Is Canelo Just Not A Light Heavyweight?

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  • Vlad_
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    #11
    Originally posted by Boxing fan1981

    You’re missing the point, clearly Canelo is the smaller man. He can get to the weight, while Bivol can cut to it, but their walk around weights are obviously from two different weight classes.

    Or is Canelo a natural light heavyweight now???
    I wouldn't be surprised if Canelo walks heavier than Bivol.

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    • Biolink
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      #12
      Originally posted by Boxing fan1981

      You’re missing the point, clearly Canelo is the smaller man. He can get to the weight, while Bivol can cut to it, but their walk around weights are obviously from two different weight classes.

      Or is Canelo a natural light heavyweight now???
      I think he's too small only because he doesn't have the length to compete with the truly elite at that class. But he's closer to being a LHW, than your hyperbole about him being 155 pounds. He's just short. Weight wise he's not small whatsoever.

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        #13
        Originally posted by Boxing fan1981

        You’re missing the point, clearly Canelo is the smaller man. He can get to the weight, while Bivol can cut to it, but their walk around weights are obviously from two different weight classes.

        Or is Canelo a natural light heavyweight now???
        Canelo himself said he cut 6-7 pounds to make 175, at 8:26:

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        • Boxing fan1981
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          #14
          Originally posted by Biolink

          I think he's too small only because he doesn't have the length to compete with the truly elite at that class. But he's closer to being a LHW, than your hyperbole about him being 155 pounds. He's just short. Weight wise he's not small whatsoever.
          The 155 was a hypothetical story about me you ****ing idiots LOL

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            #15
            Originally posted by Boxing fan1981
            No shiiit. Canelo is a middleweight.

            Bivol won because he’s way taller, longer reach, a light heavyweight….Canelo is NOT.

            Bivol won because he’s bigger, in every way, his dimensions and weight were too much for Canelo to overcome.
            I feel like this is lazy though, because Bivol and Kovalev are the same size. Canelo DID NOT lose because Bivol was bigger, he was soundly outboxed by an opponent who happened to be bigger.

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            • Boxing fan1981
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              #16
              Originally posted by Vlad_
              I wouldn't be surprised if Canelo walks heavier than Bivol.
              Google their face off pictures….

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                #17
                Originally posted by TheUptownKid

                I feel like this is lazy though, because Bivol and Kovalev are the same size. Canelo DID NOT lose because Bivol was bigger, he was soundly outboxed by an opponent who happened to be bigger.
                Yea and GGG trashed Kell Brook because he’s much more of an amazing boxer….not because he’s bigger, taller, heavier, and stronger than Brook.

                Same thing

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                  #18
                  I think he is a middleweight who was able to beat some guys at 168 cuz the division sucks.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Boxing fan1981
                    Would you all be impressed if I smashed the **** out of a 155lb man….myself being a 175lb man?? Would that impress you all? No, that’s why Bivol, great win, but he won because a middleweight came into HIS weight class.
                    Did Canelo ever give up the strap he won off of Kovalev? Whether he gave it away or not, Canelo was a lhw former champ, not a visitor and the man he beat was the same size as bivol. Theres a lot of revisionist history going on.

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                      #20
                      He dared to be great and came up short, no shame in that...SRR did the same thing

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