where he made Bivol miss with head movement but didn’t even do anything lmao I was like “I’ll give him a pity round, since he didn’t get hit.”
OK =--->
Since losing to Mayweather this is what Cleneloterols record looks like =--->
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It's not even reaching either, 100% legit bullet points.
When you die, those imaginary bullet points will go with you but his record will remain the same.
Real question is
Why aren’t most of these 6 ft something mofos even able to 7-5 on Alvarez
5 ft 8 Floyd did it
Yet these taller guys can’t outbox Alvarez
Because they're fighting prime nelo. Floyd fought weak nelo
Real question is
does Ryan Garcia count as a “Mexican fighter”
It's a nationality so no.
The 32th amendment of the constitution of Mexico says that anyone who has one parent that was born in country is allowed to have a citizenship. But Ryan likely never claimed it.
Loll ok really? Any sane person w a brain and has actually been in a fight knows, weight classes exist for a reason, bivol is a big Russian mf, but if he was naturally canelos size, he’d be folded like a lawn chair.
Oscar wouldn’t do it as cleanly as his BFF Floyd?
No. Two different fighters. I thought the Floyd and Bivol fights were both 12-0 or 11-1 I'd expect ODLH to get into exchanges, some he'd win some he'd lose but he wins the fight.
Bro I really have negative karma? Who hated on me? Lol
I’m an OG poster somebody has to do right by me
Bro, you don't have a negative Karma. If you look at everyone's rep, it shows red. They changed the old Karma system to Likes, but the new system still looks not finished. Not sure if they are working on it. Cheers.