Is Canelo cherry picking fighting 54 pound Charlo?

[MikeyMike100]

Imagine, he's ducking a few guys in his weight class, so he goes up to hopefully get an easy win on bivol. That totally backfires. So now, since he's still ducking the same guys, he looks for comp in lower weight classes.

You can't make this stuff up.

I think the Bivol thing was more about the network. He had to fight match room fighters.

[sicko]

...YES!

Intriguing Fight thought and I think Mell will be far more competitive than people think but it will prove to be too big of a Jump

Mell getting a HUGE Check for this one and if he lose...SO! Once the Check Clears after 2-3 Days he will quickly get over that Defeat and he can just go back down to 154 where he will likely remain Undisputed and get himself another great Payday with Tim Tszyu so it really is Win/Win for him absolutely nothing to lose and no pressure on him at all

[Stuntman Mike]

Fights like this ruin boxing ,we want to see Charlos career play out naturally in a singular weight class not ruined in a circus fight he could potentially get seriously hurt in.

Kell brook fighting golovkin shows how bad this could affect charlos career

Who knows what would have happened if kell fought Spence without receiving that beating from golovkin


Kell was holding his own against spence in quite a bit of that fight ,take away the ggg damage and we could all be seeing brook as a different level of fighter right now


However that's not to state I don't think charlo has a chance because canelo has looked not too great and he's definetly turning into a shell of super clen

[SunDiego-]

Absolutely. With that being said I'm still going to buy it

Oh those are facts haha. Me personally I’ll be going downtown to enjoy the scene, Alvarez always brings in a big crowd at the bars and might as well make a night out with the girlfriend. Two birds one stone

[tritium_arma]

When was the last time you saw a fighter move up two weight divisions to fight the best or at least 2nd best in the division for his first fight and win? The only time I can think of is Hopkins vs Tarver. This is 100% a cherrypick. And if the Spence rumors are true, that would be an even bigger disgrace.

[Smash]

You mean as a build up fight for Canelo ? Can you elaborate

elaboration is a difficult thing, soundbytes are easier, especially on a sunday

[El_Maldito_Rey]

So now it's a cherrypick? For years we've been hearing how Canelo avoids the black American boxer because of their skills, for years the narrative was him avoiding the Charlos, Andrade, because of their superior boxing skills, as recent as last year before the Bivol fight, the narrative was he was ducking the skilled black American in favor of unknown Bivol. Avoiding the athletic superior black boxer in favor of euro bums and over the hill GGG.

Well, Canelo has three "skilled, black Americans" lined up and the narrative changes to, the bigger threat to Canelo right now is a Mexican in Benavidez.

What happened?

Glad to see the fact that there was never any black boxer threat in and around Canelo's division, that was all a lie, and the biggest threat to him is in fact another Mexican.

[4truth]

Jermell at least will be at his absolute best. I'm not exactly excited for the fight but Jermell has been draining himself for years to make 154. For this fight he's going to be 100% physically and mentally his motivation level will through the roof.

Canelo, on the other hand, has seen better days.

I do not know what the terms are for the 3 fight deal but PBC has got to be holding their breath for this first fight. It was a gamble leading with a weak fight like this one.

[MikeyMike100]

...YES!

Intriguing Fight thought and I think Mell will be far more competitive than people think but it will prove to be too big of a Jump

Mell getting a HUGE Check for this one and if he lose...SO! Once the Check Clears after 2-3 Days he will quickly get over that Defeat and he can just go back down to 154 where he will likely remain Undisputed and get himself another great Payday with Tim Tszyu so it really is Win/Win for him absolutely nothing to lose and no pressure on him at all

He's not going back to 154. No Charlo vs Tszyu fight at 54. Canelo ruined that

[MikeyMike100]

So now it's a cherrypick? For years we've been hearing how Canelo avoids the black American boxer because of their skills, for years the narrative was him avoiding the Charlos, Andrade, because of their superior boxing skills, as recent as last year before the Bivol fight, the narrative was he was ducking the skilled black American in favor of unknown Bivol. Avoiding the athletic superior black boxer in favor of euro bums and over the hill GGG.

Well, Canelo has three "skilled, black Americans" lined up and the narrative changes to, the bigger threat to Canelo right now is a Mexican in Benavidez.

What happened?

Glad to see the fact that there was never any black boxer threat in and around Canelo's division, that was all a lie, and the biggest threat to him is in fact another Mexican.

If he fought Andrade or Jermall Charlo it would be ok